Dark Star

Revealing mistake: When Pinback is hanging from the lift, just before he decides to undo the bolts, you can see a piece of wood supporting his back. (00:43:00)

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Revealing mistake: In the main control room / flight deck, the illuminated buttons are clearly top-down plastic ice trays.

Revealing mistake: When Talby is mending the communications laser, in one shot the laser beams are not there. The sound effect is audible and there are two white strings visible where the laser should be. (01:03:00)

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Revealing mistake: When Pinback is hanging from the lift, just before he decides to undo the bolts, you can see a piece of wood supporting his back. (00:43:00)

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Pinback: Er, Talby, he's drifting away from the ship without his jetpack.
Boiler: Can you dig that? I always knew that guy was weird.

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Trivia: When Doolittle is floating through space after the explosion, a piece of debris which floats by him is marked "toilet tank thx 138" - a reference to George Lucas' first film. (01:20:40)

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Question: On the death of Commander Powell, wouldn't Lieutenant Doolittle have been promoted to commander?

Answer: Just because he was forced to take command doesn't guarantee him a promotion.

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