Revealing mistake: During The Manhunt in the woods, Andy, Barney, the trees, etc., cast long shadows due to the overhead sun, but the problem is that we also see Andy's and Barney's shadows being cast in another direction as well, due to the set lighting on location.
Super Grover
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
29th Oct 2015
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Kate's up on the ladder and falls backwards into the water trough, we can see that it's actually a stuntman who's wearing flats instead of the heels Kate's wearing.
29th Oct 2015
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Agard is lifted and dumped into the oil mining cart during the brawl at the clay mud pit the cart is pushed towards the pit, and in the wide shot as the cart rolls toward the camera we can see the rope attached to the bottom of the cart pulling it, just before Agard falls out.
15th Oct 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: When Andy tells Opie not to drop by the courthouse anymore after school, in Andy's closeups the shots are flipped - note the part in Andy's hair, the top of his badge, and his backwards buttoned shirt.
30th Sep 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Revealing mistake: While Goober is up in the tree with the fake owl, when Andy and the Darlings leave the house they are standing on the porch, and after seeing the 'second omen' the Darlings leave the porch and head to their pickup truck, but what's funny is that we can see their reflections in the window behind Andy as they all walk off camera, turn around and just stand there, and we can still see those actors' reflections in the shots facing Andy and Aunt Bee even as the Darlings supposedly drive off.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Revealing mistake: After Fin, Martin, and the rest get what they need in the Times Square area, they get in the cab and drive off, and just as we hear on the news "Moments ago the water spout came ashore and devastated the UN," in this exterior shot we can see the taxi's back tire as it's driving down the street, but the tire's not actually moving. Presumably the taxi is on a flatbed being driven by crew while filming from this angle, hence the tire being stationary.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Revealing mistake: When the stewardess asks April to sign her copy of the book entitled "How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters..." it's a thin book, and in the closeup as April autographs the page we can read the text and it's actually one of the versions of the "Samsung Galaxy Tab...For Dummies" book, not April's book. Also notice when Kelly Ripa shows April's book to the audience, it's now at least 4x as thick.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Revealing mistake: During the "fognado," when Fin is lifted off the ground, his shirt is pulled up due to the harness and its cables.
31st Jul 2015
Sharknado (2013)
Revealing mistake: When Fin decides to help the kids on the bus and says, "Water's rising, I'm gonna go up to the bridge and rappel down," two shots later the camera zooms in on Fin's car up on the bridge, but the problem is that this shot is shown in reverse - all the vehicles in both lanes are going backwards.
31st Jul 2015
Sharknado (2013)
Revealing mistake: While Matt and Nova are up in the chopper, Baz loads the vehicle then asks Bobby how the front end is looking, and in the next overhead shot we can see that one of the center spokes has been removed from the front of the vehicle, but when Luellyn pushes Bobby out of the way Luellyn is skewered by that non-existent spoke - which was digitally added. The real spoke is back on in later shots.
6th Jul 2015
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Revealing mistake: While Contini's train speeds along the railroad tracks, in the train's cab when Contini opens the floor's trap door before Freya walks in and later when Matt pushes Contini through the open trap door, there are closeups of the ground below and there are no railroad tracks whatsoever.
6th Jul 2015
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Revealing mistake: After Freya and Matt escape from Contini's chateau and are flying in Matt's chopper, we can see the shadow of their chopper being cast on the ground below, but the problem is that Matt's chopper looks nothing like that helicopter's shadow.
13th May 2015
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
Revealing mistake: While everyone is pinned down, when Jothee shows up in the stolen Scarran ship and fires on the enemy, in the overhead shot we can see the special effects canisters that cause the explosions on the ground.
13th May 2015
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
Revealing mistake: When John uses Scorpius as a shield and takes cover in front of him, as John fires at the Tregans behind Scorpius, there are round black devices attached to the back of Scorpius' suit that are there for the gunfire special effects, which suddenly appear then disappear after.
11th May 2015
Farscape (1999)
Revealing mistake: After Rygel realizes that he can loosen the soil with the dumped gruel, it cuts to John and Aeryn as they approach the Tavlek camp, and when Aeryn tells John, "I am going to take out every last Tavlek. No survivors. No mercy. Now give me the oculars," John holds up the syringe (with Zhaan's sleep mist) that Aeryn had given him earlier, and we can see "DG-4" engraved on the side of the gun, revealing that the prop dept used the model DG-4 aluminum air blow dust gun to play the part of the syringe.
8th Apr 2015
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: After Spock has jettisoned Galileo's fuel and ignited it, when it cuts to the bridge aboard Enterprise the shadow of the camera/equipment can be seen moving across the helm console.
8th Apr 2015
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: After Spock finds Gaetano's body he carries him back to the shuttle, and in the interior shot as McCoy and Boma carry Gaetano's body to the back, we can see though the shuttlecraft's doorway the top of the set's blue backdrop.
29th Mar 2015
Farscape (1999)
Till the Blood Runs Clear - S1-E11
Revealing mistake: While John and Aeryn are in the module, which is leaking plasma, just as Pilot tells them that Moya does not want to put her baby at risk, we can see the puppeteer rods controlling Pilot's arms as they move.
14th Mar 2015
Wonder Woman (1976)
Revealing mistake: After the explosion we see a shot of the fire in the second story window, and when Wonder Woman leaps up to the window the smoke is going into the window instead of out, which reveals it's shown in reverse. The boots she's wearing are also flats which then change back to heels.
13th Mar 2015
Wonder Woman (1976)
The New Original Wonder Woman - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: When the elderly woman fires the submachine gun at Wonder Woman, the sparks created by her bracelets are bigger and brighter than usual, and we can see the wires under both of her arms to help create those special effects. We can even see the wires' shadows on the wall behind her.
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