TRON Trivia

To celebrate the release of TRON:  LEGACY this weekend, here's some TRON trivia.  

(Answers below the fold)

1. What famous actor (who I have blogged about before) was originally approached to play the role of Ed Dillinger/Sark in the original (1982) movie?

2. What famous Disney character is hidden in the terrain on the ground in one of the scenes where the main characters are flying above the ground in the original movie?

3. Kevin Flynn's digital alter-ego (in both movies) is called Clu.  What did Clu stand for in the 1980s?

4. What does TRON stand for?

5. In the original movie, which well-known computer game makes a brief appearance on Sark's computer monitor right after the light cycles escape the gaming grid?

6. Which other Disney sci-fi film is featured in the background in young Sam's bedroom in Tron:  Legacy?

7. Which two actors appear in both Tron films?

8. Which two characters from the original film have sons who appear as characters in the sequel?

 1.  Peter O'Toole.

2. Mickey Mouse (in the "solar sailer" sequence).

3. An old computer programming language.

4. It's from an old de-bugging command in BASIC.  Short for "TRace ON".

5. Pac-Man.

6. The Black Hole.

7. Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner.

8. Kevin Flynn and Ed Dillinger.

Comments

[Matt]

I wasn't a huge fan of the first Tron movie and I doubt I'll see this one, but I do wish they'd re-release the old Tron arcade game. That was something I really liked.

[Joe]

Jeff Bridges' son is in the new Tron movie?

[Filing cabinet]

I am little bit fond of watching movies and that is why I always try to find out information about new movies. The main reason to see this is for its stunning visuals, which look great in 3D. The story is overly melodramatic and features dialogue you would expect from a rough draft, not to mention it feels like more of a History of Science Fiction stew than an original product.

[Jacqueline Lipton]

Joe - not Jeff Bridges' son. The question spoke of "characters'" sons, not "actors'" sons. I realize it was a fine distinction, but I meant the actual characters - Flynn and Dillinger -, not the actors - Bridges and Warner.