Bishop73

20th Aug 2020

Mr. Deeds (2002)

Trivia: The violin player at the candlelight dinner is played by the film's director, Steven Brill.

Bishop73

743 - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: When Carl is shot and falls to the ground, the position of his body changes. For example, his left arm is down, but in the wide shot, both arms are straight out in a more dramatic pose.

Bishop73

31st Jul 2020

Delta Farce (2007)

Larry McCoy: I'm getting too fat for this shit.

Bishop73

22nd Jul 2020

I'm Sorry (2017)

17th Jul 2020

Bad Boys for Life (2020)

17th Jul 2020

Bad Boys for Life (2020)

Marcus Burnett: Look, all our lives, we've been bad boys, all right? Now it's time to be good men.
Mike Lowery: Who, in the hell, wanna sing that song? [Singing poorly] Good men, good men. What you gonna do?
Marcus: Well, maybe if you sang the song like you meant it, it'd catch on.

Bishop73

17th Jul 2020

Bad Boys for Life (2020)

Trivia: The man who hits on Rita at the club is director Bilall Fallah, while the man whose car is taken by Mike Lowrey when leaving the club is director Adil El Arbi.

Bishop73

Against Thy Neighbor - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Judge Woodhull is shot and falls to the ground, his and Abraham's positions keep changing depending on the shot. In one shot the Judge will be on his side, but on his back in the next. And Abraham has both hands on his father's wound, and in the next shot, one on his father's upper chest.

Bishop73

Mercy Moment Murder Measure - S1-E7

Deliberate mistake: When Abraham throws the secret note into the fire, he crumples it up before tossing it in. But then we see a shot of the note lying open and flat on the log before burning. Not only would the note not be able to uncrumple itself, it shows no sign of being crumpled in the first place. This was obviously done deliberately so the audience could read the note one last time.

Bishop73

8th Jul 2020

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Question: During La Mans, it shows Shelby taking a stopwatch from Ferrari's pit and dropping a nut on the floor. Is there any indication Shelby ever cheated during a race like this (whether at Le Mans or somewhere else)? Like, was he ever caught or accused of cheating? I get there's a lot of artistic licensing taking place in this film, so I understand if it was made up, just curious if it was based on anything from Shelby's life.

Bishop73

Answer: Technically, neither of these incidents would be considered cheating in the classic sense. Stealing the stopwatches would be just that, stealing. It's likely that some other members of a team like Ferrari had back up stopwatches. Dropping the lug nut in the Ferrari pit would just be a mind game to put doubt in the minds of the pit crew as to whether they got all the lug nuts on the wheels. Neither of these incidents would affect the performance of the race car. It was mischief, not cheating.

This doesn't answer the question at all (and seems like someone's trying to correct this thinking it's a mistake entry). I said "cheating like this" for the 2 examples I gave, because it's cheating (by definition) but not necessarily breaking La Mans rules. Plus I also asked about actual accusations of cheating.

Bishop73

It's called gamesmanship, how is dropping a lug nut to make the Italians think they had forgotten one cheating? Now if he had taken the lug nut so it delayed their pit stop or so it wasn't put on at all that's a different story. You seem like you never competed if you think those things are cheating.

And stealing a stopwatch is gamesmanship too? The question is was this based on anything. I've never competed in LeMans, but in a majority of sports there are rules against deceiving the other team (for example a balk). Seems like you've never played sports.

Bishop73

4th Jul 2020

Killing Gunther (2017)

[Helicopter taking off.]
Blake: [Yelling] No! He got to the chopper!

Bishop73

4th Jul 2020

The IT Crowd (2006)

Yesterday's Jam - S1-E1

Roy: Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? [Sighs] OK, well, the button on the side, is it glowing? Yeah, you need to turn it on. Uh, the button turns it on. Yeah. You...Yeah...You do know how a button works, don't you? No, not on clothes.
Moss: Hello, IT. Yeah huh. Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
Roy: No, no, there you go. No there you go. I just heard it come on. No, no, that's the music you hear when it comes on. No, that's the music you hear when... I'm sorry, are you from the past?
Moss: You see, the driver hooks a function by patching the system call table so it's not safe to unload unless another thread's about to jump in there and do its stuff And you don't want to end up in the middle of invalid memory. [Laughs]. Hello?

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Connie: [Yelling at Kate] Oh! Well, go find yourself a spin cycle!
Chet: [Yelling at Kate] Yeah, go find yourself a spin cycle. [To Connie] What the hell is that suppose to mean?

Bishop73

I Am Legends - S5-E13

Factual error: The Legends are stranded in England and wait for a bus to London. However, the bus that pulls up is left-hand drive, when it should be a right-hand drive one.

Bishop73

2nd Jul 2020

The Flash (2014)

Tricksters - S1-E17

Axel Walker: There's just one thing I've been dying to ask. Why did you choose me?
James Jesse: Because I knew you had the strength to fulfill my legacy. Besides, it was in your blood.
Axel: Wait. What do you mean in my blood?
James: The real reason I tracked you down and groomed you to be the best you could possibly be, Axel... I am your father.

Bishop73

30th Jun 2020

Arrow (2012)

21st Jun 2020

General questions

There's often a trope in police dramas that an officer being suspended or put on leave is told to "turn in your badge and gun." The officer then just puts the gun and badge on the desk and walks away. How accurate is this though? I heard there's paperwork to fill out and firearms have to be properly returned. Plus, don't many officers carry their own personal firearm that they'd be more comfortable with? Obviously a movie/TV show doesn't want to be bogged down by boring red tape, but what really happens when an officer is suspended or put on leave? Wouldn't turning your badge in be the same thing as being fired?

Bishop73

Answer: Not the badge ("shield") nor gun makes a cop a cop so handing them in symbolically when suspended doesn't happen in real life. The badge is just your symbol of taking an oath. Police have what is called a "Police Identification Card" which is their legal document of authority, not the badge. As you mention a lot of cops have their own gun and their chief isn't allowed to take it unless the cop is convicted of a crime or the gun is to be used in evidence (like if the cop fired it at a crime scene). Indeed, handing in your badge is done when you are fired.

lionhead

8th Jun 2020

The Flash (2014)

Snow Pack - S5-E19

Trivia: Near the end, when Nora (XS) is about to arrive out of the Speed Force, the street signs say "McCraw" and "Moy", a nod to the creators of XS, Tom McCraw and Jeff Moy.

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