I just realized something that might be an unintentional pun in the first Tron movie. At several points Sark refers to the Programs on the Game Grid as “conscripts”. The word “script” apparently has a few different meanings when it comes to computers, but one definition I found says that it can mean “a program or sequence of instructions that is interpreted or carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor (as a compiled program is).”
This could mean that Sark calling Programs “(con)scripts” indicates that he views them as soldiers or slaves, that they should be following his orders. They should be part of the Master Control Program rather than run independently.
Ooooh fascinating!! I love that interpretation!!
I’ve wondered something similar about the line “those demons are coming down” (in reference to Recognizers). I’ve seen a similar definition for “daemon” in the programming sense…
(I have also attempted, but failed, the mental stretch of trying to interpret Flynn’s stolen file as “SCSI data”)
