Corrected entry: While waiting in line to see Santa, Ralphie politely listens to the weird kid with the funny hat and goggles. Keep your eye on Randy. He cracks a huge smile at someone off camera (had to be his real mom), then immediately goes back in character.
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27th Apr 2003
A Christmas Story (1983)
9th Nov 2005
I, Robot (2004)
Corrected entry: In the beginning of one scene Spooner tells all the robots not to move, but when he is against the floor and Sonny leaves, a lot of the robots come towards him asking if they can help him. the point is that what they did conflicted with the Second Law, and what they did was not the First Law so why did they do it? (00:24:30)
Correction: The robots simply saw the possiblity that Spooner needed help - whether he really did or not. The first law "A robot cannot harm a human or, through inactivity, allow a human to be harmed," is so strongly programmed into the robots that the mere possibility eliminates any orders gave them under the Second Law. Therefore, they moved.
5th Nov 2005
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Corrected entry: When Farraday questions David about how the alien craft is powered, a computer screen in the background begins scrolling down the alien text before Farraday has finished his question.
Correction: This "mistake" has already been addressed in the "corrected entry" section. The computer is super intelligent and has already anticipated the question.
13th Jun 2005
I Spy (2002)
Corrected entry: When the Hungarian 'bad guys' rush out of the van, they aren't speaking Hungarian, they are just blabbering.
25th Jul 2005
Sahara (2005)
Corrected entry: Although the story is set in Africa, Mexican license plates can be seen on the heroes' Jeep. The Mexican flag on the plates has been partially obscured with dirt but it can be seen.
Correction: I fail to see how this is a mistake. Had the movie been shot in Mexico (pretending it was NW Africa), that it is definitely a mistake. However, the movie was shot in Morocco (in NW Africa). There are any number of reasons to have old plates on jeeps in the desert - stolen, sold on after market, the owner liked the color, etc. All of which could fit into the context of the movie (just not important enough for explanation).
11th Apr 2005
Sahara (2005)
Corrected entry: When the hundreds of solar panels pivot to get the suns energy and it reflects to the hooded character on the roof, this would have blinded him yet he still managed to see perfectly well after.
Correction: If you would stare at the solar panels long enough, it could certainly blind you. However, he was shading his eyes and squinting while he was trying to see if Dirk was still there. Given that and the length of time, he might have several afterimages but wouldn't necessarily be blind. Also, there is nothing to point out that he saw perfectly after that. All he did was try to kill the doctor and then fight with Dirk. He could have done that with partial eyesight.
27th Aug 2001
The Natural (1984)
Corrected entry: Same game....they show John Olson, the catcher, batting left-handed when he bats right-handed the rest of the movie - and he isn't a switch-hitter.
Correction: Nowhere does it mention whether or not the catcher is a switch hitter. The scene is not reversed because the lettering is all correctly visible. Just because he batted right handed the rest of the movie doesn't mean he can't bat left handed against a right handed pitcher.
28th Jul 2004
Tombstone (1993)
Continuity mistake: During the fight at the OK corral, Doc Holiday has a double barrel shotgun but he shoots it three times, once in the air to spook the horse, once again to shoot the guy behind the horse, then the scene changes and he shoots another guy with the same gun without reloading.
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Suggested correction: This is already explained in corrections. The "third shot" is the same as the second shot from a different angle. The mistake is that he changes how he shoots. However, the same guy is shot - and falls dead from each angle.
I don't buy the explanation. What would be the point of the filmmaker doing that when it's not done elsewhere in the movie, and why would the killing of the guy Doc shot be important enough to warrant a shot of it from two angles when none of the others were? No sale; still an error.
20th Mar 2005
Airplane (1980)
Corrected entry: In the shot when the stewardess first approaches Dr. Rumack, he has a stethoscope hanging around his neck. In the next shot, it's gone.
Correction: That's the joke. The woman calling the stewardess says "I think the man sitting next to me is a doctor," and he is sitting there with a stethoscope on. Once that gag is complete, the doctor returns looking like a normal passenger, sans stethoscope.
27th Sep 2003
That '70s Show (1998)
Garage Sale - S2-E1
Corrected entry: The reason for the Garage Sale was that Red lost his job, but that doesn't actually happen until the next episode.
Correction: His last day on his job isn't until the next episode "Red's Last Day." He already knows he lost his job. There is nothing wrong with them showing him having a Garage Sale to help expenses. He could have had the Garage Sale on a Saturday and his last day at the plant was the next week. So there is no plot problem with them having the Garage Sale prior to his last day at work.
27th Sep 2003
That '70s Show (1998)
Corrected entry: The guys sing "O Canada". They sing the line "From far and wide, O Canada". This line wasn't added until 1981.
Correction: Although "O Canada" was not adopted as the Canadian National Anthem until June 27, 1980, the words are in keeping with the history of the time. The Weir version had the line "Stand and guard, O Canada" until it was recommended by a Special Joint Committed in March 1967 that the line be changed to "From far and wide, O Canada." The change was adopted in 1967 and it took Canada several years to work out the copyright issues. However, the line was common to the song as of the mid 70s and would probably have been the only version known by teenagers from Wisconsin.
13th Oct 2003
That '70s Show (1998)
Corrected entry: In the locker room, The Rock, playing father Rocky Johnson, uses the phrase "sports entertainment." That euphemism wasn't created until the 1990s.
Correction: It's intentional and a joke. Professional wrestling is "sports entertainment" as opposed to a "sport." I have always found the scene pretty humorous because of the phrasing. Besides which, there is no reason why Rocky cannot use the euphemism in the '70s. They are just words that he believes describes his business. It's not like he referred to a "laptop computer", something that would have been totally unknown in the 70s.
24th Apr 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Corrected entry: When the trio first attempts to go to The Movie, Jerry is wearing a blue shirt and green pants, but a few days later when the man comes to pick up his dog, Jerry is wearing the same outfit.
Correction: If it has been a few days, it shouldn't strike anyone as unusual that he could be wearing the same outfit. It certainly could be that no items were changed during shooting, but it is believable as a real life situation.
Correction: I mostly wear the same outfit for 3 or 4 days.
Correction: This is wrong, but the corrections don't even say why. The blue shirt/green pants Jerry is wearing is NOT from the first attempt to see The Movie. The first time he's wearing a pinkish sweatshirt and blue jeans and he stays home. The second time is when he's wearing the outfit described and Elaine stays at Jerry's. The man with The Dog calls when Elaine is there and she tells him he better pick The Dog up that night. Which is he does and it's why Jerry is wearing the same thing.
14th May 2004
Star Wars (1977)
Corrected entry: According to the diagram that was shown during the instructions for the attack on the Death Star, and according to the image displayed by the X-wings' targeting computers, it is clear that the exhaust port they're aiming for is straight ahead of them. Yet when we see Luke's two proton torpedos go in, they skim along the surface of the plane from below where the opening is, then turn 90 degrees and go in (sort of like a marble falling into a hole).
Correction: In the briefing before the attack, the mockup video actually shows the torpedos entering a port on the surface and dropping down to the reactor. It is an exhaust port and it would make sense that they exhaust port would exhaust straight out (i.e., flat to the surface). Also, the targeting computers would just indicate at what time (based upon telemetry) the pilots should shoot to have the torpedos sucked into the hole. They wouldn't actually "show" the opening. That is why Obi-wan told Luke to use the force - evidently the targeting computers weren't working that well since the first guy just impacted on the surface.
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Correction: He is a kid, in a store, with Christmas stuff all around including the Wizard of Oz character's (that he already was excited about). What is to say that he can't crack a huge smile seeing the Tin Man or a toy or something else that caught his fancy. Even if not in the script, this could certainly be "in character" for a small boy in this situation.
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