Yet even though you'll be fine going into Tron: Legacy blind, at least some of the film plays a lot better if you know some of the details behind what's going on. You don't have to see TRON, but before you go here's a few things you Tron-universe newcomers may want to know. Here's a Tron know before you go guide. Here ya go.
What are Users?“Users” is short for “computer users”. It's what computer programs, inside the computer world, call you and me. Many programs view users as if they're gods. Others refuse to believe users exist at all.
What is Encom?Encom is a massive, powerful, tech company. Think of them like Microsoft Apple or IBM. In the first movie, Kevin Flynn is a former Encom employee, who quit after the company turned evil. By the end of the first film Kevin Flynn is running Encom and turns the company away from its evil pursuits.
Who are the Dillingers?The original TRON contains several different villains, but in the real world the chief of the bad guys is clearly Ed Dillinger. Dillinger ran Encom before Kevin Flynn and used the company for his own personal gain, stealing ideas from his employees and creating the Master Control Program, an all powerful computer program which Kevin Flynn eventually defeats and destroys in the computer world with help from Tron and Yori, two other computer programs. By the end of the first film Ed Dillinger is a total disgrace and goes to prison for his crimes.
Who is Alan Bradley?Alan Bradley has a big part in Tron: Legacy. The movie never really explains how important he is, other than to say he's an old friend of the Flynn family. In the original movie Alan may actually have been even more important than Flynn. He was actually the one who wrote Tron, the computer program which ultimately lead the attack on the Master Control Program in the first film. That's also why Tron looks so much like Alan.
What is Flynn's Arcade?In the original TRON this was the business Kevin Flynn owned after leaving Encom. It's there that Flynn and Alan Bradley, in Flynn's office above the arcade, first hatched their plan to take down Encom and break into their computer systems.
Who is Tron and why should anyone care?Though his name is in the title, Tron himself never really gets much of an explanation in Tron: Legacy.The thing you need to know about Tron is that he's really loyal both to Flynn and to the users, the humans who use and design the computer system he lives in. In one of his most terrific moments in the first film Tron loudly proclaimes “I fight for the users!” That pretty kinda sums up his personality. He's the most deadly and skilled warrior in the computer world. Nobody, except maybe the users, is better at games than Tron. Whether it's lightcycles or disc battles, he's the best.
How do humans get inside the computer?Back in 1982 in the original TRON Kevin Flynn is kidnapped by the Master Control Program (who isn't in Tron: Legacy) and taken into the computer world using a laser beam designed by Encom to digitize objects in the real world and turn them into computer data. The laser was an unfinished, test prototype never actually intended to transport people into the computer, rather it was intended more as a teleportation device, similar to the transporters in Star Trek.
Daft PunkIf you hear people in the audience around you whispering and pointing during the club scene in Tron: Legacy, they're probably talking about Daft Punk. Daft Punk is a French, electronic music duo. They rarely reveal their faces and instead when they perform always wear elaborate robot costumes complete with robotic helmets. They also composed Tron: Legacy's score and they have a cameo in the film.
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