Which is better — paying big bucks for the in-theater movie experience, or waiting a couple months and watching the flick at home? Are streaming services jacking their monthly prices too high for the average consumer? What’s with all this renewed global interest in the Moon and what’s going on with our Mars missions? And: are we ready to see holiday merch for sale while we’re in Back to School shopping mode? El Kaiser and J.D. discuss all of these pressing topics — and more — on Episode 370 of Pop Tech Jam!
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
• Barbie’s So Big, Folks Made It Their First Theatrical Pandemic Movie (Gizmodo)
• ‘Sharknado’ Channels ‘Barbie’ as B-Movie Hit Gets New Poster, Trailer Ahead of 10th Anniversary Theatrical Release – Exclusive (The Hollywood Reporter)
• ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Set for Digital Home Release Aug. 29 (MediaPlay News)
• Hollywood calls time on golden era of cheap streaming (Financial Times)
• Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk Cage Fight Update: Speculation Grows That Tech Tycoons Could Slug It Out In Rome’s Ancient Colosseum (Deadline)
• Apple Plans Major ‘Watch X’ Overhaul for Device’s 10-Year Anniversary (Bloomberg)
• Forget Black Friday: The holiday shopping season starts now
(Axios)
• A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky (The New York Times)
• Moon Missions (NASA)
• Mars Sample Return Mission (NASA)