"Last month, HBO Max announced a major new addition to its library. Not only would the streamer be adding Mad Men-a show that HBO execs infamously passed on back when Matthew Weiner was a writer on The Sopranos-but it would be presenting the period drama's episodes in a new 4K remastering. This would, according to the press release, "[give] audiences and longtime Mad Men fans the opportunity to enjoy the series' authentically-crafted elements with crisp detail and enhanced visual clarity.""
"Not long after the series went live on HBO Max, a screencap began floating around social media, from a scene in the Season One episode "Red in the Face," where Roger Sterling is vomiting in front of a group of horrified Sterling Cooper clients. When it aired-and in the version still available on AMC+-seven men are on screen, all of them wearing period-appropriate suits and ties."
HBO Max added Mad Men to its library and released a new 4K remastering of the series. The higher resolution and reframing exposed production elements previously unnoticed, including crew members visible in a Season One vomiting scene and people feeding a hose to simulate the effect. Some episodes were mislabeled during the rollout, creating navigation confusion. Similar issues arise when converting standard-definition, 4:3 footage to higher resolutions and widescreen formats, where reframing, cropping, or enhanced clarity can reveal off-set artifacts and alter the original visual composition and intent.
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