1. Haha!  This is hilarious.  I love hearing about funny or epic dreams, and I love telling about my own, when I have “good” ones.  Sadly, most of them don’t involve movies or books.  I did, however, have many dreams about LotR back when I was I was a young teen unhealthily-obsesssed with all things Tolkien.  When I explored Harry Potter for the first time last year, I read all the books and watched all the movies in rapid succession, so I was immersed in the series for weeks and had multiple dreams about broom riding and wizardry.

    And more recently, whatever TV show I’m watching with my husband will sneak into my dreams: Doctor Who, Eureka, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes.   Not too long ago I dreamed that the Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to determine that I was pregnant with twins.  (I *am* pregnant and I’ve always wanted twins, so I hoped it was a sign…but no, apparently the sonic is not always accurate. :D)

  2. Bainespal says:

    That is interesting.  Your “frame story” of waking up and reporting a dream makes it seem like Medieval dream-vision literature.  (I’m not suggesting that you’re faking the dream; I believe it.)  Epic, indeed.  There must be a resurrection theme in there somewhere, given the President’s last words.
     
     

  3. Literaturelady says:

    This was hilarious!  It reads like a dream, yet it also reads like some superhero film story a screenwriter would really come up with, dropped plots and all.  Thanks for sharing!
    My novel/story character dreams are so far apart that it’s a real treat when they come!  Before each Walden Media Narnia film came out, I had a weird dream about the Pevensies.  And another dream featured Fflewddur Fflam, though don’t ask me what he was doing with a motley crew of other storybook characters in a high-class hotel.  🙂
    Blessings,
    Literaturelady
     

  4. Bainespal says:

    Here’s a thought on the “screenplay” — The Young Boy should be the one to fight off the aliens, perhaps with the help of other people who were contaminated by the meteorite and found themselves with superpowers.  Maybe the Avengers can do the physical marvels, if they have to be in there, but the Boy should have been given a specific ability as a result of his contamination in order to stop the aliens.

    This way, it will set up a theme of Providence.  How did the meteor just happen to crash and contaminate the food supply just before the Aliens attack?  And why did the contamination just happen to give this one Young Boy the great Ability (whatever the Ability is) needed to combat the aliens?  But what was the meteorite anyways? What is in that sealed crate…..

    Mr. Burnett, if you ever find yourself with the influence or resources necessary to put the making of a movie into motion, will you consider bringing this dream to life?  Please? 😉 

  5. Galadriel says:

    Most of my recent dreams involve the Doctor (different rengenerations even), but it really  bugs me when I have a cool dream and wake up to realize it would make a rubbish story.

What do you think?