I just had a nightmare directed by Ridley Scott
I was part of a crew of four - me, a woman in her late thirties, a stereotypical bespectacled engineer/science guy, and Han Solo. I have no idea why. Not Harrison Ford, it was Han Solo.
Anyway, we encountered a planet in an unexplored solar system. When we came closer, a small alien creature attacked our ship. It was harmless, so we just left it in the ship, and embarked on the planet to investigate. I don't remember what happened on it, but it was pretty intense. We barely managed to escape, and we got on the ship. The engineer snarkily said something along the lines of "You know how in every fucking indie sci-fi movie they leave an egg on the ship, and the alien inside kills everyone on board?" We realized our mistake, and started to lok for the alien. It got "Ripley" first. It was a different kind of chest-burster. It didn't need a host to hatch, it just killed people by burrowing inside them, and bursting through their chest. That's what happened to her. We tried to fight it, but it was too strong. We decided that suicide was an only option. I started to break down, and Han Solo patted me on the shoulder and said some sort of movie one-liner ending with "kid". We opened two hatches, and were immediately sucked into space. We had some sort of handheld jetpacks, and used them. When I started to run out of oxygen, we landed on a different planet. Me, Solo and the engineer. We landed in an ocean during a storm. The planet was massive. And so were the creatures in the ocean, judging by the sounds. I was legitimately terrified. I have thalassophobia, and it was terrifying. I could see a giant outline of a creature rising to the surface. It was easily at least 500 metres. But I noticed something about the planet - it had low gravity. Low enough for us to be able to float in the air by waving our hands around, as if swimming. We floated until we reached a shore. We spotted some buildings. We flew by several screens with ads on them. Several brands of drinks and snacks. Among them was a picture of Bin Laden. It was so bizzare. His pictures were everywhere. We realized that it was a hidden Islamic empire under the rule of a dictator. We decided to land to attract less attention. Then we spotted a building. It had no lights on one of the floors. This is where I lost it. I was so far from civilization for so long, I was thirsty, hungry, I wanted to rest. So I left my crew behind, and started to climb the balconies. I just wanted to hide in that room. Drones were flying everywhere, I was spotted, and soon enough, police and firemen were everywhere. I froze on the balcony. When I looked down, I saw a ladder placed by the firemen. They were about to climb, and I grabbed it and just slid down. I somehow outran the police and the firemen, and I hid behind a house. That's when I woke up.
Posted Feb 25, 2018, 4:02 AM UTC
I wonder what causes nightmares like this.
I read the book Eragon several years ago, then had a nightmare of a heap of dead people with crows eating them.
I've been playing Risk of Rain lately, it's an indie game set on a hostile alien planet, I've also been thinking about buying Subnautica, an... indie game set on a hostile alien planet, but underwater, I've also watched a video with Ridley Scott talking about his carreer, and there was a discussion on reddit about Gaddafi, the dictator.