Character mistake: The doctor diagnosing Will's illness tells Evelyn and Max that it's caused by "an isotope called polonium." Polonium is a chemical element, not an isotope. The word "isotope" refers to a form of an element (such as carbon-12 or carbon-14) not the element itself. It does not mean "radioactive substance", because many isotopes are stable. A doctor would know this. (00:17:00)
Transcendence (2014)
1 character mistake
Directed by: Wally Pfister
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara
Factual error: When Evelyn tries to get the AI on the internet using a network cable, she inserts it into a patch port. Patch ports lead to network outlets, and there might be no device on the other end of the port. It would have made more sense to insert the cable into a networking switch, instead. (00:43:34 - 00:44:08)
Audience Member: So you want to create a god? Your own god?
Will: That's a very good question. Isn't that what man has always done?
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