Corrected entry: The pass cards for the complex where Jennings works have what appear to be a bar code along one edge. During most (if not all) closeups of the pass cards in use, that code is swiped through the reader (ie, the edge with the barcode is closest to the wall). However, when Jennings uses the card for the first time (after creating the metal detector diversion), that edge is on the bottom (closest the floor) and is not swiped through the reader, yet the door still unlocks.
Gabbo
5th Jan 2004
Paycheck (2003)
4th Jul 2003
Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Corrected entry: Buckley comes into Josh and Cooper's room and asks if he can use the bathroom. The bathroom is in the common area between the rooms, he does not have to go through their room to get to it. (01:02:05)
Correction: Buckley wasn't asking for permission because he needed to go through their rooms to get to the bathroom. He was extremely paranoid and wanted to make sure he was allowed to do something before screwing up. Believe it or not, one of my roommates is the same way. He once asked me if he could use the oven, which is in the common room.
11th Apr 2005
Luther (2003)
Corrected entry: When Luther is talking to Katie after she sings to him, he says "people try to make me out to be a fixed star, but I'm not. I am a wandering planet." The planetary model in which stars are fixed (relatively speaking) and the planets are in motion was put forth by Galileo, who was not born until 1564. The scene in the movie takes place shortly before 1530, when the geocentric model of the universe was still the prevailing thought, even among an educated professor, such as Martin Luther. (01:43:00)
Correction: Before Galileo (see e.g. the cosmological view in Dante's Comedy) the scientific concept of universe was precisely a series of spheres, including one of fixed stars, and a series of non-fixed "stars" called planets (remember this is an ancient Greek word for "wanderer") so Luther's words are 100% correct according to his times. Absolutely no question of any mistakes here.
4th Jul 2003
Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Corrected entry: In the opening credits, one of the suicide diagrams shows a man breathing from a hose hooked to a car exhaust. The gas in the diagram is labeled as CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). The lethal gas in exhaust fumes is CO (Carbon Monoxide). (00:02:10)
Correction: Though CO is present in car exhaust, CO2 is present in much greater quantities because it is the major product of hydrocarbon combustion. Both are poisonous in certain quantities and both can kill you.
4th Jul 2003
Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Corrected entry: In the opening credits, one of the suicide diagrams shows a woman about to drop a radio into a bathtub. The radio is shown plugged into an outlet labeled as 220v. In the US (where the film is set) the only common household products that run on 220v are air conditioners and similar equipment, and a radio would not be able to plug into a 220v outlet without major modifications. (00:01:30)
Correction: Because the movie is set in the US, does not mean the diagram was created in the US. One could also argue that 220 is less lethal as well.
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Correction: I work at a large company and we use access cards with bar codes on them. Although we do swipe them for access the swipe is for the internal chip, NOT the bar code. The bar code is used by security guards with a scanner.