Sacha

22nd Jan 2010

Superman (1978)

Revealing mistake: Superman has just saved Jimmy at the dam and is holding him in the air. Jimmy's fringe is standing up thanks to some hair fixer to achieve the effect of wind blowing (though it's a green screen effect). When Superman sets him on the floor his hair remains up giving away the trick, until the angle changes and it looks all combed and nice.

Sacha

9th Oct 2009

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The two cops are following Otis at Grand Central Station and two girls, one in yellow, pass by their left side. When the angle changes to a closer one, the girls are in the back and pass by again.

Sacha

11th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When the young soldier is about to reanimate Ms. Teschmaker his helmet is behind her arm. When the Captain lifts him up the helmet appears one meter away from the arm.

Sacha

11th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: At the police station, behind the fat cop there's a young cop picking up papers who walks to the left and stays there for a while. When the angle changes he reappears in the previous spot, repeating all the movements.

Sacha

11th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The huge lamp post next to the bus on the Golden gate disappears when the bus is about to fall down.

Sacha

10th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: On the Golden Gate, the blue beetle skids and stops with the rear tyres on top of a painted white line. A frame later the car is on the middle on the white line.

Sacha

10th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: At the police station, the counter swaps from being stacked with papers to semi empty when the angle changes.

Sacha

4th Jul 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The lights on the heliport keep swapping from facing the ground to pointing at the sky between shots.

Sacha

30th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Lois is about to ride on the helicopter, there's a man in the background easy noticeable because he holds two very bright glowing sticks. When the angle changes to a ground level view of Lois's legs, the man disappears.

Sacha

30th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

30th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When the Hollywood sign is falling on the girls, a close view shows a girl very close to a letter while her friends run away. A split second later, from a wide angle, the girl has disappeared.

Sacha

30th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: At the end of the falling Hollywood sign, the girls are zooming away from the sign. Angle cuts brusquely and, though the sign keeps falling on top of them, the girls are now walking calmly forming a neat cue.

Sacha

28th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: On the Golden Gate, the school bus smashes a blue beetle car, a second later the car appears in perfect condition.

Sacha

28th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When the helicopter is spinning around two men run towards the control room. In the next angle they're gone, only to appear entering several seconds later.

Sacha

14th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: While being mugged in the alley, Clark's gabardine keeps swapping between neatly folded to wrinkled between shots.

Sacha

14th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

13th Jun 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The close shot of the dogs and the garbage bins shows stuff on top of the bins. In the next angle they're gone.

Sacha

16th May 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: During the first scene inside Perry's office there's a radio on the background resting on a white book and a fat red volume. The white book changes positions depending on the angle.

Sacha

14th May 2007

Superman (1978)

Superman mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Kal-El's cradle arrives on earth, flies zooming past the Kents' car, which is driving in the opposite direction and crashes 500 meters behind the vehicle. The car keeps moving for about 200 meters and then pulls over. A brief shot shows an intact curb on the right. However, when Jonathan Kent gets out of the car, everything changes: The cradle has moved 700 meters ahead and lies next to the car; and the immaculate field is now destroyed by a huge ditch.

Sacha

12th May 2007

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: Superman lands on the sidewalk looking for Luthor and a group of people gather closely together behind him. In the next shot, half a second later, they are standing way apart from each other.

Sacha

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