Continuity mistake: When Superman is in Luthor's lair and Lex calls Ms. Teschmaker , the lamp on the floor changes from lit to unlit depending on the shot.
Sacha
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Superman takes Otis and Luthor to the prison wires holding them are visible.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When hanging from the bridge, the damage on the school bus' hood is different depending on the shot.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman walks to Luthor's lair, the amount of snow on the bridge of the snow-chamber differs between the CCTV shot and the one from the inside.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The cheerleading equipment is knocked down from the bench, but magically appears up on the next shot.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: Liz places her kitty on her right shoulder and on the next shot the cat's gone.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: When in the prison yard, Luthor's bald cap is hanging loose around his nape.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: After saving Jimmy from falling to the dam, during the flying sequence a couple of wires are seen between them.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Ms. Teschmaker is sunbathing, the trolley by her side is close to her thigh. In the wider angle is by her ankle.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Jimmy runs towards Hoover Dam his hair is long. A fraction of a second later it's very short.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Superman holds the plane's engine, the "S" on his shirt is looking the wrong way, revealing the angle was flipped.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Luthor switches the snow machine off, a wide angle shows the chamber totally covered in snow and ice, but the close-up of the vents and the walls surrounding are spotless.
7th Nov 2006
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: The position of Madolyn's spoon while eating the chocolate cake is not continuous in the front and back shots.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Otis is reading the paper about the meteorite found in Addis Ababa, the amount of chocolate in the candy bar increases or decreases depending on the shot.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The Hoover Dam breaks in many pieces with huge cracks everywhere. When Jimmy is hanging about to fall, from his POV there are just four tiny cracks.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: On the Golden Gate bridge, the beetle car that skidded a split second before appears totally empty when the van crashes against it.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: Before the Hoover Dam breaks, the places where all the cracks and water will later appear are easily traced on the concrete, covered in plaster and painted. Either that, or the real Hoover Dam has burst many many times and always through the same spots.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Jimmy is rescued by Clark in the Hoover Dam, Jimmy's hair during the flight is way longer than when he was hanging.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The telephone poles close to the gap on the railroad disappear in the wide angles.
7th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: After Jor-el talks to Von-Dah he places his hands on a man's chest. In the following shot they're on his shoulders.
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