#and there are whole communities built around remastering star wars without all the revisionism lucas did in the various editions

[darkshrimpemotions]

It was more than a decade ago, for sure. As far as I can tell, this has been a thing as long as home video boxed sets have been a thing, just not with every show and not always as noticeably.

The earliest personal example I can think of is my favorite late 90s/early 2000s animated show, Daria. Most of the cool 90s rock and alternative music in the background and scene transitions was replaced with generic random filler music for the VHS release in 1998 and for the 2010 complete series DVD release. The usage of the theme song throughout the show was also massively cut down.

And the Supernatural issue has been a thing on streaming--not just Netflix, even if you buy or rent the episodes on another streaming platform like Google Play this is the case--since way before 2020. I remember hearing "don't watch it on Netflix if you want the original experience" as far back as 2014. Pretty much the only way to get the show with the original music now is to pirate it or buy the DVDs.

you know how you can go and watch a movie you watched a bunch as a kid and the version of a song in it is different? like they actually changed it since you were a kid? that isn't normal. we didn't do that until like, the last ten years. it's fucked up.