“those jokes refer to a scene in Blade Runner”
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"zoom in, enhance" feature much mocked about on TV crime shows Actually, those jokes refer to a scene in Blade Runner : this video
Blade Runner Enhance Scene
316K views · Oct 9, 2011 · 2:41 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2013–2025
The Blade Runner scene in which Deckard uses a voice-controlled machine to enhance a photograph, zooming into hidden details.
Why Hacker News points people here: Used as the canonical reference for the 'enhance' trope whenever image upscaling or recognition comes up.
“the grand daddy of all enhance scenes”HN comment, 2014
What Hacker News said 4
“Chinatown (food/texts), the girls outfit (being a dancer), and an identifying tattoo”
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Yes in the 3 minute scene there were multiple indications from the picture to indicate: Chinatown (food/texts), the girls outfit (being a dancer), and an identifying tattoo. Which would point to only a few dance clubs in the city. It was also a connection to the artificial snake scale being found in the bath tub that happened to be rare and only created by a few possible engineers. Engineers who work on robotics. One Chinatown engineer happened to be employed by the people he was looking for, who were robots in need of an engineer... Not a far fetched connection by Hollywood's standards. this video
“the grand daddy of all enhance scenes”
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I can't believe you are linking to CSI instead of Blade Runner, the grand daddy of all enhance scenes this video makes me feel old...
“Or if you prefer Blade Runner”
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Black Mirror episode portraying what this could do: link . If Apple ran SHARP on this photo and compared it to the show, that would be incredible. Or if you prefer Blade Runner: this video