It's simply more possible. Tron requires you physically enter a computer, matrix requires you plug into a network. Matrix in 50 years. Tron might have to wait for a very long time.
while the original tron was legendary and set the bar for post Asimovian thinking, the matrix revolutionized cinematography and brought new levels of imagery and plot to the tired action sci-fi genre.
Obvious choice
Surprise and Visual Effects
It presents the situation of contemporary life and combines it with programming , satirical and philosophical concepts. Spanning from the first matrix Utopia matrix second matrix cause and effect and third matrix a simulation of 20th century earth. Its representation of AI is varied and revolves around the fact of Zion much like 01" the machines world" being the physical or hardware apexts of the world known as the matrix. Just like humans are blue pills and red pills with minimal or superuser access " Ne0s case" machines aren't all intelligent AI and have restrictions within and outside the matrix all being pawns of the world and themselves. Neos refusal to deatroy or reboot the matrix rather choosing to negotiate a truce or upgrade exemplifies this reflective quality between humans and the programs.
Tron on the other hand presents a world in which most of the"AI" within the tron world are divided by function reds adminstrator, blues antivirus and bug fixing, greens general progams for minimal processes, yellows infected or corrupted code and whites undefined programs based on the scanning of Flynn Sr.because of this very little AI are fully sapient exceptions being "Tron", The digital clone of Flinns father and flinns girlfriend which are true AI. The tron "games" are a method to recycle drive space to write more aspects of the tron world when a program is drezzed it isn't outright deleted its just cleared to make space for more aspects of the game. The whites where considered bloat ware by The Flynn Sr clone and where mostly drezzed. While Flynn Sr. Whas amazed at his accidental creation of AI after the events of tron 1 Flynn Sr has been banished by his creation and gone into hiding in underdeveloped sections of the game. It is left uncertain if Flynn Jr destroyed or rebooted the tron world either way The Flynn clone Tron and Flynn die in the world they created. And Flynn Jr., His AI girlfriend escape back into reality.
Sorry Quorra is to dependent and is an AI based on your fathers genetic code. Trinity is a much more power full character also she's human.
Although both were pretty much uber affiliated with the protagonist and needed more individual development a place where trinity stands out.
Quorra is an AI who still trusts Flynn SR. Partly because of preventing her deletion as bloatware. She's always in a sort of Utopic tone of the physical world and is a secondary character affiliated with Flynn Jr.
Trinity is a more realistic person she barely trusts Morpheus and dies because of him based on what she thinks is delusional behavior on Neos part she is saved one time in the simulation but can't be in reality and isn't your typicall utopic dream girl she's a person and
A badass
The matrix has so many different details
