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  • restingOface@quokk.auOPtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldConfess your sins
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    2 hours ago

    Unfortunately, I do agree with you. I think the screenshot used in the meme had gone through some sort of AI upscaling. I found a Blu-ray rip of this film and skipped around to what seems to be that exact frame.

    • As you mentioned, the hair is more feathered and less solid
    • The skin is more textured/wrinkly
    • Even the background is changed. The cat decal has more imperfections, the menu on the wall became just a dirty cupboard or something, and there is inexplicably a TV with a stack of video games added out of nowhere.


    It is possible that I am just taking this still from a file that is an old rip of the film, and that these changes that we see in the meme were part of a manual upscaling effort for an official anniversary rerelease of the film or something. But I think your assumption of this being an AI upscaling for the sake of the meme is more likely.

    EDIT: I see that there is a stereoscopic 3D version of the film available. Again, it is possible that the differences we see here are from the 3D version, but I doubt the differences between these two versions were that drastic.