The Weird Dreams topic (a.k.a Hollywood producers: shop here for movie ideas)

Yup, and apparently everyone you see in a dream is someone you've seen in real life, even if you don't remember them (although faces of people I don't actually know always seem to be "blurry".)

Most of the time when that happens to me, I bump into those people a few days later or I get an e-mail or something. That's weird.

I have found that as it is cooling off I'm sleeping much better and don't remember any of my dreaming
Thomas

I just had that when I woke up this morning!?

Unfortunately it wasn't a particularly nice dream. One of those ones you just wish you could forget... aw. Time for some music methinks!

This morning I saw the weirdest dream I've ever had: I attended a Hans Zimmer concert!

At first, I was in a very small hall with a very small stage. Other audiences were all as young as myself, look like college students.

I bought a program... it was too thick for a concert program.

A staff lady, very polite but emotionless, gave out each of us a box of cakes (!?), and then we're told we have to pay for that. Gah.

Before the concert began, somehow the hall changed into a small classroom... it looks like the elementary school classroom I attended a long time ago. But the college student-like audiences were still there.

Now the concert program was written on a blackboard.

The concert began... Heitor Pereira and Martin Tilman appeared in the classroom and plunked their instruments, but I didn't know what they're playing. Hans came in and said it's written only for concerts, not for any films. I was wondering why he didn't play piano or keyboard, as he did on the Ghent concert. But there weren't any instruments other than Heitor's and Martin's!

The rest of the event was rather a talk show than a concert. I had some chances to chat with Hans. He understood my bad English. LOL.

But I also remember they performed Kung Fu Panda and P.S. I Love You. Oh wait isn't this Zimmer's concert, or Powell's?

The weirdest part: At one point, a group of people who wear the lioness costumes of The Lion King on Broadway passed outside the room, singing Lioness Hunt song loudly. I explained to everyone it's from the stage version of TLK, and how strange they're here because this place is not Shiki Theatre (where Japanese version of TLKoB showing). I said to a girl on the next seat that I can't stand listening to the Broadway version of The Stampede because I love Zimmer's score so much. But also I said to Zimmer that I saw the stage version and it's brilliant, and he only responded "uh huh" or something like that.

Then this event really turned into like a elementary school class. Each of us received a paper and drew something on it at desk. And we handed in them to the teacher (who? Zimmer? Not remember).

And I eagerly tried to ask some questions to Zimmer but he or someone else said we have a Q&A session after the class. I chatted with him again at the session, maybe something about TLK and Spanglish (my favorites...).

Hans gave us another box of cakes, and said we don't have to pay for that. Hooray!

...

I don't remember anything else happened. I saw this dream after my alarm clock ringing, so I was half-awake. Probably what "I said" or "I thought" in the dream were actually what I was thinking in half-asleep.

Also last night I was thinking about the Hisaishi's concert which I missed, and I swore that if my another favorite composer will do a concert in Tokyo, I won't miss it. That's why I had such a dream this morning...

Do you ever have dreams where you are listen to music you know, but it's somehow...different, and never from the score it should be?

Last night was Colosseum Fight (Jumper) from BRIAN TYLER'S Spiderwick Chronicles!

Yeah, I vaguely remember dreams like that


I didn't go out last night but spent the evening reading and experienced a weird betwixt and between period where I was too tired to read the book but wanted to finish the chapter I was on, the book is set in the 14th century and I just couldn't figure out why TOM HANKS was starring in my book then I woke up from the half-sleep still bewildered enough to wonder what had happened to Tom Hanks!?

Conciousness is weird.

You get to control your dreams!?

Most of the times i don't even remember what i dream about anyway.

I don't know much about dreams, but that sounds like a sound theory to me.

What I do know is that dreams are incredibly revealing. And I keep dreaming about my ex, which I'm sure many can appreciate it SUCKS.

Um. I fear *I* may have revealed too much...

I'm not sure I have feelings for her per se, just the actual relationship. But I'm in a relationship at the moment which is not matching the awesomeness of my last relationship. Which kinda sucks.

Ahh to be young.

Hey, an original idea for a Hollywood movie; guy still prefers his ex.

Interesting theory! In my case, I dream about what happened and what I was thinking, or I was afraid in real life. These things are mixed up weirdly in my dreams.


So I analyzed my dreams...

1. Lately I often think about Hisaishi's concert I missed last summer.
2. I watched that Hisaishi concert on TV earlier this month.
3. At StreamingSoundtracks.com chatroom, I met a person who attended Zimmer's Ghent concert.
4. I saw too many photos of Hans while I was searching pics for this album cover.

* 1+2+3+4 --> weird dream about Zimmer's concert in Tokyo.

5. I'm worried about Q&A session after presentation of my study next month. --> Q&A session with Zimmer.

6. My mom and I talked about my friends at elementary school on New Year's Holiday. --> everything happens in the elementary classroom.

7. Now I'm (supposed to be) busy working on my study about animal ecology (bird researching).
8. I read and talked about keeping mice in captivity for behavioral studies.

* 7 + 8 --> weird dream about pigs and rabbits.

9. I went to the uni office a few days ago --> woman complains about our uni.



... oops I'm supposed to analyze the data of my study, not my dreams!

You've hit the nail on the head there Bregje! Luckily dreams can be more positive too... I have this semi-reoccurring dream that I have composed my own symphony. It sounds good in the dream.

Not really a dream, but just an idea for a movie:

My idea for a new Predator (no vs Aliens) movie...

New Found Land... the year 1000 something... the Vikings discover and settle there (fact), however history tell us that they left. Why should they have left such a green and bountifull land. Rumors says it was because of the Skraelings... (indians)... but what if those Skraelings were actually not indians... but Predators? (or perhaps only one Uber Predator)

Should be cool... in a Predator's point of view, the Vikings would have been worthy trophies. Willing to fight, sword in hand till death, that kind of stuff. Yeah, great!!! Throw in a solid Silvestri score and it will rock. The movie must be edgy and realistically shot.

Maureen? Your ex-wife?