astercontrol:

So remember when I was going on about the Tron 1982 Laserdisc extras, and the early storyboard art…

And one of the images was of programs in a cell, watching televised matches between other programs who were currently being forced to fight in the Games?

I find this a kinda fascinating idea, though we never saw it in the final cut of the film.

We do, however, see a possible means of doing it.

These scenes of Ram and Crom, in the first scene that shows the interior of the pit cell.

…Just what is that screen in the background?

What is it for?

Why is it just plain black, showing occasional flashing text in red?

What is the text? What could it mean?…

Does that device get used to show other things, sometimes?

It’s interesting that it seems to go kinda wild, in response to the arrival of Flynn…