Oblivion

Continuity mistake: When Jack pulls out his motorbike, his Tech 49 suit is completely clean. When he stops the bike around a minute later, his suit is completely dirty despite just riding. (00:13:55 - 00:14:45)

Casual Person

Continuity mistake: When Jack brings Julia to Tower 49, she is in Sleep Pod 06. When the Odyssey playback is shown, she is in Sleep Pod 8. (00:40:41 - 01:45:49)

Plot hole: Throughout the movie we see Vika monitoring Jack through the cameras and sensors on his aircraft, however, during his entire fight with 52 she just happens to be AFK and doesn't notice that what is effectively a doppelgänger has taken out her partner and commandeered his aircraft?

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Suggested correction: At that point they are outside her sensor range.

lionhead

There's no evidence to support the claim that they are outside her sensor range.

Continuity mistake: During the chase with Jack and Julia, the glass door on Julia's side gets cracked by one of the drones. At the end when Jack shoots the drone, just before they eject you get a good look at the glass door next to Julia and it is undamaged in anyway.

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Continuity mistake: When Jack is riding his motorbike past the deserted ships, there is a huge trail made on the ground. This trail continues to be made as he rides. But as soon as he drives over a hill and stops his bike, there is no visible trail in the background, only the ships are visible. (00:14:20)

Casual Person

Sally: There's been a pattern of insubordinate behavior recently.
Jack Harper: Yeah. I feel bad about that.

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Trivia: At the start when the UNIVERSAL writing comes around the Earth, the TET can be seen in orbit.

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Question: Since Jack/Victoria are clones, what is the purpose of using 'Sally'? And if Jack is having flashbacks/memories of his wife, wouldn't he have flashbacks of Sally as part of mission control?

Answer: Jack and Victoria believe that they are there on behalf of the human race, so it makes sense for them to have a human face to interact with. Sally is a logical candidate - the Tet would presumably have intercepted her transmissions to the Odyssey and would therefore have plenty to work with in constructing their fake Sally as an interface with their clone workers. It's not made clear in the movie how the original Jack's memories of Julia survived to resurface in his clones, but it seems reasonable that it might be related to the powerful emotions that are associated with those memories, in this case his love for his wife. Sally and Victoria would also feature significantly in the original Jack's memories, but without the same emotional investment, those memories failed to make the transfer into his clones.

Tailkinker

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