Other mistake: Actors in their late 20's or early 30's playing high school students, or characters who are under the age of 18.
Bishop73
15th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Character mistake: When someone gets shot and the first thing people try to do is remove the bullet, often with a knife and no anesthetic.
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Suggested correction: This commonly happens but this is not a mistake. What is wrong with removing the bullet with a knife and no anesthetic. Many times the characters don't have access to a medical facility with all the accoutrements to remove a bullet or don't want to go to a hospital where bullet wounds are reported to law enforcement.
It seems my original entry was edited to make it more brief. But in real life, bullets are not commonly removed because there's no need. The bullet is not the concern, it's the hole the bullet caused that's the concern. They (and more specific to what I was trying to suggest, they as in medical experts) are increasing the risk factors for no viable reason and are never addressing the main cause for concern. And the point of not using anesthetic is they are increasing the risk factors even more for an already pointless surgery.
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Character mistake: People who carry a loaded pistol, or keep a loaded pistol next to them, that never have a round in the chamber, just so the character can cock it right before a shootout. Or when a round is suppose to be in the chamber and the person cocks the gun anyways and no round is ejected.
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Suggested correction: On the first point, this is not a mistake. Proper gun handing would dictate that you don't have a round in the chamber until you are going to use the gun. On your second point, you are assuming too much that there is a round in the chamber.
Proper gun handling would be to use the safety. It's ridiculous for a character to keep an unchambered gun that they're planning on using, or think they might use. On the second point, I'm not assuming anything. I'm saying when it's suppose to be chambered because we saw it chambered, or it was fired and a round was chambered, etc. I didn't say when it's assumed to be chambered.
You are right that it would be ridiculous for a character to keep an unchambered gun they are planning on using, but that is not my point. My point is that proper gun safety would be to not normally keep a round in the chamber unless you were going to use it. Cocking the gun shows the audience he intends on using it. Before that, you didn't know his intent. On the second point, OK, you provided additional clarification.
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Other mistake: When the "good" guys can easily kill someone wearing protective combat gear, bullet-proof vests, etc with just one shot, but the "good" guy can get shot multiple times and be OK.
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Suggested correction: It depends on where the good guy was hit at and how bad the bullet wound is.
11th Oct 2018
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Roger is playing chess with his father-in-law, the pieces on the board keep changing in each shot, and too drastically to be moves done off screen. For example, at first Roger's left rook is not on its starting position but in other shots it is.
11th Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Aris Boch: Doctor Jackson, if you don't mind treating my wound.
Daniel Jackson: I'm an archaeologist.
Aris Boch: I know. But you're also a doctor.
Daniel Jackson: Of archaeology.
Aris Boch: Never mind. Captain, you must have some medical training.
Samantha Carter: Actually, I'm a major now.
Aris Boch: Oh, well, how very important. I'll inform the galaxy.
10th Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Revealing mistake: When the three are seen running to Apophis' ship (after taking out the Jaffas), the branches of the trees are shown to move because of the great speed they ran at. However, none of the leaves on the ground move.
9th Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Revealing mistake: You can tell the rocks of the cavern are CGI and they're walking in front of a green screen. For example, when everyone goes back to the cavern, with Nick, in one shot the rocks cover part of Teal'c's head.
2nd Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Character mistake: When Hammond and Carter come out of the base, Hammond is told he's been gone 22 hours. Hammond says he's only been gone about 20 minutes. To which Carter says, due to time dilation, time is moving an average of 600% slower and that telling O'Neill to wait 5 minutes would be 6 hours or more. However, 600% is just another way of saying "6 times" and time is slower by about 66 times, so she should have said an average of 6,000%. 5 minutes being 6 hours would be 72 times slower.
2nd Oct 2018
Deadpool 2 (2018)
2nd Oct 2018
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool: So you're an alien, I guess. How does that help us?
Shatterstar: I'm basically better than you at everything.
Deadpool: Just once, I'm gonna find a planet of people that are worse than me at everything. A bunch of functional idiots. I'm gonna go there, and I'm gonna be their Superman.
Weasel: Isn't that Canada?
Deadpool: You shut your goddamn trash mouth.
30th Sep 2018
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Continuity mistake: When Roger comes home (after seeing Garrett's video), he has nothing in his hands or on his shirt. In one shot of him (when Trish says "I'm sorry"), his sunglasses are suddenly hanging on his shirt collar. (00:28:10)
21st Sep 2018
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Continuity mistake: In the taxi, when Zeus is telling John his name and asks if he has a problem with that, John's hand is not against his head. In the next shot it is.
21st Sep 2018
Longmire (2012)
Goodbye Is Always Implied - S6-E10
Continuity mistake: Near the end, when Vic is on the porch bench, she's holding a mug in her hand. When Walt goes to sit down, she's still holding it, but in the next shot her hands are empty and the mug is on the porch railing.
21st Sep 2018
Portlandia (2011)
Continuity mistake: When James rides his bike to work, his left pant leg is rolled up, but in the close of of his feet, his right pant leg is rolled up.
17th Sep 2018
Jessica Jones (2015)
AKA Take a Bloody Number - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Jessica is following the suspected courier, the people in the background change in various shots. For example, when he's walking down the covered walkway (after we see the juggler), there's a guy jogging behind him. But in the next shot the guy is no where to be seen.
17th Sep 2018
Jessica Jones (2015)
AKA Take a Bloody Number - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Robyn opens the package, she holds the flap as she slides down the wall, but in the next shot she's now holding the side of the box.
17th Sep 2018
Jessica Jones (2015)
AKA The Sandwich Saved Me - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Ruben offers Jessica the banana bread, the bread is wrapped in plastic, but not the plate. In the next shot, the plastic wrap is covering the bread and plate.
16th Sep 2018
Iron Fist (2017)
Continuity mistake: When Danny is about to dress his knife wound, he grabs the tape with both hands and there's nothing covering the wound. He tears the tape, still using both hands, but then in the next shot as he's putting the tape down, a gauze pad is now covering his wound.
10th Sep 2018
Jessica Jones (2015)
AKA I've Got the Blues - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: The way the blanket that Trish puts on Jessica covers her changes depending on the camera angle.
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