Oh, man, my least favorite pseudoscientific cliche from movies and TV is the hackneyed "zoom in on that reflection in the eye of the guy we caught on the el cheapo RS-170 B&W surveillance cam and recorded on VHS…if we blow it up enough, we'll be able to identify the killer!" It's painfully common, too, as you'll see in this montage of enhancing moments:
"Do you have an enhancer that can bitmap?" Somebody slap those writers.
(via Kevin Zelnio)
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