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The time Walter Cronkite was zapped into the digital world of Tron

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Back in 1982, famed broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite visited the set of Tron to learn about this crazy new world of “computer-generated effects” and managed to get himself zapped inside The Grid himself. Hey, did you know that computer graphics can be changed… with a mere phone call!?!

Also, check out Kronkite’s quote about the future of filmmaking at the end. A crack at Cronkite’ expense, or a stunningly prescient prediction about Michael Bay’s eventual career? Hmmm…

[Via Hibernation Sickness]

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