Mac and Me, the much-beloved and laughably horrible 1988 sci-fi cult basic, has been given a 4K Extremely HD improve. Get your copy through Amazon earlier than Paul Rudd buys all of them.
A business flop and critically maligned, Mac and Me is notorious as a weird, low price range E.T.: The Further-Terrestrial ripoff loaded with egregious McDonalds and Coca-Cola product placement. But it has survived in popular culture as a chunk of “so unhealthy it’s good” nostalgia, in addition to the punchline to Rudd’s two-decade-long working gag the place he performs the identical clip from the film each time he seems on certainly one of Conan O’Brien’s exhibits — even his podcast.
Vinegar Syndrome has restored the movie from a recent scan of a 35mm unique unfavorable and packed the 2-disc Blu-ray set with options: new commentary tracks from co-writer/director Stewart Raffill and Cinematic Void’s Jim Branscome, in addition to movie historians Wayne Byrne and Paul Farren; new interviews with Raffill, alien designer/puppeteer Christopher Swift, and actress Christine Ebersole; a brand new featurette with cinematographer Nick McLean and digital camera operator Michael D. O’Shea; and extra. Try the trailer for the re-release under.