Brad

21st Mar 2011

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Question: Was Spider-Man's identity ever made public at the end of this movie? He was without his mask several times during the final battle and there were a lot of cameras, so...?

Brad

Chosen answer: There's no evidence to suggest that his identity was compromised at any point.

Tailkinker

Answer: The fight between Sandman, Venom and Spider-Man was high up on a construction site so nobody watching the action from ground level would be able to see his face.

Question: The film states that Smith infected every single person in the Matrix. If that's the case, when the source deletes Smith, shouldn't that kill everyone in the Matrix? It killed Neo after all.

Brad

Chosen answer: It only killed Neo because the termination signal was sent directly through him. Everyone else was simply freed of Smith's corruptive programming.

Phixius

Continuity mistake: During the final shootout, there is a shot of Nantz firing his handgun. A few shots later, Nantz pulls out his handgun and begins firing.

Brad

Trivia: Right at the start of the rave at Zion, you can see someone doing the robot if you look carefully.

Brad

9th Mar 2011

Fringe (2008)

Trivia: In every episode, there is a clue for what the next episode will be about. For example, in episode seven, Samantha Loeb gives Olivia a copy of "A Christmas Carol". In the next episode, Walter is reciting Christmas carols to regain his memory.

Brad

15th Feb 2011

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Trivia: All the webs on the balloons in the scene where Spider-Man gets the key to the city were hand drawn with a Sharpie.

Brad

Trivia: Fans will know that Kari's crest is light. It just so happens that Kari's name is derived from Hikari, the Japanese word for light.

Brad

23rd Jan 2011

TRON: Legacy (2010)

Question: After Rinzler "destroys" Clu, Flynn suddenly develops the urge to switch disks with Quorra. Why? As far as he is concerned, Clu is dead. He has no reason to think otherwise.

Brad

Chosen answer: He doesn't know Clu is dead. And a little prudence never hurts. Flynn knows Clu and clearly it was entirely possible that Clu was still alive. If they all got back to the portal, it made no difference. If Clu showed up to stop them, Flynn knew what he had to do and needed to make sure that Sam had his disc to get out.

Garlonuss

23rd Jan 2011

TRON: Legacy (2010)

Continuity mistake: Just as Flynn realizes Tron is alive, after he has captured Quorra, Flynn and Sam change from ducking their heads behind the wall to having their heads poking out.

Brad

17th Jan 2011

Brother Bear 2 (2006)

Trivia: In the first movie, the cliff where Kenai is transformed is shaped like a bear's head. The tradition carries on here. The section of cliff where Nita transforms (where Kenai fights Atka) is shaped like a bear's head when viewed from above.

Brad

Question: How did Grindlewald know that Dumbledore was buried with the wand?

Brad

Chosen answer: This is actually never explained in the movie. In the book, Voldemort located Grindelwald in Nurmengard prison so he could learn the whereabouts of the Elder Wand. Grindelwald lied to Voldemort about ever having possessed the Elder Wand, perhaps in a belated effort to protect Dumbledore, his former friend and foe. Voldemort read Grindelwald's mind using Legillimancy and learned that Dumbledore had captured the wand from Grindelwald after defeating him in their epic duel many years before. Voldemort murdered Grindelwald, then deduced that the Elder Wand must have been entombed with Dumbledore.

raywest

31st Dec 2010

Inception (2010)

29th Dec 2010

Inception (2010)

Trivia: The Alien/Predator hybrid is actually a girl (confirmed by directors on DVD Commentary).

Brad

Continuity mistake: After confessing about his "accident" to Molly, Kirk walks away. Keep your eye on Molly in the background. She changes position in the closeup.

Brad

8th Dec 2010

General questions

Whenever there's a scene in a movie where a character is looking in a mirror, how do they make sure that the camera isn't seen in the mirror?

Brad

Chosen answer: Nowadays, CGI can achieve this, but also placing the camera at certain angles so it is unseen or building a special piece of scenery to hide all but the camera's lens (which is, of course, disguised).

raywest

7th Dec 2010

Friends (1994)

How to Train Your Dragon mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Hiccup tries to lure Toothless with the fish, he drops his knife on the ground. In the next shot, the knife moves closer to him. (00:28:45)

Brad

Continuity mistake: When Toothless burns the ground to make a bed for himself, the section of burned ground drastically increases in size between shots. (00:30:50)

Brad

20th Sep 2010

Easy A (2010)

Continuity mistake: During the musical number in the gym, Olive puts her feather boa around Rhiannon's neck. A couple of shots later, it disappears only to reappear again in close-up.

Brad

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