HBO Max Butchers ‘Mad Men’ in Botched ‘Remastering’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/02/hbo-max-butchers-mad-men
HBO Max Butchers ‘Mad Men’ in Botched ‘Remastering’

Link to: https://www.wired.com/story/hbo-maxs-mad-men-barf-scene-proves-remastered-doesnt-mean-better/

Daring Fireball
@daringfireball No, it's not Warner or HBO Max that botched the episodes. They didn't bother to check them, but the problem is with the original studio, Lionsgate. It looks like LG went back to the original film negative for the early seasons (the crew switched to Arri Alexa and digital during season 5), rescanned them in 4K, but forgot that some shots featured CGI, like mattes to hide equipment or technicians. Hence these blunders. HBO Max simply has exclusive rights on the 4K versions.
@kahn @daringfireball yes, but I'd argue that customers pay HBO MAX and see the HBO MAX logo when they fire up the app and HBO MAX has been promoting the release of Mad Men... so they are absolutely partially responsible for this debacle