80's Sci Fi Classics Matinee 1PM on Sat Sept 6: TRON
The plot revolves around a brilliant game maker who hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer and is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. “It’s hard to understate how much this film changed the genre of science fiction — it’s arguably the first movie to use computer generated effects, but it’s also still one of the most thrilling depictions of virtual worlds on the big screen. With the theme of fighting against the fascistic Master Control Program, Lisberger manages to update science fiction’s longstanding interest in social change.