Factual error: We're told they carbon dated the gold to determine its age. Problem is, the gold hasn't aged by the normal processs - as it's been brought forward in time it will appear to be extremely new. As such carbon dating wouldn't work. Also, carbon dating only works on things that were alive and absorbed carbon-14; gold, having never been alive, could not be dated this way.
Jon Sandys
11th Aug 2004
Timecop (1994)
10th Aug 2004
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Continuity mistake: Just after Mr. Pink stops Mr. White and Mr. Blonde from fighting, watch Mr. Blonde's tie. It's secured with a tie pin - initially rumpled so the top bit "bumps", then smooth for a couple of shots, then back to having a bump. (00:34:00)
6th Aug 2004
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Continuity mistake: When we see the police officer checking the hit counter on an adult web site, the hit counter goes down from 1,739,986 to 1,739,944 a few seconds later.
4th Aug 2004
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Alex sees the cop hiding in the shower on the camera/web server towards the end, the hit counter is at the same level as it was earlier in the film (despite increasing steadily every second when we last saw it). Plus the mouse cursor is slowly moving up from "Camera 3" to "Camera 1", despite Alex not moving the mouse. (01:12:55)
3rd Aug 2004
Friends (1994)
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: When Ross says goodbye to Rachel near the end, she lowers the bag of sweets to her waist. Then in a close up of her looking thoughtful it's up by her chest. (00:20:10)
3rd Aug 2004
Friends (1994)
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: When Monica and Phoebe both confront Tim, they blurt out their news at the same time. In the three-shot he uncrosses his arms in surprise, but in the shot of Phoebe we can see he's still got his arms crossed. (00:17:00)
23rd Jul 2004
High Fidelity (2000)
Continuity mistake: Towards the end when John and Joan Cusack are arguing at the wake, in wide shots John is quite far from Joan, but in closer shots their faces are much closer together.
22nd Jul 2004
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Russell Crowe first pulls in front of Hank Azaria his car's quite angled on the road as he gets out. When we see a wide shot after they finish talking, the car's now much straighter without anyone having gone near it.
18th Jul 2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Question: Given that in the book she's lusting after Colin Firth, but the films star Colin Firth as someone else, does anyone know for sure what's being done? Is it someone acting the part of Colin Firth, or will it be another celebrity playing themselves? Given filming's probably finished by now, there must be a definitive answer...
18th Jul 2004
Frasier (1993)
The Show Where Sam Shows Up - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode after Sam mentions stewardesses he claps his hands, and his seat belt (which was caught on something) moves across his chest to the regular position. Cut to a wide shot of the car and Sam's seat belt is back to the position it was in before. (00:21:05)
14th Jul 2004
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Chubbs tells Happy "you're gonna concentrate on golf," in the shot from the front he starts bringing his left arm out from behind his back. We then cut to a shot from behind him and both arms are still securely held behind him.
9th Jul 2004
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Question: Fairly techie question - during the attack on Zion a HUGE mass of sentinels breaks into the dock, and forms separate strands before making one huge stream and hitting the central control tower. This huge stream is being attacked from all angles and sentinels are dropping out as it moves. My question is, was this huge stream of squiddies created as one fairly generic blob to save time, or was it actually modelled as thousands of separate entities?
Chosen answer: If you look in the making of, the model appears to be one huge line where there are a few individual squids on the outside and in front.
9th Jul 2004
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Audio problem: As the trio break into the club, they take on some bouncers. One of them gets his gun turned on him by Trinity, pushed right into his chest - we hear two gunshots, with corresponding wounds, then a third shot which has no effect. (00:14:50)
29th Jun 2004
Die Hard (1988)
Continuity mistake: At the start in the limo, when Argyle is listing all the features of the car, the bear is dead centre of the back seats. The very next shot is in the rear view mirror, and the bear's now over by the window. (00:06:00)
27th Jun 2004
Cheers (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Coach walks out from behind the bar near the start, he's got feathers almost up to his knees. Then when he turns around to walk back, they're now only over his feet. (00:03:55)
24th Jun 2004
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: Just after Dawn says "I like the trailers", we fade to black/commercials, then up again. Keep a close eye on the left side of the screen - you can see what looks like someone's hand flash into frame for a second, despite Dawn being alone in the room - looks like the director's hand signalling action. (00:25:50)
24th Jun 2004
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Revealing mistake: After the demon throws Buffy into a wall, she crashes to the ground. As she backs away, you can see the blue crash mat she landed on in the bottom left of the screen. (00:33:55)
22nd Jun 2004
Alias (2001)
Continuity mistake: When the new head of SD-6 invites the security agent to play back what Sloane wrote, the screen is already displaying the letter. We only see the entirety of this letter later, once the "playback" has been completed. It can't be that the boss has done it once already, as he's surprised to see the final text.
22nd Jun 2004
Alias (2001)
The Getaway - S2-E12
Other mistake: When the bad guys are searching the database for facial matches with Michael Vaughn, it shouldn't take them very long, as there are only 5 or 6 different faces that flash up on screen, just repeated over and over.
21st Jun 2004
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Trivia: Obvious with hindsight, but less so at the time. Kennedy is later revealed to be gay, and her interest in Willow is hinted at but not stated outright. However, when all the potentials are playing with the weapons, Rona grabs a stake, saying "I like the feel of wood in my hand". Kennedy arrives mid-way through that line, and says "lost me there". Possibly her thinking it's just a "middle of the conversation" comment, or just a blatant indicator of her sexual preference.
Chosen answer: While there were rumours that a different celebrity was to be used - George Clooney was mooted - according to Renee Zellweger, that sequence is not in the film.
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