The 4K restoration of Mad Men on HBO Max is marred by numerous errors, including missing post-production edits, visible crew members in shots, and anachronistic elements like modern signage. These issues, ranging from color and audio problems to incorrect episode titles and ordering, have disappointed fans.
would be available to stream in 4K for the first time when it landed on the service’s lineup. Given the production design and cinematography the show is so well known for, that was incredible news to fans.
Unfortunately,that you stream on the lower, non-4K editions of HBO Max is just fine. But the 4K “upgrade” is absolutely riddled with errors that were totally overlooked for the digital restoration. And we’re not talking simple color or audio issues here. There are several scenes where post-production work is just missing entirely. Arguably the biggest blunder of this rollout — the one everyone is talking about — is the crew member assisting with a vomiting scene in the seventh episode of Season 1. In the episode, Roger Sterling pukes in the office in front of clients, and the new “4K” version shows viewers just how that sausage was made. the new 4K transfer of mad men on HBO somehow does not have any of the post-production edits added in, which means you get stuff like this where you can see the crew member manning the puke machine after Roger has too many oysters lmaoA crew member is present in the shot, operating a barf hose to create the Roger’s vomit. You can even see a second crew member next to him watching it all go down. This was obviously edited out of the scene in the version that aired on TV, but it’s front-and-center for this new streaming restoration. It would be one thing if a single moment like this slipped through the cracks, but there are a bunch of these moments throughout the first couple seasons of the show on HBO Max. There’s one scene in Season 2 where Peggy is walking through what is supposed to be New York City in the 1960s. But she passes buildings with signs advertising electronic SIM cards and “the best burritos in L.A.” To make things even more confusing, many of the episodes have the incorrect titles and have sometimes been listed out of order. This rollout has been nothing short of chaotic, to say the least.The Hollywood Reporterthis week noted that Lionsgate is working on “getting HBO Max the correct file” and they were in the process of being swapped out. We’ll see how the rollout for the replacement files goes over the next few days. Hopefully it all gets sorted out and HBO Max does have a true 4K upgrade ofto show subscribers. What would be even better, though, is if that finished 4K edition gets a physical release sometime in 2026. Spider-Man Noir TV Series Reveals Which Character Nicolas Cage Is Playing Get access to exclusive stories on new releases, movies, shows, comics, anime, games and more!
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