On Chronicle of the Stellar Bridges To define science fiction with any rigour, we need a conception not only of science but also of technology, since what these stories most often present is a display of fabulous devices whose theoretical foundations are left implicit. Here we shall draw on the following text by the Spanish philosopher Gustavo Bueno (1924—2016) — … Read more →
The Matrix film saga set off a wave of armchair philosophers who saw in it a tale of almost mystical depths, a metaphysics renewed with the motifs of postmodernity. The matrix of Matrix is indeed metaphysical, but it is neither new nor does it engage with the heights of ontology, Western or Eastern. These films basically copy the structure of … Read more →
It is said that some film director, or some critic, used to say that Star Wars was a western with the setting changed: from the dusty plains we moved to the immensities of space, from the Indians to the Martians, and so on. There is in fact a genre called space western that places the cowboys of the West in … Read more →