Corrected entry: When Semi is showing the security footage of the competition, he places the VHS tape into a VCR that is sitting in the podium behind Semi. When he fast forwards and rewinds, the remote he is using is pointing at the TV and away from the VCR. At the very least, the remote needs to be aimed towards the VCR if not directly at it.
Bishop73
23rd Jun 2008
Employee of the Month (2006)
21st Jul 2008
Employee of the Month (2006)
Corrected entry: When 8Ball was standing at the clocking-in machine, waiting on Zac arriving for 8.30 a.m., there was only one clocking-in card on the righthand side rack. In the next scene, when Zac came running in to clock in, there were lots of clocking-in cards now there.
Correction: Sure, there would be the overnight shift and stockers going home after shift, likely between 0800 and 0830, explaining the extra cards in the clock out side.
11th Sep 2007
Employee of the Month (2006)
Corrected entry: Throughout the movie, the big prize was referred to as a 2005 Newish Chevy Malibu. However, the car that they had on display in the store could not have been newer than 2003, since Chevy redesigned the Malibu in 2004.
Correction: That's why they referred to it as new"ish". In 2005, when the movie was doing principal shooting, a 2003 or older model would still be considered new"ish", like possibly leftover stock from 2003. I bought a brand "new" motorcycle in 2007. It is actually a 2006 model, built in late 2005. I could have registered it as a 2006, or 2007 due to the purchase date. I call it newish as well, even though it had less than 2 kilometers on it when I bought it.
The mistake is correct. It was a 2003 model, not a 2005. Saying "newish" just meant that it had been used and not that it was "left over stock." Glen just thought the employees would be more motivated winning a "newish car" instead of a "used car."
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Correction: This is really a character mistake- Semi points the remote towards the screen rather than the VCR because he is stupid. The infra-red beam however does NOT, as you say, have to point directly at the VCR- it can bounce off walls and other surfaces. Since the VCR was (pretty much) behind Semi the IR beam just bounced from the screen and was picked up by the VCR.
The VCR wasn't in line of sight of a "bounced off IR beam." It was under the lectern and they're standing to the side of it.
Bishop73