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11th Mar 2023

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Trivia: Although the film was set in Tennessee, it was mostly shot in Ireland. The real forest seen in the movie is in northern Georgia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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11th Mar 2023

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Revealing mistake: When the Terminator, Kate, and John are escaping the cemetery, they come down a winding road and drive in front of the camera in a hearse. Both Kate and the Terminator have been replaced by stunt drivers.

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Audio problem: When Arnold makes the slow turn at the cemetery from Dr. Silberman's view, he starts firing his weapon at the police but we don't hear it. In the very next shot, he repeats the same action but we hear it this time.

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28th Feb 2023

Get Hard (2015)

Visible crew/equipment: The very last shot is a truck driving away. Right at the beginning of the shot, the crew is visible in the tailgate. Its clear enough that the boom operator can be seen on the right side.

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26th Feb 2023

RV (2006)

Audio problem: The Gornickes and Munro family pull out of the gas station in their bus-type vehicle while Bob is coming down the hill on the bike. There is a "ding ding" sound typical of full service gas stations or auto repair places. These require the long black wires to trigger when tires run over them but no wire is visible.

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16th Feb 2023

Breakdown (1997)

Trivia: Red's son Deke is playing the Playstation 1 port of "Doom" (1995) in the scene where Jeff enters the house.

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16th Feb 2023

Breakdown (1997)

Trivia: When Jeff tries to get Red to pull over on the road, he almost misses an RV and has to swerve at the last minute. In front of where he swerves is a big rock looking thing, right frame. It is there to hide the camera filming the lower angle shot we see in this sequence.

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Revealing mistake: When Clouseau is floating out of his apartment in his costume, in several shots you can see the shadows of the chimney behind him in the sky, indicating this was shot in a studio.

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Continuity mistake: Clouseau and the doorman are stuck in the sauna, and Clouseau draws on the window to see out as it is streamed up. The level of steam on the window changes during this sequence.

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Revealing mistake: The scene with one of the girls in the Pi house undressing on the TV was filmed with a handheld camera. Lewis tells Lamar to pan the scene right which it does. Cut to the scene of the woman undressing and the scene is shaking, like someone is holding the camera. These should be stationary shots. We even see the camera that is filming the shot and it's strapped down with a periscope.

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27th Jan 2023

Fall (2022)

Other mistake: In an early shot that takes place at night, a woman in a restaurant points out that the radio tower has a blinking light. Later on during the night shots we see the strobe close up. The problem is, there is no electrical equipment on or nearby the base of the tower, nor are there electrical wires visible for the lighting. How is this tower still receiving power? Tower lighting is extensive, and there would at least be some form of equipment for it present at the bottom of the tower. Not to mention, tower lighting has to be maintained by FAA regulations, and it's difficult to believe a 2,000 foot tower would be in such bad shape. Considering the strobe at the top is incandescent, it would burn out often and the tower would need to be climbed.

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19th Jan 2023

Quantum Leap (1989)

19th Jan 2023

Quantum Leap (1989)

Piano Man - November 10, 1985 - S3-E15

Revealing mistake: When Sam is driving the truck through the fog/smoke, Al tells Gooshie to center him on Lorraine but Al doesn't jump out. The shot cuts to a front view of the fog. The road noticeably jumps forward because there is a dissolve transition in this shot, even thought its the same angle. It's likely it was done to lengthen the shot.

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Continuity mistake: Mini-me spits on Austin during their fight on the moon. We never see him clean it off, but it's missing from his face seconds later.

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8th Jan 2023

The X-Files (1993)

Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man - S4-E7

Revealing mistake: As the smoking man sits on a bench after finding out his story was rewritten, there are mountains visible in the background. Atop one of the buildings in the background is a Canadian flag waving in the wind. This show was shot in Vancouver, but is set in Washington D.C. There are no tall mountains that close to D.C.

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Question: How did they pay for the booze and the snacks at the second hotel? Del doesn't have a lot of money and Neil spends most of his on the room.

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Answer: It all came from the minibar in the room, which in those days (and, often, even today) didn't require payment in advance; it would be added to your bill when you check out. Since the hotel didn't have Neil's credit card or anything else to take payment, they could have just skipped out the next morning without paying for the snacks and drinks. (Another possibility, though remote, is that the snacks and drinks were complimentary...I have stayed in one or two hotels like that in the past, rare as they may have been).

Answer: Another possibility is that off-screen while travelling on the road (before the fire), drinks were bought at a store somewhere for the purpose of an overnight stay somewhere.

4th Jan 2023

Breaking Bad (2008)

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Emilio and Krazy 8 show up to the cook site to visit Walter. Krazy 8 leaves the drivers side door open when he exits the vehicle. Later when Walt is trying to flee the area in the RV, he drives past their car. The door is closed.

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