My mind already went there when I saw the balls ;_;

yeah i was wondering if during the movie and even turned to my friend with me and asked " i wonder if thats trons balls that he took from him when he turned him to his side" lol but really i think it was either a form of remote persuasion on tron (seeing as how before tron wouldnt kill during the games, he actually resisted clu on this matter) kinda like a wireless cattle prod to make him do his bidding and or that its just like some mentioned that its a control for the area to change the gravity ect like it appeared to do when he rotated them the other direction

I interpreted it as the arena itself. When he changed the direction of them the arena gravity flipped upside down.

In the Caine Mutiny, Captain Queeg had a obsessive compulsive disorder where he would roll 2 steel ball bearings in his palm. If you haven't seen the movie or read the book, he eventually gets so paranoid that he has to be relieved of duty by his crew. Maybe that scene was put into the movie to parallel Clu with Queeg.

Sounds like Bing Wa Balls (sorry if I misspelled it) - much like Larry Fishburne had in his hands in "Boyz In the Hood".

Renegade,

They are Baoding balls, but have several names from Chinese lore. They are supposed to relieve and heal stress and other symptoms. They are also used to meditate with.

Ironic how Clu IS stressing more than Flynn. Kind of hilarious.

MultiVMan Wrote:I found it interesting that CLU’s where smooth and Flynn’s were ‘jagged’. Additionally, the scene in Flynn’s home with CLU makes specific note of Flynn’s when he picks them up from the fireplace.

Not the same thing at all.

FusionAddict Wrote: MultiVMan Wrote:I found it interesting that CLU’s where smooth and Flynn’s were ‘jagged’. Additionally, the scene in Flynn’s home with CLU makes specific note of Flynn’s when he picks them up from the fireplace. Not the same thing at all.

Umm, ok. I'd love to hear a different perspective.

They really did seem to be controlling something the way it was cut. Rinzler even seems to be responding to some "voice in his head" when Clu starts spinning them the other way.

Back in 1979 when TRON was a cartoon at Lisberger Studios, the BIT character was a round ball at one point with a stripe around it that changed between a positive and negative.

Here's a pic: