Tron as Parable

I essentially see Tron as a parable for modern society. Through all the stilted acting, Tron is at essence a very simple story of good versus evil, and the potentiality for all of us to be either good or evil. The Master Control Program and Dillinger are obviously the "evil" parts of society, while Alan/Tron is representative in the good. Flynn is the most human of the characters, in that he is neither good nor evil, he merely is. Ultimately, he is the true hero.
Tron, then, is meant to show that technology has great possibility--for both good and evil. An important scene for analysis is the shot of Flynn first being imprisoned by the Master Control Program. The use of color, though fairly obvious (red is "evil" and blue is "good") is quite effective. The shots are oddly framed, increasing the sense of disconnection and unreality. Analytically, the scene is meant to show just how evil the MCP has become, to the point of imprisoning all good programs in the vicinity. Parallels between this and various historical genocides cannot be ignored, making the scene all the more powerful.
The film, then, is a warning of what technology truly is--a tool. A tool has no nature and is neither good nor evil. Used properly it is a productive instrument accomplishing "good". However, wielded in the wrong hands, it can wreak devastation. This view is truly remarkable considering the movie was made in 1982, at a time when computers were mostly thought of in terms of games (as in Tron). It is much easier to see the disaster technology can wreak in our modern society of information theft, hackers, and technological terrorism.