Blue pill dreaming...
Jan. 9th, 2005 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
triadruidWoke up this morning from a dream that was very much like a dream I've had at least once before, years ago.. and possibly several times in the course of my life. The details differ but the setup is always the same:
Say hello to our new robot overlords. For whatever reason, mankind has been enslaved by [some other culture of robots/aliens] in a very Matrix-style setup (the first times I had this dream, I think I likened it to the Tripods series by John Christopher). It's a posh sort of imprisonment, with loose-fitting clothing, comfortable of repetitive surroundings (very 70's sci-fi, Logan's Run type decor), and comingling to an extent. I got the impression that being in a room with another human was allowed during certain times and certain places, kind of like a low-security prison. This was really only the habitation quarters of the prison and that the actual worksites/whatever they were having us do was somewhere else, perhaps not as nice. Lots of robot sentries, cameras, sensors, and klaxons when you step out of line. And every time I have this dream, I'm doing my best (after a while) to step out of line, get out of prison, and take someone with me hopefully.
She's no one I know, of course; more like the standard helpless movie female than any woman I actually know these days. But this time my main scheme was to use the "thought experiment" feature of the prison to find a way out. Essentially it allows you to create a virtual reality setup of whatever you want, as long as you are the only actual human in it. My mistake this time was trying to use it to find a way out of the prison *and* take the woman with me. That set off the klaxons just as we were trying to slip out of the room through the ductwork. Apparently I could think about escaping all I wanted, I just couldn't involve anyone else.
Which is about the point where I woke up from the dream this time. I remember being very frustrated; going solo wasn't nearly as effective an escape as being able to take other people with me. Not sure what it all means...
Say hello to our new robot overlords. For whatever reason, mankind has been enslaved by [some other culture of robots/aliens] in a very Matrix-style setup (the first times I had this dream, I think I likened it to the Tripods series by John Christopher). It's a posh sort of imprisonment, with loose-fitting clothing, comfortable of repetitive surroundings (very 70's sci-fi, Logan's Run type decor), and comingling to an extent. I got the impression that being in a room with another human was allowed during certain times and certain places, kind of like a low-security prison. This was really only the habitation quarters of the prison and that the actual worksites/whatever they were having us do was somewhere else, perhaps not as nice. Lots of robot sentries, cameras, sensors, and klaxons when you step out of line. And every time I have this dream, I'm doing my best (after a while) to step out of line, get out of prison, and take someone with me hopefully.
She's no one I know, of course; more like the standard helpless movie female than any woman I actually know these days. But this time my main scheme was to use the "thought experiment" feature of the prison to find a way out. Essentially it allows you to create a virtual reality setup of whatever you want, as long as you are the only actual human in it. My mistake this time was trying to use it to find a way out of the prison *and* take the woman with me. That set off the klaxons just as we were trying to slip out of the room through the ductwork. Apparently I could think about escaping all I wanted, I just couldn't involve anyone else.
Which is about the point where I woke up from the dream this time. I remember being very frustrated; going solo wasn't nearly as effective an escape as being able to take other people with me. Not sure what it all means...
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Date: 2005-01-09 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-10 07:26 am (UTC)This reminds me of The Fortress (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1800194601&cf=info&intl=us) for some reason.
I agree with
Christophe' Lamber'!
Date: 2005-01-10 07:09 pm (UTC)Re: Christophe' Lamber'!
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Date: 2005-01-10 10:29 pm (UTC)Hugs