Stolendroids Podcast

Two years after Justice League disappointed fans worldwide at the box office, the demand for Zack Snyder's original vision for the film finally reached a crescendo. Fans had been demanding the "Snyder Cut" for long enough. Even stars of the film such as Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck took to Twitter to lend their voice to the #ReleasetheSnyderCut movement. Their voices were heard and it was soon announced that the fabled "Snyder Cut" would air on HBO Max in 2021.

Some would see this as the successful campaign of a devoted fanbase. Others look at it and see a studio who caved into fan demands. While both may be true, the "Snyder Cut" movement isn't the first time that something like this has happened in recent history. Is that necessarily a bad thing though? Our panel discusses some recent examples and shares their thoughts on "fan service" versus succumbing to fan demands.

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Jake has been watching Prop Culture on Disney+ recently. (For those who are unfamiliar with the show, it follows film historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan as he reunites iconic Disney movie props with the filmmakers, actors, and crew who created and used them in some of Disney’s most beloved films.)

That brings us to this week's topic of discussion.

Watching Prop Culture put has put Jake in the mood to discuss the things that he likes to collect with others. But it's not just about him. He also wants to know what others collect and why.

We all know that person who collects stuff to the extreme. They're the ones who visibly cry when a kid a birthday party actually opens the toys that they received as gifts. Maybe it's your best friend or your significant other. Maybe that person is you. Or maybe that person is one of the Stolendroids Podcast hosts. Listen to find out.

NOTE: In this episode, we show off a lot of stuff that doesn't always translate well to an audio format. If you'd like to see the video of this episode you can check it out on our YouTube channel.

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Things are not great over at TripAdvisor right now, what with them sending people to get attacked and then trying to hide it. The Pixel 2 XL is having an even worse week if that was even possible. And Apple may have strung the iPhone 8 out to dry!

Headlines:

• TripAdvisor deletes rape warning for Mexican resort
• Google Pixel 2 XL units apparently skipped QA
• Seriously, what's up with the Pixel 2 XL QA process?
• Microsoft employee installs Chrome after Edge fails him
• Honeywell getting in on the smart home security market
• Google Drive files may disappear on you
• Apple rethinks "Bring Your Daughter To Work" day
• iPhone sales may never take off, thanks to Apple
• Walmart replaces the lowest employees with robots
• Amazon now the second highest employer in the US
• T-Mobile and Sprint will not merge
• Fake WhatsApp app downloaded over a million times
• Microsoft ends its free Windows 10 upgrade
• Saudi robot now has more rights than Saudi women

Zuke’s Favorite: The Dark Tower

Zohner’s favorite: Blackr

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What happens when the holidays have totally drained us and we still have a podcast to record? Well, we blurt out some interesting new words! We also manage to annoy the USPS, get a Sony/Blackberry cross-over, and not gag on the thought of eating human cheese.

Headlines:

• Sony hack was angry employees?
• Sony Hack AND Blackberry?! It's like Christmas for us!
• Airdropping "The Interview" into North Korea: Someone has been listening to our show
• Amazon, Hulu, and EA (among others) got hacked
• Travel "hack" leads to lawsuit
• Google blows the whistle on Microsoft bug
• Samsung is the new Apple?
• Make your dumb watch smarter
• Army says Comic-Book Guy can join too
• Upgrade your car without the insurance fraud
• NASA fixes a rover, like a boss
• Misleading headline is misleading
• Gorilla Grodd and invisible jets
• Soylent Green is real!

Zuke’s Favorite: Ant sized teaser

Schmidty’s Favorite: Zohner’s Jammies

Zohner’s Favorite: Banished

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For this Christmastime, we decide to stay up way too late and try to record a show in a mildly altered state. What came out was not . . . normal. North Korea is feeling ronery, Collin is killed by wildlife, and sometimes you SHOULDN'T buy a box of poop. It was a random week.

Headlines:

• The hackers have won (Obama, Romney, and everyone else rails against Sony)
• Want to know how we know SOPA is bad? The MPAA is trying to revive it.
• You TOO can have your own Pirate Bay!
• Spanish news publishers want Google News back
• Amazon introduces Prime Now. Claims to deliver items within the hour.
• Wakie app introduces an alarm you can't (and shouldn't) hit
• Uber will take you to safety, but only if you can pay . . . a LOT
• Instagram purges millions of fake accounts. Immediately loses 18.9 million followers.
• And Blackberry is back in the drink
• Microsoft makes Halo's cloud framework open source
• Minecraft is finally getting a story mode!
• Patch to fix Assasin's Creed Unity is nearly as large as the game itself
• Sometimes there's truth in advertising

Zuke’s Favorite: Everyone needs a robot friend

Schmidty’s Favorite: Official Trailer - The Holidays Are Coming

Zohner’s Favorite: Derby the dog

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