“虚拟现实”科幻电影叙事的历史渊源

Commenting the Narrative Origin of the Sci-fi Films Themed around 'Virtual Reality'

在当代媒介社会,尤其是美国等发达国家中,大众传播媒介颠覆了现实和形象的关系,形象不仅仅只是现实的反映。“虚拟现实”科幻电影就是以当代社会中的媒介技术现状和发展趋势作为叙事基础,形象地传达了人们对信息技术和人的发展关系的哲学思考,突出表现真实与虚拟这两个含有终极意义的命题在媒介社会中的意义。文章追溯“虚拟现实”科幻电影叙事的历史渊源,关注虚拟现实电影在历史发展过程中与现实社会、文化传统之间所构成的联系。

In the modem society deeply influenced by the mass media, especially in those developed countries such as the United States, the balance between reality and media has been upset, reality as presented by the mass media is therefore not a picture or reflection of reality. Sci - fi films themed around the concept of ‘ virtual reality’ are based on the status quo and the trend of development in media technology. They provoke the philosophic thoughts about the interaction between human beings and information technology, focus on two propositions that contain ultimate meanings, namely ‘ real’ and ‘ virtual’, and give prominence to their significance in our society under the impact of mass media. The article traces back to the narrative origin of this kind of films and thus concerns the relationship between these films and the real society or the cultural tradition in the process of history.