Trivia: When Gandalf and the dwarves are fighting their way out of The Misty Mountains, one of the goblins is knocked off a bridge and lets out a recognisable Wilhelm scream.
Casual Person
7th Jan 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
7th Jan 2013
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Question: In the end credits, the very last character in the cast is someone called Reader (Les Bubb). Who is that character and when did he appear? Note: The cast is listed in order of appearance, so he would be the last character to appear in the movie.
7th Jan 2013
South Park (1997)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Question: There is a photo of a non-animated real life person displayed next to the couch at Cartman's house, in this episode only. Who is she? (00:15:50)
Chosen answer: Matt Stone's sister Rachel.
30th Dec 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Question: What happened to Radagast? One minute he's running away from the Orcs, but then the Orc is standing on a stone and then Radagast disappears for the rest of the movie.
Chosen answer: We are never told, but given his confidence in his rabbits and the fact that he is a wizard of equal power to Gandalf (even if he has gone a bit odd), we can presume he escapes. Radagast doesn't appear in the book, his presence was pretty much invented for the movie, however he does appear very briefly in the first book of the Lord of the Rings (though not in the movie), so as far as the overall story goes, he must survive.
30th Dec 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Question: The Hobbit trilogy takes place 60 years before Lord Of The Rings, and it is shown that Bilbo takes the Ring from Gollum and escapes the Misty Mountains with it. What exactly has Gollum been doing for the past 60 years?
Chosen answer: It took Gollum a few years to summon up the courage to leave his cave to try to find Bilbo, but, unsurprisingly, he found that the trail had gone cold. Wandering in the hope of picking up the scent, he ended up on the edge of Mordor, where he encountered Shelob and became her servant, spying on her behalf, luring food into her lair and so forth. Eventually, captured by Sauron's forces, he gave up the names of Baggins and the Shire under torture, alerting Sauron to the existence and potential significance of Hobbits. He was freed, only to be captured again, this time by Gandalf and Aragorn who wanted to question him about the Ring before placing him in elven custody in Mirkwood. Escaping from there, Gollum hid out in Moria where he first picked up the trail of the Fellowship.
27th Dec 2012
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Selina has Daggett pressed up against a wall, she is shown wearing heels, but later on in the same scene, whilst she and Bruce fighting Bane's mercenaries on the roof, she is wearing flats. (00:52:00 - 00:53:25)
27th Dec 2012
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Visible crew/equipment: Whilst the police are shown standing on the street, ready to fight Bane's mercenaries, just after Foley walks to the front of the crowd, it cuts to a shot of the mercenaries arriving on the street. In this shot, towards the left of frame, a man can be seen walking up a flight of stairs, carrying a radio. This man is not part of Bane's army and has no other reason to be present in the scene, so he is most likely a crew member that unintentionally walked into the shot. (02:11:00)
27th Dec 2012
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Visible crew/equipment: When the sewer explodes and the explosion comes up through the manhole surrounded by police officers, the cop nearest to the explosion can be seen wearing some sort of jelly to protect himself from the explosion. (00:23:30)
24th Dec 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Continuity mistake: Just after Radagast has a flashback of him seeing the Necromancer, some of the white stuff on his beard disappears briefly in the shot where he inhales the stuff in Gandalf's pipe. (01:15:20)
24th Dec 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Other mistake: In this movie, Gandalf looks older than he does in his grey incarnation in Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. However, this takes place before the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, so he should look younger, or the same.
14th Dec 2012
Red Dwarf (1988)
Timeslides - S3-E5
Plot hole: In S2 E2 Better Than Life, Rimmer mentions that his brother Frank was 6' 5" by the time he was 11 due to their father pulling him on a tractor, however in S3 E5 Timeslides, the picture of Frank Rimmer's wedding shows Frank to be of fairly average height, and not 6' 5".
14th Dec 2012
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 2 - S1-E2
Other mistake: The newspaper article that features Tintin and Captain Haddock at the end of the episode is a flipped shot, as shown by the text that has been reversed. (00:43:35)
14th Dec 2012
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1
Other mistake: During the first shot of Captain Haddock, there is a shot of his table with cards. You can see there are three of the same card (a red ace) on the table. Even if it's one heart and one diamond there's still an extra. (00:15:25)
14th Dec 2012
The Simpsons (1989)
Revealing mistake: At the craft store when Homer and Bart go in, the door opens before Homer pulls the handle. (00:14:00)
14th Dec 2012
The Simpsons (1989)
Other mistake: When Homer throws his beer bottle in the air and puts the gun in his mouth, the beer bottle never lands. (00:15:30)
14th Dec 2012
Friends (1994)
The One Where Underdog Gets Away - S1-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Chandler runs into the apartment to say Underdog has gotten away, a crew member can be seen reflected in the sun shaped mirror behind him walking through the back of the shot. It can't have been Rachel, Monica, Phoebe or Joey because Joey is sitting down and Rachel, Monica and Phoebe are nowhere near the mirror. (00:14:05)
14th Dec 2012
Friends (1994)
The One With The Cooking Class - S8-E21
Revealing mistake: Just as the scene cuts from the streets to the baby store, the camera wobbles slightly.
14th Dec 2012
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Other mistake: When Mr. Burns is talking to Apu, Doctor Hibbert and Chief Wiggum about supplying Springfield with power, he is writing with his right hand despite being left handed. (00:45:00)
14th Dec 2012
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Nudar says to Bender, "Go steal the Doomsday Device chained to the Professor's wrist", Nudar and Bender are around the same height. In the next shot, Bender is several inches smaller than Nudar. (00:27:55)
14th Dec 2012
Clue (1985)
Other mistake: When everyone finds the Cop's dead body, there is a wound showing were the murderer hit him on the head with the pipe, however, the pipe shows there is no blood. (01:04:30)
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Chosen answer: Les Bubb worked on the Harry Potter films as a voice actor for minor characters. There's no exact indication who he played, but it's likely he was the voice of various portraits, background characters, and other characters who were either unseen or represented by special effects.