Dr Wilson

3rd Dec 2004

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Byron's ex-wife is driving the bus, she sees her two sons playing at the arcade, when the bus passes right in front of the building. She makes an announcement to the passengers, then she brakes, but the bus stops right in front of the arcade. (00:15:25)

Dr Wilson

Trivia: Director Kerry Conran never went to New York City during the production. The city is digitally recreated by using old pictures, some of which used as backgrounds in the film.

Dr Wilson

Continuity mistake: During Hagrid's class, Vincent Crabe has his shirt outside his pants. He puts his things on the wall and when Draco and Harry are talking, his shirt is now half tucked into his pants. He didn't have the time to do that. (00:31:20)

Dr Wilson

Continuity mistake: When Aunt Marge flies off, she starts pulling the tablecloth and some food stays on the table but in each of the following shots where there's a view from the side, the table is clean. (00:04:55)

Dr Wilson

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban mistake picture

Other mistake: When Harry is talking with Arthur Weasley at the Leaky Cauldron, the number '301' (colored in white) digitally pops up right underneath the wanted poster. The composite people neglected to remove it. This mistake occurs in a DVD widescreen version, and not visible in all versions. (This is not referring to Sirius Black's number '390' written on the paper that Sirius holds in the poster). (00:16:50)

Dr Wilson

Trivia: Dr. Totenkopf is played by Sir Laurence Olivier, who died in 1989. Kerry Conran achieved this by using computer manipulated archive footage of Olivier and pictures given by his family.

Dr Wilson

23rd Nov 2004

Batman (1989)

Revealing mistake: When Batman drives the Batmobile into the Axis Chemicals factory, watch closely when he slams through the first gate - you can see the gate is swaying and starting to open before the batmobile hits it, indicating it wasn't really closed and was left unlocked and partially open to make it easier for the stunt-driver to drive the Batmobile through it.

Dr Wilson

23rd Nov 2004

Batman (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Vicki and Bruce take their plates to finish the supper in the kitchen, Vicki grabs her glass twice.

Dr Wilson

23rd Nov 2004

Batman (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the Joker is watching the pictures that his henchman gives him, he puts the one with Alexander Knox on the table. Then, he looks at Vicki's picture and there's now another picture on the table.

Dr Wilson

Other mistake: When Polly notices the reflection of Joe's airplane marking on the water, the code "hllod" gives "Polly." That's impossible. To get "polly" from "hllod," a person would have to rotate the word 180 degrees, not view it as a mirror reflection.

Dr Wilson

19th Nov 2004

Galaxy Quest (1999)

19th Nov 2004

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Visible crew/equipment: When the crew is escaping with the beryllium sphere, there a shot where you can see the filming crew at the top left corner of the image. (00:53:55)

Dr Wilson

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Suggested correction: Having watched it carefully, I can't see any film crew in shot at any point in this sequence.

Peter Harrison

15th Nov 2004

Bowfinger (1999)

Continuity mistake: Bowfinger takes off his fake ponytail and puts it in his left pocket but when he gives his business card to Jerry Renfro, he puts his hand in the right pocket and his ponytail is attached to the card.

Dr Wilson

15th Nov 2004

Rushmore (1998)

15th Nov 2004

Rushmore (1998)

Revealing mistake: At the fund raiser for the aquarium, a journalist interviews Max with a tape recorder but you can see that it is not running because the wheels inside are still. (00:32:05)

Dr Wilson

15th Nov 2004

Bowfinger (1999)

Trivia: The orphanage scene was filmed at the Playboy Mansion. No wonder some children are caught reading that magazine.

Dr Wilson

12th Nov 2004

Frankenstein (1931)

Trivia: The song "What Would Brian Boitano Do" is a reference to the short film "The Spirit of Christmas-Jesus vs. Santa Claus", on which the series is based. In the film, Stan asks Cartman "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" when Jesus is fighting with Santa and then Brian appears to help them. Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Christmas_ (short_film).

Dr Wilson

9th Nov 2004

The Wolf Man (1941)

Revealing mistake: When Larry is attacked by the werewolf, Bela, there are two shots when they are behind a tree, when he is actually fighting a man. (00:15:40)

Dr Wilson

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