This Week's DCMG Digest


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

On The DreamCage - https://www.thedreamcage.com/

"What to do when your boat is stranded in the middle of the ocean having been seized by a sea creature, the like of which no-one has seen before?"

On digital release now and DVD/Bluray from April 27th, thanks to Signature Entertainment, Ren Zelen watched Sea Fever...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/04/film-sea-fever.html


"And yet the US’s war on drugs policy being shown to be an empty promise is perhaps one of the more interesting features of both the Narcos’ shows"

Marc Nash headed south of the border and binge watched Narcos Mexico, Series 1 & 2...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/04/tv-narcos-mexico-series-1-2.html


"for the first three years Community was exactly what I had been looking for in a television show."

Steve Taylor-Bryant remembers how he came to the show, why he loved it, and how he ended up really disappointed...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/04/tv-community.html



"So Alex Garland, he of The Beach, Ex-Machina et al, has penned an 8-part scifi series for the BBC."

With major spoilers if you haven't binge-watched all of it on BBC iPlayer yet, Marc Nash delves into Devs...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/04/tv-devs.html


Thursday was St George's Day and to celebrate [oh - Ed], we sent [oh, no - Ed] Susan Omand, our token [we didn't think this through, did we? - Ed] Scottish person, hunting for her top five favourite film dragons [wait a minute, what? - Ed]...



"the things that are bringing comfort during the end of days may also help you"

Steve Taylor-Bryant shares some of his go-to comfort reading/viewing during Lockdown ...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/04/bookstv-steves-lockdown-survival-kit.html



On 26th December 2019, 627 pieces of Classic Doctor Who content were made available to Britbox subscribers. Every Sunday in 2020, our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, looks back at some of the classic stories.

Here are Tony's thoughts on...

 The Curse Of Peladon (4 Episodes)
The Sea Devils (6 Episodes)
The Mutants (6 Episodes)



Meanwhile on AlbieMedia - https://www.albiemedia.com/

If you're looking for something suitably arty-ish, surprisingly informative and incredibly entertaining, Susan Omand suggests you indulge in a few of Marek's Mediocre Masterpieces on YouTube...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/04/aotd-mareks-mediocre-masterpieces.html


"This year saw her move onto a path nobody foresaw and gave us glimpses of the amazing creative force she’d become."

This week's #SotD80 choice from Jimmy Hunter is by Kate Bush...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/04/sotd80-kate-bush.html


"it didn’t care about tuneful vocals, it just cared that the words were heard."

Thirty years on, Steve Taylor-Bryant looks back at the Inspiral Carpets album, Life...

Find this week's contributors on Twitter

@JimJamGin
@STBwrites
@OmandOriginal
@Lokster71
@RenZelen
@21stCScribe

and find our Podcasting partners @WasThisAlways