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| Registered: May 11, 2007 |  Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just a small question (I hope...): should TRON be capitalised? |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Even small questions can generate large amounts of silliness around here.
Tron is a proper name (noun) and used that way in the film so i'd say mixed case.
Looks like most (though not all) Profiler entries use mixed case as well. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting tweeter: Quote:
Even small questions can generate large amounts of silliness around here.
Tron is a proper name (noun) and used that way in the film so i'd say mixed case.
Looks like most (though not all) Profiler entries use mixed case as well. This is my thinking as well, but there are contributions up, for the Blu-ray versions, attempting to change the title to 'TRON' for each of the versions...3D, Legacy and Original. All the votes, so far, are 'yes'. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Tron is a proper name, like Ram. Or Mcp. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | It is, and always has been, short for TRace ON. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_command Not sure if this helps or not. (This may also mean he has a long-lost twin brother programme called TROFF (or Troff, of course.  ) | | | | Last edited: by GreyHulk |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 115 |
| | Posted: | | | | There must be another discussion about capitalization, but forum search doesn't work (at least not for me). "Our" rules doesn't cover this subject either "Title: Check capitalization of the title", what ever that means  I think that we should use Tron instead of TRON. Even that TRON is found in everywhere, cover, main credits, ... If TRON is officially accepted we will end up in a huge title change contributions. => How many movies have their original name in the opening credits (and cover) written in way that only first letter in capitalized instead of fully capitalized? There are some, I know, but most likely those are minority. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting GreyHulk: Quote:
It is, and always has been, short for TRace ON.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_command
Not sure if this helps or not.
(This may also mean he has a long-lost twin brother programme called TROFF (or Troff, of course. ) In which case it would be an acronym, not a proper name. Therefore it would be TRON (I like the idea of the long lost brother!  ) | | | | Chris | | | | Last edited: by Mole |
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| Registered: November 24, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | Didn't think that would help much.  Don't the closing credits have the character names as Tron, Clu etc? (Not sure where my copy is to check at the moment..) Aaaarrgghh! The official site has it as TRON Legacy. http://www.disney.co.uk/tron/index.jspI'd go with the official site... | | | | Last edited: by GreyHulk |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | But as we are constantly reminded, the "official" name from the "official" website is as nothing. What does it say on the DVD? | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: May 11, 2007 | | Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mole: Quote:
But as we are constantly reminded, the "official" name from the "official" website is as nothing. What does it say on the DVD? On the versions I have the titles are in all capitals. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting apltm: Quote:
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But as we are constantly reminded, the "official" name from the "official" website is as nothing. What does it say on the DVD?
On the versions I have the titles are in all capitals. Mine too. So based on the permise that: The packaging says TRON the DVD label says TRON the film credits say TRON I'll accept Greyhulks statement that "it is short for TRace ON" Then my vote goes for TRON...... ....on the other hand, I admit that my local DB has oscillated (indeed, even vacillated) over the last couple of months between TRON & Tron  | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd definitely vote yes for TRON. | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sparta or SPARTA!!!!! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sparta is considered to be a proper name in the English language, based upon translations from ancient Greek.....so it could be argued that it should be the title..... TRON is not a proper name.........maybe, perhaps However, that is as nothing.....yada yada yada....what does the DVD say? | | | | Chris | | | | Last edited: by Mole |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mole: Quote:
the film credits say TRON The film credits say:  Quote:
TRON is not a proper name. Yes, it is, and it is known since decades what inspired it. Like we all know what inspired the proper name Ram. And it's much more likely that the film is titled after his protagonist, than after a debugging command in the BASIC programming language. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] | | | | Last edited: by bbbbb |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
Quoting Mole:
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the film credits say TRON
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TRON is not a proper name.
Yes, it is, and it is known since decades what inspired it. Like we all know what inspired the proper name Ram. And it's much more likely that the film is titled after his protagonist, than after a debugging command in the BASIC programming language. OK, that's a good point......I hadn't thought to look in the cast credits for the name of the film Hmmm, might have to vacillate a bit more | | | | Chris |
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