Corrected entry: The name of the horse, "Anchors Ahoy," is meaningless and silly. The term, "anchor's aweigh," is short for "the anchor is aweigh," meaning the anchor has been pulled free of the bottom. However, "ahoy" is a hailing call, used to attract the attention of another vessel or, perhaps, a person, and requires an answer. (It's kind of like saying, "Hey, you!") Since anchors are inanimate objects, they can neither hear nor respond to the call.
mdwalker
5th Apr 2024
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
4th Sep 2023
MythBusters (2003)
Corrected entry: In testing the Point Break catch up myth, the Myth Busters demonstrated that Keanu Reeves could indeed have caught up with Patrick Swayze in freefall. But, understandably, they did not test what would have happened if he had. Several years ago, two members of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team had a similar (but unintentional) mid-air collision. One of them died instantly, while the other survived but lost both his legs.
Correction: Well, first of all, that's not a factual error. As you said, they were testing if he could catch up... not what would happen to him. Although, to indulge you, when they made the movie, the stunt men in the scene actually did tackle each other mid-air as depicted in the movie. An unintentional freak accident doesn't invalidate that. That'd be like me saying "Not EVERY car accident is fatal" and then you countered with "No, that's a mistake because SOME are."
2nd Feb 2015
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Corrected entry: The ship on which Indy and Marian flee Egypt with the Ark is not a freighter, but a small coastal tanker, which would not have a cargo hold.
Correction: Captain Katanga and his men are smugglers. Modifying a ship known to not have a cargo hold by putting one in sounds like a smart thing for a smuggler to do.
Correction: It's the name of a horse! Registered purebred horses have all sorts of odd, silly, meaningless names that are personal to the owner. The names don't have to make sense. Also, two registered horses cannot have the exact same name, so it could be argued that the name "Anchors Aweigh" was already taken and this was an alternative choice. Additionally, some registered horses have names that are a variation of their sire or grandsire's name. "Anchors Ahoy" could be related to another horse named "Anchors Aweigh."
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