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 happens when you take a fictional power hungry Sith Lord and throw him into the working-class life of a human on Earth?"

Showing online as part of the We Are One: Global Film Festival, Kraig Taylor-Bryant took a look at The Light Side...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/short-film-light-side.html


"The stars have finally aligned to bring you the Chapter three of Blinker!" With the comic out now from Madius Comics, Susan Omand caught up, at a socially acceptable virtual distance, with Blinker's brilliant creator, and illustrator of The Incredible Bun, Rosie Packwood...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/interview-rosie-packwood.html


"The action, both in-dream and on the ship, is also very cinematic and sometimes very full-on, with some quite psychological and violent scenes, and I would have loved to have seen this story play out on screen."

Susan Omand pulled on her browncoat and read Firefly: The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove, published next week by Titan Books...

 https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/book-firefly-ghost-machine.html


"a brilliant military sci-fi space-opera thriller involving alien biotech, war veterans, hackers, AI and authority figures whom you were never quite sure were on the “good” side."

Susan Omand read Stormblood by Jeremy Szal, now out from Gollancz...



" You might argue that sometimes it feels a little too theatrical but that is – particularly at one point – meant to be the case."

Tony Cross watched The Fourth Wall from Fortissimo Films...




"In short…. Yeah, it’s still blocks."

The Defective Inspector has dusted off his clipboard and put new batteries into his torch to inspect Minecraft Dungeons...


"It’s OK, don’t worry, they’re not yet rebooting our favourite pink and white saggy old cloth cat into a hideously garish CGI cartoon"

Now on Amazon Prime, thanks to Signature Entertainment, Susan Omand watched Bagpuss...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/tv-bagpuss.html


"I love British crime drama. We seem to blend the darkness of Scandinavian television with a little of the razzmatazz of our U.S. cousins whilst still managing to base most of our dialogue on frustrated sighs"

[Editor's note - this is possibly the best opening line to a review ever but don't tell him]

Steve Taylor-Bryant watched the 2001 TV drama Messiah...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/watching-detectives-messiah-2001.html

With references to the "preserving the fantasy" behind the scenes documentary (watch that here), as well as sidetracks about pogs and pizza making tips, this week's Was This Always Weird podcast looks back at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Coming Out Of Their Shell Tour...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/podcast-was-this-always-weird-teenage.html

"Ultimately that’s what this show feels like, its own eight film saga. And I, for one, cannot wait for the next chapter."

With Extraction director Sam Hargreave signed up for season 2 of The Mandalorian, Kraig Taylor-Bryant, looks back at season 1...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/06/tv-mandalorian.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...

Pyramids Of Mars (4 Episodes)
The Android Invasion (4 Episodes)
The Brain Of Morbius (4 Episodes)



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

"For this #BlackLivesMatter SotD I’d like you to listen to an amazing record from 1980, one that few people will have heard of, by a group from Mosside in Manchester"

Jimmy Hunter recommends Dem A Sus by Harlem Spirit...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/06/sotd80-black-lives-matter-harlem-spirit.html


"Do the lyrics matter in this oscillating sea of electronica?"

For #SotD80 this week, Jimmy Hunter joins The Human League...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/06/sotd80-human-league.html


"Boy, that lassie can sing! "

Thirty years on, Susan Omand listens to Mariah Carey's debut album...

 https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/06/turn-that-noise-down-mariah-carey.html


Find this week's contributors on Twitter
@JimJamGin
@OmandOriginal
@STBwrites
@Lokster71
@Kraigandhismac
@Definspector

and our Podcasting partners @WasThisAlways