I love the movie Tron Legacy. I saw the original as a kid, so it is visually in my consciousness. I think it's visually a very very amazing movie.
And I think it's cool that Flynn is meditating, that he's thinking Zen. But I don't think Zen, which is after all a sect of Buddhism, is about quietism. I think with mindfulness and kindness we move more towards action. There is a growing tradition of engaged buddhism.
So that little detail, Flynn's misunderstanding, bothers me about the movie.
And I think it's cool that Flynn is meditating, that he's thinking Zen. But I don't think Zen, which is after all a sect of Buddhism, is about quietism. I think with mindfulness and kindness we move more towards action. There is a growing tradition of engaged buddhism.
So that little detail, Flynn's misunderstanding, bothers me about the movie.
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Also, they wear helmets when they're riding light cycles in the simulation, but not when they're riding motorcycles in the real world.
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