Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Continuity mistake: During the volcano scene, a girl is holding on to the priest's arm at wrist level. A split of a second later her grip changes to above the elbow level.

Sacha

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Suggested correction: Dropping nuclear man in to a nuclear power plant isn't as silly as it seems, assuming that the nuclear power is far greater than nuclear man he would simply be absorbed by it rather than growing stronger.

That never got shown and the fact that he was able to make a volcano erupt speaks volumes.

Athletic Jason

Continuity mistake: In the hotel suite, the kitchen door is always open, except for the moment when Superman has to look through it, when the door appears magically shut.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man flies through the Daily Planet floors, the last place he breaks into has the exact same decoration as Lex Luthor's penthouse, despite the fact that in previous scenes we saw that Luthor lives in a totally different building.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the UN sequence, we see a brief outside shot of the real UN building, but the further shots of the fake building have none of the elements from the shot we just saw: Flags, white stone wall.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Superman is entering the UN, an Arab man greets him and turns his head around from right to left. In the following closer angle he repeats the movement.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The SWAT people that are falling off the truck when it gets lifted disappear in the next angle where we see the pavement and a close up of the front of the truck.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the window shops explode, a taxi cab door is widely open to show a Budweiser ad on it. In the following wide angle from above the door is closed.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Nuclear Man watches the Daily Planet paper with the "New publisher for your favourite paper" headline. The first shot shows the paper slightly wrinkled on the left and bent to the right. In the following angle it is straight and perfect.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Superman stops the Soviet spaceship from turning around the solar panel is facing upwards, a second later the spaceship has changed position and the panel is sideways.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The Soviet missile has legible CCCP red letters, but in the following shot it's covered in snow, although the close-ups don't show any snow falling.

Sacha

Lex Luthor: Lenny, I've always considered you the Dutch Elm disease in my family tree.

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Trivia: Christopher Reeve originally refused to return for this film as he hated "Superman III" so much. He eventually changed his mind when he was given more input in the script.

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Question: Assuming anyone saw this deleted scene on the DVD special features. Why would Lacy even go to Smallville?

Rob245

Answer: Lacy had gotten tired of her dad's newspaper, big-city life and decided to move to Smallville because she wanted to experience life at a much slower pace and even decided to live on a farm.

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