Revealing mistake: After the machine runs over the terminal, killing him, when the camera shows the legs being run over again, it's easy to tell that they're dummy legs.
Movie Nut
28th Jun 2016
Def-Con 4 (1985)
28th Jun 2016
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Continuity mistake: In the cabin, the survivor and Howe hear an explosion, and the survivor goes out to investigate. He pulls up a board and unlocks the door, and only closes it after him. When the girl comes up from the basement, the door is closed, locked, and barricaded.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: As Kirk turns to run on the castle steps, an iron bar barricade appears, blocking his path. When it does, watch the castle wall, and the barricade. It seems to slide just a few inches to line up correctly in the shot, showing poor editing.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: After swiping at Trelane to score a hit, which Trelane avoids easily, Kirk throws the sword away, which hits a bush as it falls. When Trelane calls up another sword, the bush suddenly stops moving.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: As Trelane takes a swipe at Kirk, he hits a tree branch. As it breaks away, the building material it was made from is revealed, rather than it being wood.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Trivia: Interestingly, Trelane put Kirk on trial in his courtroom. In Star Trek: The Next Generation S1 : Ep1 "Encounter at Farpoint", Q played judge in an apocalyptic courtroom, putting Picard and the human race on trial.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Trivia: Even though it is revealed that Trelane uses a machine to augment his powers, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel "Q Squared" it is revealed that Trelane and his parents are members of the Q Continuum. It is also revealed the the power that Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner gained in S1 :Ep3, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was Q himself trying to get back into this universe but was suspended in the area outside the galaxy in an energy form.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: In Trelane's castle, Kirk and Sulu are supposed to be frozen, but they slightly waver.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: While beaming to the alien ship, McCoy has his hands on his knees. When materializing, they are beside his thighs.
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Question: In this episode, the navigator, Mr. Bailey, has an earpiece only for the length of time it takes to notify the crew of the message coming in over the navigation beam. Why is it that no time before, or since, that anyone at the conn or navigation positions never had one?
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
28th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
The Corbomite Maneuver - S1-E11
Revealing mistake: In Kirk's quarters, as he touches the desk top comm panel, it noticeably slides a little rather than being fixed in place.
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Star Trek (1966)
27th Jun 2016
Chosen answer: This was an early episode and TV shows often make small changes to set design, props, equipment, and so on as the program progresses. Most likely it was felt that this particular prop was not effective and the producers decided to eliminate it.
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