Continuity mistake: While Superman walks with the kid to the UN, the sky changes from sunny to cloudy in a nano-second.
Sacha
5th Mar 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
5th Mar 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: While the crowd follows Superman to the UN, the man with the balloons is first seen far away from him, but half a second later he is very close.
11th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Plot hole: After Nuclear Man slides down the chimney of the Nuclear Plant the lid of the reactor is open and then automatically closes. This whole premise is totally absurd, not only for security reasons, but for logical ones too.
6th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: While Superman carries the Statue, there's a close shot of Nuclear Man showing his fingernails. The movie behind is playing the wrong way, and gives the sensation that Nuclear Man is flying backwards.
6th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is in the subway carriage crying for help, she places her right hand on the rail above. A frame later the hand is by her waist.
6th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Luthor and Superman exit to the balcony to meet Nuclear Man, Superman gives a step down. A frame later he is up, and several seconds later he steps down again.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man lets go the the Statue of Liberty, he disappears in the immediate wide angle shot.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The shape and size of the volcano is totally different between the moment when Nuclear Man enters it, to when it erupts.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Lois and Superman are flying together, they turn green, specially Lois's arms and hands.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The smoke coming out of the volcano changes direction in a split second after nuclear Man enters the crater.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Audio problem: When Superman is wounded on the neck, and when the italian villagers are saved, the same male falsetto voice is used to add a (crappy and out-of-sync) "Oooh!" and "Aaaah!".
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The debris on the bottom of the Statue of Liberty's base appears and disappears between shots.
5th Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: During the Great Wall of China scene, a tree suddenly appears by the wall just when Superman is leaving.
2nd Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman falls straight and unconscious off the Statue of Liberty he's facing a 9 o'clock direction. In the next angle he is facing 5, then lands facing 7.
2nd Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Other mistake: The same front shot of Superman flying is used over and over and over again.
1st Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: While the subway is running loose, Lois stares at something, an immediate POV reveals it's the bystanders on the platform. But this is all wrong, the train is inside a pitch black tunnel all the time.
1st Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: During the subway sequence, the carriage in front of Lois's is empty, but when the train comes to a stop it's packed with people.
1st Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: While the subway train is gone wild, there's a brief shot of bystanders on the platform. Then the train keeps going on for several seconds, and when it finally comes to a stop the actors are the same ones used previously.
1st Feb 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman stops the subway train, there's a black man with a moustache, red shirt and a gabardine suit in the first line. Then he manages to appear meters behind, despite the jam on the platform. Then Lois appears behind him. Then she magically disappears and he appears back on the front.
31st Jan 2007
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is about to leave the hotel, a man appears by the dark car on the right in less than half a second.
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