Corrected entry: In this episode, Mulder says that he's red/green colorblind. Colorblind people cannot be F.B.I. agents. (00:28:10)
Bishop73
16th Feb 2004
The X-Files (1993)
25th Sep 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Corrected entry: Throughout Series: No one ever explained just how West and Gordon were able, in the 1870s, to send and receive telegraph signals from a moving train, without any wire connection.
Correction: Wireless telegraphs were possible and designed in a number of ways in the early 19th century. Radio waves could be used. In 1832 James Lindsay demonstrated the idea of wireless telegraphy and showed it worked over a 2 mile distance in 1854. Thomas Edison patented his "grasshopper telegraphy", which allowed signals to jump the short distance between a running train and telegraph wires running parallel to the tracks. While this wasn't until the mid-1880's, Wild Wild West relied on advanced technologies and Gordon could have easily been able to come up with this same invention for personal use.
27th Dec 2007
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Corrected entry: How Heyes and Curry manage to be riding the same horses they started out with after a 50-mile train ride is a mystery. The train didn't have a livestock car. Flying equines, perhaps? (00:24:30 - 00:28:15)
Correction: Because they weren't riding the same horses. Heyes is seen riding a black horse with no white markings on the nose towards the train station. Afterwards he's riding a lighter color horse with white nose markings. The other two horses have different, though similar, white nose markings as well.
29th Apr 2009
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Corrected entry: Twice during shots of the tournament in progress, we see the 8-ball going into a corner pocket - a mistake that should have ended the game. (00:13:05)
Correction: They weren't playing 8-ball, where hitting the 8-ball in out of turn ends the game. Before the game started he was asked what pool game he wanted to play, 9-ball, 8-ball, Rotation? They decided to play rotation, where the 8-ball must go in after the 7-ball is made.
10th Jul 2009
Night Gallery (1970)
Deliveries in the Rear - S2-E53
Corrected entry: Dr. Fletcher's "suppliers" are robbing graves to provide him with cadavers. Yet the corpse he uncovers for his class of surgeons is supple enough for him to easily lift its right arm. Rigor mortis starts setting in within 10 minutes of death. The arm should have been difficult - if not impossible - for him to lift. (00:05:25)
Correction: Several reasons this statement is wrong. Mainly, rigor mortis dissipates from the human body after 24-hours, depending on temperature. Therefore, the body can be moved, especial the raising of a limb (which is why morticians can do their job) Also, rigor mortis takes about 4-6 hours to set in and about 12-hours to be fully set.
25th Mar 2013
The Virginian (1962)
Corrected entry: In court, the lawyer berates Sarah for never having voted - an odd criticism, since the series is set in the late 1800s. Women in the U.S. weren't granted voting rights until the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920.
Correction: The 19th amendment didn't give women the right to vote per se, it stated no citizen can be denied the right to vote. Wyoming had already granted women the right to vote in 1869, when it was still a territory.
31st Jan 2009
Mr. Bean (1989)
Corrected entry: In the hospital scene, when Mr. Bean is trying to steal a better queue number, he notices the old sleeping man with number 24 which happens to be next up. However, since the old man is showing the number for the camera and pointing it away from Mr. Bean, he would not be able to see it. The number on queue notes are not printed on both sides.
Correction: While the numbers aren't printed on both side, the paper is thin enough and the printing dark enough to be seen from the backside, albeit reversed. This is noticeable in the scene as well. Even if this wasn't the case, Mr. Bean may have just been attempting to steal a ticket from a sleeping man.
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Correction: Agent Mulder's brief mention of his condition reveals nothing of its severity. Colourblind people can become FBI agents if they can pass the Farnsworth D15 test.
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