Visible crew/equipment: When the "Father" UFO is flipping burgers, you can see the puppeteer's arm for a split second.
Batteries not Included (1987)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Matthew Robbins
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Elizabeth Pena, Frank McRae
Continuity mistake: The female grey-coloured UFO swaps to bright orange coloured several times in the film whenever there's low light and a blue-screened image is superimposed against him. Check the moment it gives birth, for example.
Harry: We bring good things to life.
Trivia: At the end of the movie, we see the large buildings built around the cafe. At the part where Carlos is looking at the building models, if you look closely, you can see a tiny model of the cafe built between the big buildings just as it is at the end.
Question: Would smashing the meters with an axe really cause the power to go out and the water to stop, or is it just plot convenience?
Answer: It's been years since I watched this one, but here's an engineer's opinion. Yes on the electrical meters, no on the water. If you strike an electrical meter with sufficient force to dislodge it from the main electrical service contacts, the flow of electricity will stop. Striking a water meter with an axe might destroy the metering mechanism and cause a leak, but water will still flow. Only severing the metal water service pipes would stop the water, but that would also cause a major flood.