h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hah, that caught your attention, didn't it?

Relax, it was just a dream or rather, a nightmare.

During the Swedish equivalence of 'college' we watched 'Stepford Wives' (the original version from 1975) in English class (sans subtitles).

A few days later, I had a nightmare.

I was on a beach. There were various broken goods spread out in the sand, and a child playing at the water's edge. Otherwise, the beach was emtpy. The sun was shining.

Then Bobby came walking towards me and the child, looking very hostile. I told her to stay away, but she kept advancing on us. Looking around desperately, I spotted a broken umbrella, picked it up and held it out like a sword in front of me.

Bobby kept coming on, lifting her hands and bending her hands, making them look like claws. I told the child to run, and then challenged Bobby with the umbrella.

She kept coming closer and closer and, in desperation, I ran the metal tip of the umbrella through her belly, much like in the movie.

I had been so convinced that this person was a robot, but when I stabbed her with the umbrella. Instead of starting to malfunction, like in the film, she looked surprised, grabbed her belly and blood started to spurt out.

Blood.

There was a lot of blood, and she collapsed, and died.

I was horrified by what I had done. I dropped the broken umbrella and started running.

Running away from that horrible happening.

I kept running, and after a while, I realized that I was also trying to run away from the horrible person who had committed this horrible crime.

Myself.

That's when I woke up.

Here's the crucial end scene - be warned, if you get nightmares from it too, don't blame me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG7JAM6DQnM

The original is so much creepier than the recent remake.

What a horrible dream that must have been

Deb

[Amy P]