Revealing mistake: When Superman drops Nuclear Man down the power plant chimney, the city behind swaps from a real image to a cheap blurry painting.
Sacha
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: During the Metropolis destruction, when a cab crashes against the cab in front, the first car's trunk blows out and the FX system (an air-bag similar system) to make this happen flies all over the place.
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: After Nuclear Man destroys the cab's hood, the shot changes and there's a thick string running behind him all along the car, and the cab driver is stretching out to pull it. Probably he was activating some sort of bad FX.
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Nuclear Man's fingers hurt Superman's nape, part of the Statue of Liberty's tablet disappears.
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lex shows up at the base, walking by a door, the 5 soldiers guarding it a frame before disappear.
5th Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: After Superman leaves the Statue of Liberty, a thick string is noticeable under his cape to keep it up and fluttering.
3rd Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Luthor is about to enter the military bunker, there's a truck right next to the entrance with a young soldier standing next to it. When the angle changes, the truck is far away and the soldier is a different guy.
3rd Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lex walks by the military bunker the blinds are opened. When he is inside, they're closed.
3rd Jun 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When the missile is launched, Superman flies to catch it. However, his face has some sort of stocking over the upper part and the man looks nothing like Christopher Reeve. It was either a stunt double, a bad special effect, or a cheap mannequin.
28th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: After Superman prevents the Statue of Liberty from crashing against the street, when he passes Central Park, there's a wide angle of the Statue flying and Superman is nowhere to be seen.
28th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman starts his speech at the UN, in the wide angle his arms are extended, but a frame later they're next to his body.
28th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman walks to the UN light casts a 1 o'clock shadow on the pavement, yet it disappears a frame later from a different shot.
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The driver of the SWAT van disappears when the van is standing upright. (01:14:00)
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Nuclear Man lands in Metropolis before destroying everything, watch the truck and cab on the left and you'll realise that they are a painting. Not a realistic painting, but a cheap, unfinished one.
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When the cosmonaut is fixing some cables, a crew member's hands holding the camera are reflected on his visor.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: After Nuclear Man bursts the cab's hood, watch behind and you'll see the wiggling cable that pulls the prop car.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: The first time we see Clark, he is crossing the crowded street towards the subway entrance. Note that none of the cars are moving except for a cab in the front. If you watch behind Clark you'll see that the street ends in a flat wall, revealing it's a backlot set.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When the movie ends and Superman grabs Lenny and Lex's car, they both become black and white coloured and semi transparent.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: Underneath Lenny's car when it flies away in the quarry there's no pipes, no nothing, just a black plank, revealing the car's a cheap prop.
19th Jul 2012
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Plot hole: For some strange reason, when Nuclear Man passes away in space, he remains floating, however Lacy, who is grabbing his hand, falls downwards.
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