BILD: Bladerunner Induced Lucid Dream

[The Blue Meanie]

(Excuse the thread title - making fun of silly actronymned techniques is a kind of running joke for me) Okay, a little background: I'm a very deep sleeper, and it's an uphill battle for me to maintain decent dream recall, let alone lucidity. But for the past few days, I've been leaving the TV on throughout the night, playing the Director's Cut edition of Bladerunner on low volume on repeat throughout the night. And my dreaming's gone through the roof, culminating in a lucid last night, as well as another semi-lucid fragment. Now, haha, of course Bladerunner has no mystical powers as a lucid-inducing movie. (Though it's a REALLY good movie! If you haven't seen it, yada yada yada...) But I really think that having the TV on at low, barely audible volume helped prevent me from sleeping so deeply. The background sound and light flashes (My bedroom is very dark) probably helped me to sleep a lot lighter, and get better recall, vividity, and perhaps even lucidity. Does anyone else have any experiences with improving dreaming by leaving the TV on? What are your thoghts?

[2Fruits]

I think it's a great idea! Although I don't have a tv in my room . But slight disruptions/discomforts can increase in dreams a lot! My dad always use to comment that on a hot night he would have many crazy vivid dreams. I agree with that. Or if I'm cold or my doona falls off I remember many more dreams. I think though, the effect will wear off after a few days because you'll get used to it.

[dodobird]

That may be a bit off topic, but other things you can try to reduce sleep deepness: try letting more air into your bedroom ( such as by leaving a window open ). try sleeping with thinner pillow ( or no pillow if you find that comfortable )

[wendylove]

Having Waking Life instead of blade runner would be a better idea, however the prinicple behind sounds great. My mom would shout at me if I left the T.V. on all night, also the electricty wasted will increase the electric bill. So unless your rich and don't care about global warming(man made global warming is rubbish) then do this.

[kr3wskater]

haha sounds like what i did not too long ago... http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/index.php?...c=46062&hl= Its a good technique if you ask me, works most of the time

[Moonbeam]

I love that movie, especially the Director's Cut. Don't you think that in the end when the guy who was following him makes the origami unicorn, it means that the he (Harrison Ford character) was a replicant too? It had symbolism that I could actually interpret too; the dove flying up when the Rutger Hauer character died represented his soul, and meant that he was more than just a mere machine. (hey that's pretty good, for me to figure it out.) Much better ending than the lame original one.

[The Blue Meanie]

Actually, I've never seen the original. Just the director's cut. I suppose I should get out the original someday though, just for comparison's sake. But yeah, it's a great movie. And I came to the same conclusion with the origami unicorn. But yeah, apart from that - I don't think the subject matter of the movie matters too much. So, wendylove, I'm not totally convinced that Waking Life would be any better for this purpose. For me, bladerunner is familiar - I can fall asleep watching it, but it's not so sedate that I sleep soundly through it. I don't know. It just worked for me, I guess.