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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: TRON is cyberpunk?
Message-ID: <3043@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 06:38:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 06:38:19 1987
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Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
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No way, no how, was TRON cyberpunk.  There are two important elements to
cyberpunk, cyber (computers) and punk (street-wise sensibilities).  TRON was
about as street-wise as Mary Poppins.  A good light show, yes.  Cyberpunk?
Barely even halfway.
-- 
Tim Maroney, {ihnp4,sun,well,ptsfa,lll-crg}!hoptoad!tim (uucp)
hoptoad!tim@lll-crg (arpa)