Tron (1982) review

Programmer - and arcade owner! - Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is asked by former colleagues Alan (Bruce Boxleitner) and Dr. Lora (Cindy Morgan) to hack into the mainframe of his previous employer, the computer company ENCOM, which is being "controlled" by the malevolent Master Control Program (voiced by David Warner) but gets caught and is "absorbed" into a dangerous digital world.  It was an early attempt to gear a movie to gaming fans even though there's entirely too much "techno-jargon" and interest in its skimpy story fades away, leaving the audience to stare at the vision of the future with its bright neon colors and riveting gadgets - the producers were wise to hire sci-fi industrial designer Syd Mead and French artist Mœbius to work on the movie's appearance.  When I was a kid I was fortunate enough to play both the original Tron stand-up game as well as its sequel Disks of Tron at my local mall before I ever saw this, so I knew all about the Light Cycle section (which was inspired by the classic "Snake") ... and yes, many quarters were lost.