Corrected entry: Despite its massive global popularity, this is only the second feature-length film based on a Nintendo property. The failure of the 1993 live action film made Nintendo reluctant to license their characters moving forward.
Phaneron
14th Mar 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
8th Apr 2021
Friends (1994)
The One With Phoebe's Dad - S2-E9
Corrected entry: After Ross breaks the radiator in the women's apartment, it gets so hot in there for their Christmas party that all the attendees strip down, some to their underwear. However, when Rachel answers the door to let a couple guests in, her nipples are erect, which would indicate the temperature inside is cold. (00:15:16)
Correction: As most women - or those who spend time around women - could tell you, there's more than one reason a woman's nipples might be erect.
8th Jan 2020
Common mistakes
Corrected entry: Characters that are supposed to be blood relatives, but have no familial resemblance.
Correction: Blood relatives do not always resemble each other.
That's not really a "common mistake", though since it's never a mistake to have blood relatives that do not resemble each other.
I mostly agree. Family members often look too different to be biologically related. Even if an effort is made, for example, to have a son look like his father, some things don't sync - like a different face shape/bone structure or skin tone (not due to tanning). One example of father/son dissimilarities are in The War of the Worlds - the boy playing Tom Cruise's son has a completely different facial shape/structure. Regarding skin tone, in Boyhood the sister of Mason has a different skin tone than the rest of the family - and it stands out.
I'm probably a bit sensitive to this since my family members don't all have a strong resemblance to each other, but it's absolutely possible, especially if your family tree is diverse in genetics/ appearance. It happens more often than not in movies, but it's not a mistake. (And who's to say that in many of these cases people weren't adopted?).
18th Dec 2019
Common mistakes
Corrected entry: A more recent goof in the action and spy thriller genres, a group of henchmen setting out on a mission in black SUVs will be tailgating each other. If any car other than the one in the rear were to slam on their brakes, it could potentially cause a pileup.
Correction: Some police and military teams practise driving fast and close to prevent other vehicles coming between the ones in the convoy. Since the bad guys in current movies are often shown to be ex-military, this may be the reason they drive like that. That's speculation but it is no more or less credible than them being licensed to carry automatic weapons or explosives. Depends on the quality of the movie and the willing suspension of disbelief of the audience.
The difference being that police and military teams will be sanctioned to drive like that. In addition to being a dangerous driving habit, tailgating is also illegal. So henchmen and mercenaries driving like that in civilian vehicles could also draw the attention of law enforcement who could pull them over and put a monkey wrench in their mission plans, especially if they discover illegal weapons.
26th Sep 2019
It Chapter Two (2019)
Corrected entry: In the first film. Henry Bowers carves the letter H into Ben's stomach. In this film, Pennywise creates the illusion of carving a word into Ben's stomach. When the illusion is broken, Ben's stomach is visible and there is no H-shaped scar where Henry previously carved him up.
Correction: The H shaped scar from Ben's childhood is there, it's very faint but it is.
17th Jan 2019
Common mistakes
Corrected entry: Particularly in sitcoms, characters will talk about another character behind their back while still being in the same room and talking at a normal speaking level, but the character being talked about somehow never hears anything.
Correction: Considering the fact that most sitcoms are recorded in front of a live audience, I wouldn't really say this is a mistake. Like in a live play, it needs to be heard by the audience. Also it's more of a cheat than a mistake, with the implications that they are speaking low enough that the person in question can't hear them but the person they are speaking to closer can. If anything, you might could consider this a Deliberate mistake. However it's more just a result of the style of the medium.
I don't see how doing this for the benefit of a live audience invalidates this as a mistake, especially since the actors could just as well go into another "room" on the set to have their conversation. If you are speaking at a normal volume and the person five feet away from you can't hear you, unless they are dead or hard of hearing, then it's a legitimate mistake, deliberate or otherwise.
I agree. If you think they characters are talking too loudly not to be heard, turn down the volume of your TV till you can't hear them from across the room.
11th Sep 2015
The X-Files (1993)
Corrected entry: Eddie's ability to shape-shift is attributed to every muscle in his body being striated. While that's a reasonable explanation as to how he can change his face, it doesn't explain how he is able to change his hair. He has short hair and is balding, but when he mimics Mulder, he is able to match Mulder's longer and thicker full head of hair.
9th Nov 2013
Spider-Man (1994)
Sins of the Fathers Chapter 12: The Spot - S3-E10
Corrected entry: In this episode, Kingpin states that despite his appearance, he only has 2% body fat. There is no way a person with only 2% body fat would appear to be morbidly obese (not being toned isn't the same thing). Abdominal muscles start to show at around 9%. Kingpin is a normal person with no super powers, so no special science fiction exceptions can be made for him.
Correction: And Cartman in South Park always says he's not fat, just big boned. It's simply a lie Kingpin tells people. Perhaps the last physician who told him his actual body fat percentage met with an untimely demise so the next person told him what he wanted to hear, that he has 2% body fat.
14th Oct 2015
Seinfeld (1990)
The Doorman - S6-E18
Corrected entry: Jerry and Elaine are held liable for The Couch that was stolen from the lobby of Mr. Pitt's apartment building because Jerry, who agreed to cover for the building's doorman while he ran out to get a beer, left his post at Elaine's behest during which time The Couch was stolen. Since Jerry was not actually employed by the building, he was under no obligation to continue covering The Doorman's post and therefore could not legally be held liable for the theft.
Correction: And if he refused to do anything about The Couch and the company tried to sue him or press charges, the courts may rule he had no legal obligations (although they would argue Jerry took a legal obligation to watch the lobby when he signed for The Package). However, that's not what happened. Elaine says they're being held accountable for The Couch and instead of reimbursing them The Money or fighting it, they simply give away a pee-stained couch Jerry had already given to George and that George wanted to get rid of.
15th Nov 2015
Saw VI (2009)
Corrected entry: Someone as high in the police rankings as Hoffman couldn't possibly set up all the elaborate traps as well as kidnap all the victims without noticeably neglecting his law enforcement duties. He rushes the main traps of this film into motion, but the engineering on them alone would take days if not weeks to accomplish.
Correction: Hoffman is following the Jigsaw case on it's own. No other work. There is plenty of time for him to kidnap the victims. As for the engineering part, we know he has been planning this for sometime as, as shown in other films, he's been working with Jigsaw from shortly after the events of Saw. So a few years.
9th Sep 2016
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Heart of Ice - S1-E3
Corrected entry: Mr. Freeze's cell at Arkham Asylum has been modified to accommodate his inability to survive outside of sub-zero temperatures, but his cell has a barred window which could easily allow warmer weather to interfere with the temperature regulation (the episode's opening scene states that Gotham is in the midst of the hottest August on record). (00:21:00)
Correction: A single small window even in an area of high heat would not be able to interfere that much in a sub-freezing room with a dedicated hyper-cooling system.
8th Sep 2016
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Corrected entry: Dracula is repeatedly shown as having the ability to defy gravity. Given this, it makes no sense that Mary is able to hang him by his neck until the rising sun kills him. If he can defy gravity, he should easily be able to float upward and loosen and unwrap the cable from around his neck.
13th Jun 2016
God's Not Dead (2014)
Corrected entry: When Josh is talking to Reverend Dave in the church, he tells him there are about 80 students in his class and that he doesn't think any of them would ever step foot in any church, and the fact that no other students refused to write "God is dead" at the beginning of the philosophy class supports this statement. Roughly 70% of America's population is Christian, which would mean, statistically, at least 50 of the students in the class would be of the church-going variety. Although it helps to make Josh's swaying of his fellow students in his favor as it relates to his debate with Professor Radisson more dramatic, the idea that he would be the only Christian in a room of around 80 people at an American university is highly improbable.
Correction: These are not 80 random US citizens. These are individuals who chose to be in the class. A person with strong enough faith in their Christianity may choose not to take his class, or drop the class when they found out who the teacher was. Additionally, it's generally looked at as 70% of households in America, not 70% of every man, woman, child, and infant. As such, parents who claim to be a Christian family may have a child who denies he or she is Christian (many atheist and agnostics were raised in religious homes). However, as Josh states, the students wouldn't set foot in a church, which doesn't exclude them from considering themselves Christians. There are those who believe in Christ and the Bible, but detest organized religions. However, all of that doesn't ultimately matter since it's just Josh's own guess based on the fact everyone wrote "God is Dead" and not based on him having asked each student or having a knowledge of their personal beliefs.
10th Mar 2016
Seven (1995)
Corrected entry: When Somerset and Mills are in Mills' apartment going over the crime scene photos of the greed victim, Somerset states that attrition is when you feel remorse for a sin but not because you love God. Attrition is the act of thinning out the numbers of a group in order to achieve victory over them. The word Somerset was looking for is "contrition" (or "imperfect contrition" if you want to get technical).
Correction: Theologically, "contrition" refers to "sorrow for and detestation of sin with a true purpose of amendment", while "attrition", or "imperfect contrition" refers to "sorrow, but not contrition, for sin." In other words, theologically speaking, "attrition" is the act of feeling guilty for a sin, not out true remorse, but more because of fear.
6th Feb 2016
The Walking Dead (2010)
Corrected entry: The walkers on this show are able to tear through a person's flesh as if they were made of tin foil, yet they are unable to break through glass doors and windows unless a large group of them are pressing their collective weight against them. Additionally, if the walkers' bodies are so frail that they can be obliterated by a fire hose, bisected by a rope or completely run themselves through on a sharp stick while walking at a very slow speed, then they shouldn't be able to rip or bite into a person's flesh without tearing off their own fingers and jaws in the process. If anything, the human characters should be able to rip apart walkers with their bare hands.
Correction: The premise of the walkers is their insatiable need to feed, so when they're around flesh, they'll feed vigorously. When faced with obstacles, they don't have the brain function to overcome them, so while they could physically destroy objects, like glass, they don't attack it vigorously like flesh. And since they don't feel pain, they'll walk themselves through sharp sticks in an effort to move forward or toward flesh. And just because they're easily destroyed doesn't mean they can't rip through soft tissue themselves, because different forces are in play. But there have been times when people have killed walkers with their bare hands. It's just risky because they don't want to be accidentally bitten or scratched.
16th Nov 2015
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Corrected entry: When Dick and Harry call the radio show to try and win Gordon Lightfoot tickets, the DJ asks them to correctly identify Lightfoot's first single in order to win the tickets. Harry answers with "If You Could Read My Mind" and wins. "If You Could Read My Mind" was not Gordon Lightfoot's first single, it was his fifteenth.
Correction: The DJ asked what was Gordon Lightfoot's first American single, not what was his first single ever. "If You Could Read My Mind" was also Lightfoot's first charting single in the US, peaking at #5 in 1971.
28th Sep 2015
Total Recall (1990)
Corrected entry: After Quaid and Melina escape from Cohaagen's scientists they retreat to the Pyramid Mines in order to locate the reactor. They come upon a dead end only to find Benny lying in wait inside a tunneling machine in order to kill them. Benny had no way of knowing they would be over there - Cohaagen and Richter didn't even know they had escaped the scientists yet - so there was no logical reason for Benny to have been waiting there for them. (01:32:25 - 01:33:25)
Correction: Benny (and Richter) was in the room when Kuato told Quaid to start the reactor, so he knew exactly what Quaid's plans were. He was probably ordered there to make sure Quaid (or his associates) didn't try to get to the reactor. It just so happened to be Quaid and Melina who went to the reactor, but Benny would be waiting for anyone.
1st Oct 2015
Beetlejuice (1988)
Corrected entry: The opening credits are supposed to be the camera panning over Adam's model of the town, but if you look carefully you can tell that the majority of the footage is of an actual town and the only real shot of the model is shortly before we see the replica of Adam and Barbara's house. After production designer Bo Welch's name appears on screen, you can see a dissolve edit and the trees suddenly look artificial and the street is suddenly missing the yellow lane divider, with the integrity of the asphalt being noticeably different.
Correction: That is not what it's supposed to be. It was suppose to be exactly what it is, a transition from a shot of the real town to the model so that its established the model of the town is in fact a real town and also that there is a model of the town. It's a cinematic way of telling a story without a wordy exposition.
11th Sep 2015
God's Not Dead (2014)
Corrected entry: Throughout the film Professor Radisson is repeatedly referred to as being an atheist when he is actually a misotheist.
1st May 2014
Agent Carter (2013)
Corrected entry: At the end of this short film, Howard Stark tells Peggy Carter that he wants her to run S.H.I.E.L.D. With him. However it wasn't until the end of the first "Iron Man" film, which takes place several decades later, that S.H.I.E.L.D. Started using the acronym. Before that they were known as the Strategic Homeland Intervention and Enforcement Logistics Division. Agent Coulson even states a couple times in "Iron Man" that they were working on simplifying their name. (00:00:45)
Correction: This is wrong. A government agency has to introduce themselves with the full name of the organization. It is why all identification has the initials and the agency's name. The one time Coulson mentions anything about shortening the name was done as a joke.
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Correction: Pokémon is Nintendo's property. There's been a lot of feature length films in that series, including the live action "Detective Pickachu." Not to mention "feature length film" doesn't exclude made for TV or direct to video films, or even foreign films. One could say Donkey Kong, Kirby, and Animal Crossing had feature length films after 1996. Not to mention there was a 1986 Super Mario Bros. Film.
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