Revealing mistake: When Hall races toward the window to jump, the stunt man is just a little too apparent as he leaps, primarily due to a very bad wig. (00:22:40)
Jean G
9th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
9th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: Hall leaps through the plate glass window. In the interior shot, he breaks the glass and is 3/4 of the way through the opening (up to his knees) - until we cut to a view from outside the window. Then he's just crashing through at shoulder level. (00:22:45)
9th May 2007
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: When Angela is talking to Sloan, her position in the hotel room chair changes back and forth noticeably between takes. (00:02:30)
9th May 2007
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: The bad guys are driving a dark green '62 Cadillac - with fins. After Five-O's sharp shooters fire at it, the Caddy hits a concrete wall. In the next shot of the wreck, the green '62 has turned into a black '64 - without fins. (00:42:45 - 00:44:35)
9th May 2007
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Continuity mistake: In the hospital corridor, when Stottlemeyer orders Monk to go home, the items on the nurse's station counter shift positions completely every time the camera angle changes. (00:25:30)
8th May 2007
Somewhere In Time (1980)
Factual error: When Richard Collier first arrives in 1912, the woman getting dressed in the hotel room is humming "You Made Me Love You," a song not published until 1913. It was first recorded by Al Jolson in June of 1913. The lady in the hotel shouldn't have known it yet. (00:30:00)
8th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lonely - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Allenby brings Corey a stack of paperback books. He's holding them with the back covers facing out until the shot cuts, and then the stack of books has reversed itself in his hand: the back covers are now facing inward. (00:20:30)
8th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: Walter crumples the prescription slip and tosses it onto the bed - but in the next shot, it has disappeared. (00:05:15)
8th May 2007
The Invisible Man (2000)
Continuity mistake: The cut on Darien's forehead changes positions, then vanishes the same day, after he goes home to make the video tape. (00:24:20)
8th May 2007
The Invisible Man (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Darien wakes up, following the RNA injection, with his brother's memories, his hair restyles itself several times between takes. (00:11:25)
8th May 2007
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Forty Feet High and It Kills! - S2-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Wo Fat's lackey drives away from the Chinese pharmacy, his car door reflects the camera crew and set lights. (00:37:45)
8th May 2007
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Continuity mistake: After winning his fight with Guy of Gisbourne, Robin races to Marian's door with his badly bent sword in hand. The moment he enters Marian's chamber, the sword is perfectly straight again. (01:35:00)
8th May 2007
Babylon 5 (1994)
The Parliament of Dreams - S1-E6
Revealing mistake: As Lennier is first setting foot on the station, the same extra rides the escalator in the background up twice, even though we never saw him (nor was there time for him to) come down.
8th May 2007
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Forty Feet High and It Kills! - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: McGarrett and Victoria watch surfers from the beach. Thanks to the insertion of stock footage, they "see" surfers riding huge 6-foot waves. But in the shots of the actual locale behind them, the ocean is virtually flat. (00:09:30)
8th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: As the hour is striking midnight, Maggie's toy robot turns itself on and walks past the alarm clock on her bureau. After a cut to Lou and Mr. Death, the scene returns to Maggie's room, and the robot walks past the clock again. (00:22:00)
8th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Trivia: The centerpiece of Lou's sidewalk toy display is a wind-up Robbie the Robot from the film Forbidden Planet. (00:01:05)
30th Apr 2007
The Outer Limits (1963)
Continuity mistake: The cloth pillows stabilizing the moonstone on the lab counter change positions several times between takes. (00:40:15)
30th Apr 2007
The Outer Limits (1963)
Continuity mistake: Dr. Brice's name tag is partially tucked under her collar when she's inside the lab. When she walks into the corridor, the tag has shifted position and is outside the collar. Later, back in the lab, the tag keeps changing from over to under her collar repeatedly. (00:32:50 - 00:36:50)
30th Apr 2007
The Outer Limits (1963)
Continuity mistake: In the lab, Anderson collapses with his arms crossed above his head. When the shot cuts, his arms are suddenly uncrossed. (00:21:30)
30th Apr 2007
The Outer Limits (1963)
Continuity mistake: General Stocker falls into a lunar quicksand pit and starts to sink. One arm disappears beneath the sand, but in the next shot, both his arms are outstretched and waving for help. (00:04:25)
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