I suggest anyone watch both movies, one after the other. There are many similarities:
Computers.
A Savior/Messiah main character.
An oppresive totalitarian society.
An alternate reality.
Rebels who take down the system.
Tron has always been in my top five movies of all time. Matrix is atleast in my top ten. Tron has aged so much in my brain, that it has a deep meaning to me. The similarities are interesting. Any thoughts on this?
Sure. You can also compare the Matrix and Terminator and have almost the exact same list:
Computers
A Savior/Messiah main character (John Conner in the Terminator series)
An oppressive totalitarian society (in the future, which they’re trying to stop)
Rebels who take down the system (which is why the machines send people into the past)
First time I saw the Matrix I walked out of the theater thinking about how the plot was a mix of The Terminator and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The Terminator could almost be a prequel for the Matrix series (not saying that the Matrix didn’t totally rock).