# Was the new Tron good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708 "2011-04-08T20:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708/61 "2011-06-13T18:26:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Let me just say that I really, really disliked the creation of CLU. In the original, programs looked like their programmers as a recognition of the fact that, in real programming, every programmer has their own distinctive style. In the programs I’m working on now, I can tell at a glance which parts were written by my advisor, and which parts were written by various grad students. Programs, in that sense, have their creator’s “look”. It’s not just because programming is a process of reflecting a person in a magic mirror that makes the reflection come alive. Kevin Flynn did create CLU. He just went rogue when his programmer changed his mind on what he wanted the program to do. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708/62 "2011-06-13T19:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Kevin Flynn did create CLU. He just went rogue when his programmer changed his mind on what he wanted the program to do. Yeah, but he didn’t create him by writing lines of code; he created him via a magic mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708/63 "2011-06-13T19:46:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, but he didn’t create him by writing lines of code; he created him via a magic mirror. Oh, that’s right. CLU was in the first Tron for a bit as Flynn’s program. He was driving a tank that failed. I guess the CLU 2.0 version wasn’t really a written program. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708/64 "2011-06-14T02:04:46Z")
It wasn’t bad. Boyfriend and I saw it in the dollar theater, mainly because he’s a big Daft Punk fan. I wasn’t raving about it but I didn’t want that time in my life back either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-new-tron-good/577708.md?page=3)