Daz

21st Jul 2006

American Yakuza (1993)

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Continuity mistake: In the two early scenes when Shuji is talking with David in the back of the limo, it's clear that they are not driving past the same section of street when the camera angle changes. For example, the buildings change from shot to shot. Also watch when Shuji hands David the bottle of whiskey in the second scene - Shuji's hand moves down the bottle between shots. (00:21:00)

Daz

21st Jul 2006

Doctor Who (1963)

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Inferno - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: In episode 1, when the Doctor opens the garage doors with his 'door handle', note the two men in the background, the position of the car behind him and the white pillar. In the next shot, the men and pillar disappear and the car moves to a different spot. In the shot after that, the tanker truck is now parked in front of a pillar. You can see near the beginning of episode 3 that there are two entirely different buildings that the tanker had been filmed in front of. (00:14:25)

Daz

18th Jul 2006

Total Recall (1990)

Continuity mistake: When Melina comes to the rescue of Doug, she starts shooting his captors. He drops to the floor, then in the next shot, he drops again. Doug also wakes up on top of a dead guy who had landed much further away from him before. (01:04:15)

Daz

18th Jul 2006

Flash Gordon (1980)

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Continuity mistake: When Flash sits down at the controls of Ajax, the display in front of him is coloured green. When he shows the timer to Vultan later, it's coloured red. The display also goes blank in one shot, after the windows are blown out. (01:31:05)

Daz

Continuity mistake: When John and Kate are in the bunker and they are talking about why they are there, we see John look down at the timer. It reads one minute 16 seconds. When Montana Civil Defense is talking over the radio, he deactivates it at 7 seconds. It should have read 27 seconds; there had been no breaks in the scene. (00:38:50)

Daz

12th Jul 2006

Gods and Generals (2003)

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Continuity mistake: When Lee and Longstreet are surveying the map of the area, the position of the compass changes without anyone touching it. (01:02:00)

Daz

12th Jul 2006

Gods and Generals (2003)

Continuity mistake: When the Confederate soldier is telling the other soldiers about what will happen when he dies, when he says 'give them to my captain to give to my daddy' a soldier with a light coloured uniform marches by. In the next wide shot, it's a soldier with a dark coloured uniform. (01:05:45)

Daz

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: After the Battle of Bull Run, Jonas Steele is seen surveying the aftermath. Trouble is, there are a heck of a lot more dead bodies lying around outside the house than there were when the battle was raging, including those of Union soldiers. As the scenes of the battle demonstrated, the Union never actually got as far as the house; all their casualties were incurred on the slopes approaching the house, and then they retreated. (01:53:20 - 01:59:10)

Daz

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: Disc 2: When the Union soldiers cross the creek and the sergeant says 'you ain't even seen the elephant yet, lady', his troops are in a crouching position. But the next shot from the Confederate lines shows them standing up. (00:27:40)

Daz

Continuity mistake: When Graham is trying to electrocute his wife, he leaves the end of the black sticky tape on the opposite side of the bulb to the chain. When his wife tries to put the electricity back on, it's moved half way round the bulb. (00:30:00)

Daz

6th Jul 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When the Ferrari boss calls Eddie to help deal with Miller, two guys wearing suits are standing in the sunshine next to a grey car. When Miller refuses to take no for an answer after being thrown out, you can see that the guys are gone and the car is now covered by a shadow. The red Ferrari also now has a longer shadow. (00:26:15)

Daz

6th Jul 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When Miller is eying up the red Ferrari and he opens the door, two mechanics wearing green overalls appear behind him that weren't there in the previous shot, and you can see that the car they are looking at is now covered by a shadow. (00:25:35)

Daz

3rd Jul 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When DeVries gets out of the Ferrari covered in blood, Willis is seen pointing a pistol at him. When the police blow up the car, he is using a shotgun. In fact, when they blow up the car, most of the images used are the same shots of them firing at the car before it hit the roadblock, only they're flipped. Willis also appears to switch from a right handed shooting stance with the pistol to a left handed shooting stance with the shotgun. (00:07:45)

Daz

3rd Jul 2006

The Hidden (1987)

Continuity mistake: When DeVries gets out the car and laughs at the police, he is seen facing them. When the car explodes and blows him off his feet, however, he has his back to them. (00:07:55)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When DeVries runs through a sheet of glass killing two workmen, a large bloodstain appears on the windscreen. When he speeds up before the police roadblock however, it's almost disappeared. When the cops start shooting, it's back. (00:05:35)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When Miller kills the record store owner with a baton, he's seen with his head about a foot away from the left record racks. When Beck finds him, however, he's lying at a totally different position and angle. (00:15:30)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When the cops find Beck with gunshot wounds in his stomach, the amount of blood on his shirt increases substantially between shots. (01:24:15)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When the stripper throws herself off the building, she's seen lying at a totally different angle from where she should have landed. Also, when the dog finds her, her head is lying on a metal strip on the pavement, which disappears in the next shot. (01:00:00)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

Continuity mistake: The guy in the white suit at the Ferrari dealership is shot dead by Miller, but he reappears at the strip club. He's the one shaking hands with customers at the dance floor. (00:25:15 - 00:42:00)

Daz

29th Jun 2006

The Hidden (1987)

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Continuity mistake: When DeVries' Ferrari crashes into the fence, the license plate is lying crooked, touching the bumper. When the cops blow it up, it's not touching the bumper. Also notice that the petrol tank and exhausts have been removed, revealing that the car blows up by explosives rather than police gunfire. (00:07:40)

Daz

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