Sunday, May 02, 2010

Cherub rock

I never really bought into the whole Matrix thing, especially the idea that it was in some way indebted to Baudrillard. Just because something looks real but isn’t, doesn’t make it a simulacrum.

SF/theory wonks need to look elsewhere. “That which holds the image of an angel becomes itself an angel.” That’s more like it. And as a bonus, when the Doctor dismisses Pandorica as a fairy tale, and River Song replies “Aren’t we all?”, that’s Barthes and Calvino and metafiction and all that good stuff as a bonus.

2 comments:

Robert Swipe said...

And don't forget Amy Pond:

*PHWOAR*!!

xxx
Bob

Tim F said...

Still not a patch on Leela, I’m afraid. Who was the dishiest male companion, one wonders?