The top mistakes in Marooned http://www.moviemistakes.com/film4588 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:57:42 +0000 73071 Early in the film Gene Hackman tests a rocket-powered backpack outside the space station. He slowly spins sideways through a complete circle, but instead of each side of his body being lit up in turn as it's pointed towards the sun, the light stays constant throughout the maneuver, showing that the makers just took a photo of Hackman and rotated it. 156521 In nearly every scene depicting someone or something in weightlessness (zero gravity), objects tend to start moving randomly without any initial propulsive force or, when already in motion, to been seen to randomly change direction of movement with no outside force acting upon them. Both of these are impossible in a true zero-G environment. 156594 The Russian spaceship approaches the stranded 'Ironman 1' capsule, and as it moves across and fills the screen, it blocks the bright sun directly behind it. The following shot shows it moving away from that position and the sun is now nowhere to be seen. 156595 The technicians at Houston's Mission Control center are discussing the physical condition of the stranded astronauts, and one of them makes the statement that astronaut 'Stoney' has "lost 16 pounds". It would be impossible to make that determination considering that they are in a zero-G environment and there would be no way to 'weigh' anything. 156615 As Flight Director Keith is informing rescue-astronaut Dougherty about the impending hurricane before the rescue launch, Dougherty exclaims "Your'e right Buzz.it's impossible" The character of 'Buzz' Lloyd is an astronaut that is marooned up in space, on another spacecraft. He should have said "Your'e right, Keith", or something to that effect.