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[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Breaking: Scientists unveil 20,000 y/o ice mummy "perfectly preserved" in the Eurasian Steppe. What they found from a CT scan of his stomach was described as "shocking" and "made it difficult to imagine how an ancient human on this kind of diet could live to such an old age".

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Iceman 2 is an upcoming science fiction drama film. It takes place 20,000 years into the future when Trump is brought back to life.

Iceman is a 1984 science fiction drama film. The film follows the discovery of a prehistoric Neanderthal caveman frozen in ice and what happens after scientists are able to bring him back to life.

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Holy shit are movie execs fucking greedy. I can't imagine spending money to get what is hardly better than an old-school shit tv broadcast minus the ads.

The film was released in 4:3 pan and scan on DVD by Universal on December 28, 2004.

Kino Lorber released the film on Blu-ray on December 10, 2019, preserving the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like there's a whole pipeline of really bad dvd or blueray repressings of things they just put out there to try and make a quick buck.

Something has to go in the 5 dollar ball-pit style bin at Walmart though. I remember when they used to have that for VHS tapes in dollar stores too. At least men and black 2 for 99c is something you could have on in the background with a plugin VCR-CRT combo on the table while you cooked or whatever.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

I know it's the movie business and studios are always trying to squeeze out another dollar. In the aughts I can imagine Universal doing a pan-and-scan if they didn't have a - whatchamacallit - master copy for some obscure movie from an obscure studio from (many) decades before.

But they did that to a movie they released themselves 20 years before. Not only that. Adjusted for inflation it had a ~$31 million budget. That's next level lazy and greedy.