TRON: Legacy Starring Daniel Simon, Designer
When Disney wanted to get people excited about the upcoming sequel to TRON, TRON: Legacy, they created this exhibit at ComicCon 2009 to reveal the design of the lightcycle. See video below. showcasing drawings by designer Daniel Simon and a full size model of the machine. This gives a great perspective of the exhibit. This one shows the drawings and lightcycle in more clarity. I find it interesting that the concept designer is given such prominence, even over big name actors, directors or other factors. But I'm not surprised. I've been a big fan of the original TRON, which was released in 1982 when I was eleven. I was/am a computer geek, designer, video game fanatic, and sci-fi follower. Even then, I felt that the real star of the movie was the world that was created by legendary designer and concept artists, Syd Mead and Peter Lloyd. (To give credit, a whole team of computer programmers realized each image frame by frame using 1981 computing power.)