Factual error: Whenever the killer (always dressed in black with a balaclava disguising his/her identity) uses a knife, the blow invariably is an overhand strike. However, a knife in a downward thrust quite frequently simply skids off the overlapping ribcage of the victim.
goofyfoot
28th Feb 2016
Midsomer Murders (1997)
23rd Feb 2016
Big Red One (1980)
Factual error: As the platoon fights their way through the Normandy hedgerows, the sergeant tells the men that he fought in the area during WWI. However, that area was far behind the trench lines located North of Paris, not too many Boche in Normandy in 1918.
12th Nov 2015
The Perfect Summer (2013)
Factual error: The movie takes place in Carolina Beach, N.C. (east coast), and yet a number of times the protagonist, and others, sit on the beach and watch the sun setting over the ocean.
11th Oct 2015
Zoo (2015)
The Silence of the Cicadas - S1-E3
Factual error: The station at the Arctic would have storage batteries to retain a charge for when storms obscure the solar panels, yet, once the bats cover the panels, they lose electricity.
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Suggested correction: The power drops out but later on in the episode they have backup power. The problem is that the bat that gets into the base then takes out the backup power.
10th Sep 2015
Tracers (2015)
Factual error: Cam finishes tightening the alternator on his Pontiac, jumps in and starts the car. He pulls the automatic gear selector into drive, and the engine stalls. Without returning the selector back to "Park" or "Neutral" he attempts to start it. The motor grinds and grinds, however, when the vehicle is in gear, the starter is disabled.
1st Sep 2015
Sink the Bismarck (1960)
Factual error: The Director of Operations is handed a fuel state for KGV and Rodney, and is advised they are 140 miles astern of Bismarck. He asks if they steam at full speed can they catch her. Since Bismarck can steam at 30 knots, and the British ships at 28 and 23 knots respectively, it was a question that shouldn't have even been broached.
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Suggested correction: Because of damage to her fuel tanks from Prince of Wales Bismarck had to reduce speed to 20 knots.
13th Aug 2015
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Factual error: Unless the USS Logan's captain had been previously seconded to Bletchley Park, he would not be cognizant of the Enigma cypher machine, yet he instructs the chief to secure the one in the U-boat.
13th Aug 2015
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Factual error: The German captain and XO are playing chess and discussing the sinking of the American cruiser. They had been subjected to severe depth-charging earlier, but no American cruiser carried ASW munitions.
13th Aug 2015
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Factual error: During an emergency dive drill on the Swordfish, a bowl of dishes is dropped, causing the sonar operator to wince in pain. Unless the transducer was relocated to the interior of the sub, or the operator had overly sensitive hearing, it would not have impacted him so severely.
13th Aug 2015
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Factual error: The vessel sunk by the U-Boat is not an American destroyer or destroyer escort, it was actually a British or Canadian corvette.
13th Aug 2015
In Enemy Hands (2004)
Factual error: The opening scene shows Lieutenant Commander Sullivan being interviewed by a Rear Admiral at CINCPAC, according to the signage. He would never be assigned to a submarine scheduled to be deployed to the Atlantic.
31st Jul 2015
Foyle's War (2002)
Factual error: When Sam reads the newspaper, one article claims that 254 people were killed in a Paris air raid. This episode takes place in February 1941, when Paris was already occupied by the Germans, and England did not bomb Paris. Oddly enough, this same article appears in a previous episode.
27th Jul 2015
Foyle's War (2002)
Factual error: Foyle's son is assigned to be a target for radar tracking, and he is assigned a Spitfire. However, the aircraft depicted is a four-bladed model, which didn't exist in 1940.
7th Jul 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
7th Jul 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Factual error: Radar finds a rabbi on board USS Essex, but the film shown of the Essex isn't...it's the USS Yorktown CV-10.
21st Jun 2015
The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015)
Factual error: During the opening credits, it is stated that in WW2, German troops gave the US Marines the name of "Devil Dogs." At no time did the Wehrmacht engage the USMC.
21st Jun 2015
The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015)
Plot hole: It's a good thing Jake left the Corps....here he is lying in the bed of a pickup with a full-auto weapon, and he can't take out the radiator of a vehicle 20 feet back, with not one, not two, but 3 clips of ammunition. A few rounds through the radiator, coolant is gone, and the motor seizes.
21st Jun 2015
Against the Sun (2014)
Factual error: The newsreel at the start of the movie shows a carrier preparing to launch aircraft. The announcer claims it is the Enterprise, but in actuality, it is either the Lexington or the Saratoga, evidenced by the huge funnel.
10th Jun 2015
Granite Flats (2013)
Factual error: The events of the first season take place in 1962, however, the JAG lawyer representing Sergeant Jenkins wears the Vietnam Service ribbon, authorized in 1965, and the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, authorized in 1964.
9th Jun 2015
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Factual error: The movie takes place in 1860, yet Ripper wields an 1862 police model Colt revolver.
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