Factual error: As Hawkeye, Radar' and BJ stop to change the flat, Hawkeye uses a scissor jack to raise the Jeep. However, the scissor jack was not in use for this model of Jeep.
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13th Feb 2017
M*A*S*H (1972)
30th Jan 2017
Star Trek (1966)
30th Jan 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Audio problem: When Goldfinger is explaining his smuggling operation, his mouth doesn't move until right at the time he coughs.
30th Jan 2017
Goldfinger (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: When Oddjob loses the trunk, the film crew is reflected.
24th Jan 2017
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Continuity mistake: As Cindy Lou sinks in the sorter, her legs go from sticking up from the knees to only her feet visible in a second.
23rd Jan 2017
Star Wars (1977)
Question: In Obi-Wan's home, he explains that Luke's father wanted Luke to have his lightsaber when he was old enough. But in "Revenge of the Sith", in Anakin's (Vader's) last fight with Obi-wan, Anakin's legs and right arm were severed and his saber was lost. So how could he give it to Obi-Wan to give to his unborn son if it was lost and Vader left for dead?
Chosen answer: Anakin's Lightsaber was never lost. When Obi-Wan cut Anakin down (when Anakin jumped at him), Anakin's lightsaber falls to the ground next to Obi-Wan and when Obi-Wan leaves, we see him pick it up.
And as far as "your father wanted you to have this", it's a lie. Remember that Obi-wan is spinning a yarn to Luke about his father to keep from revealing that his father is Darth Vader.
Well, he might have wanted him to have it, "from a certain point of view."
23rd Jan 2017
Star Wars (1977)
Continuity mistake: At the dinner table, Luke picks up the container in his left hand to pour. A moment later, he picks it up in his right hand. Also, as Owen explains about Obi-Wan, you see Luke's left hand lifting then lowering the glass. When the shot cuts to Luke's face, his right hand is making the motions.
23rd Jan 2017
Star Wars (1977)
Continuity mistake: The oil streak on Threepio's left, then right, shoulder has totally disappeared when he's seen in the Sand Crawler.
23rd Jan 2017
Dr. No (1962)
Continuity mistake: As Bond's driver cuts a hard right turn, the tracks from previous takes are on the road. As the pursuing car draws up to that spot, the dust has quickly settled, and the tracks are suddenly gone. (00:19:05)
23rd Jan 2017
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: As McCoy first appears from the elevator behind Kirk, then follows him in, his hairline changes from a widow's peak to straight across.
23rd Jan 2017
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When the cube first meets the Enterprise, it's spinning clockwise on its axis. Later, it's spinning counter-clockwise.
23rd Jan 2017
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Trivia: After Kirk leaves Sickbay, and after McCoy says one of his "What am I...?" questions (i.e., I'm a doctor, not a _______), he says, "If I jumped every time a light flashed around here, I'd end up talking to myself." Later, in Star Trek V, as he's watching Kirk climb the mountain, he says, to himself, "'You'll enjoy Shore Leave. You'll be able to relax'. You call this relaxing? I'm a nervous wreck. If I'm not careful, I'll end up talking to myself."
16th Jan 2017
The Truman Show (1998)
Continuity mistake: When the fallen lamp has settled, the glass and parts of the housing are in the sunlight, and the light is in the shadow, with the camera looking into the side of the shadow. As Truman comes out to investigate, the light has been turned to a new direction, the pieces of the housing are missing, and the glass is splayed out a lot more than it originally was.
3rd Jan 2017
A Christmas Story (1983)
Continuity mistake: After Grover Dill tells the boys to stop, he drops the hand he's pointing with. A second later, he drops it again.
31st Dec 2016
Army of Darkness (1992)
Factual error: After coming out of the pit, Ash gets three shots out of a double barrel shotgun. There was a sound of cocking when the shotgun has to be cracked open to re-load.
16th Dec 2016
Firestarter (1984)
Continuity mistake: As the pick-up heads toward Charlie at the end, the man in the back is firing at her. When she makes the truck explode, the figure in the back is a dummy, as his arms look mounted to the roof. Also, one yellow floodlight in front of him is off, and when the explosion occurs, it's on.
16th Dec 2016
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
The Clampetts Strike Oil - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: As Granny is standing in the bucket cooling her feet, she looks at the man on the table, and has her glasses on. A second later they're suddenly gone.
16th Dec 2016
The Addams Family (1964)
Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: As Morticia and Gomez play with the train, there is only one train on the set. When Gomez blows it up at the bridge, there is a second train in the midst of it. This is a reuse of stock footage.
9th Dec 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: After greeting Crusher, Data explains where Picard is. Problem is he uses the contraction "he's" instead of "he is." Data is supposed to be incapable of this.
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Suggested correction: This is only a mistake if the series is taken as a whole. At this point in the series, that particular trait wasn't part of the character. Data uses contractions multiple times in the first season, as the trait was added later.
While it was explicitly expressed in season 2 that Data can not use contractions, the fact that they did established this character trait means it could be a valid mistake since the trait is meant to show Data could never use contractions since his creation, not that he suddenly developed it some 30-odd years later. Although it would probably be best to submit it as a mistake in season 2 when it's mentioned that it contradicts what was established or at least make one character mistake for "all of season 1" than list every individual time it happened.
9th Dec 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As Crusher enters the police station, Data says "Hiya, Doc. What's cookin?" He's supposed to be incapable of using contractions.
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