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Where did this HD version of this meme come from? I’ve seen Monster House, and CG wasn’t that good in 2006. I’m pretty sure someone’s enhanced this image with AI.

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restingOface@quokk.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The Blu-ray was released in 2009

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Monster-House-Blu-ray/142/

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- cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Maybe that’s it. I only watched it on DVD back in the day. It was grainy and everyone’s faces looked plastic and uncanny. You couldn’t see facial textures or wrinkles.
  
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  - restingOface@quokk.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.
    
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    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.
    
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