Other mistake: The power is cut to the satellite facility near the end, but Sheen manages to raise a powered window curtain to look outside.
manthabeat
20th Jan 2016
The Arrival (1996)
20th Jan 2016
The Arrival (1996)
Revealing mistake: The shot of a computer showing declination (with red numbers moving) at the Oro Array is used twice, despite being two different computers in two different buildings. It is the exact same shot repeated.
20th Jan 2016
The Arrival (1996)
Factual error: At the Oro Array, the breakers are turned off because the power is cut. When the alien cuts the cables to the computers, sparks fly out as if there is power.