Corrected entry: In the scene during the championship game, Kit slams into Dottie at the plate to win the game. If you watch carefully you will notice that Kit never actually touches homeplate. She soars over homeplate but never actually touches it. (01:41:30)
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24th Jul 2003
A League Of Their Own (1992)
Correction: In baseball if a runner misses home plate and the catcher drops the ball and does not go back and tag the runner,they are safe and the run counts or unless the defensive team notices home was not touched and appeals to an umpire to make the call.
The umpire called her safe immediately, so this response misses the point.
3rd Mar 2021
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Plot hole: When Wilbur and Lewis are time traveling for the first time, Lewis says he's done with the memory scanner. Since he said he wouldn't invent Dor-15, and she went away, wouldn't the time machine and everything else in the future go away since the memory scanner started it all and Lewis decided to quit?
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Suggested correction: Lewis wasn't fully giving up. He was just frustrated and probably went back to it later anyway. Whereas with Doris, he deliberately decided not to invent her because of the danger she posed.
27th Feb 2021
Forrest Gump (1994)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, before meeting Jenny, Forrest is sitting on a bus bench wearing the Nike shoes he received from Jenny and ran across the country in. When he arrives at Jenny's and crouches down to meet little Forrest, he's wearing brown loafers.
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Suggested correction: It's certainly possible that he brought a nicer pair of shoes in his suitcase to change into when he arrived to her place.
Except nothing in the film suggest he had a chance to change shoes. He was so excited to see her and when he found out he's only 5 or 6 blocks away, he runs all the way to her apartment. It wouldn't be in his character to then stop and change shoes before knocking on her door.
If we look closely, those are just dirty shoes. Same ones Jenny gifted him.
Of course it would be in his "character." Forrest Gump was always a tuck in your shirt and straighten your tie kind of guy.
16th Aug 2016
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Corrected entry: God tells Bruce he can't mess with free will. However, he does when he makes Evan say lots of crazy stuff on TV.
Correction: He doesn't change Evan's mind such to make him want to say the gargled messages, he's merely controlling Evan's mouth as opposed to changing his thoughts. His will remains unchanged. On the other hand, forcing Grace to love him would be different than simply forcing her to utter the phrase "I love you" without her meaning it.
Except that Bruce is making Evan say gibberish against his own free will.
Free will is based in the mind. Bruce is only controlling Evan's body.
I think it could be argued either way. Bruce was controlling Evan physically (in addition to the gibberish he makes his voice higher), but Evan may still have had the free will to not open his mouth. We don't see the extent of Bruce's power though. Could he have forced Evan say something against his will? (i.e. something he would never say or believe). Since we don't see that, the correction seems more valid than the mistake.
4th Mar 2018
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Corrected entry: You don't use a circular saw to cut the metal on a plane's wing. You use a torch. Metal on the wing of a plane is strong enough to damage a circular saw.
Correction: That must have come as a surprise to the crew who dismantled a Victor bomber - a military aircraft which would be much sturdier than the C119 Flying Boxcar in this film - using a circular saw. See https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/victor-bomber-scrapped-at-raf-marham-7326968?fbclid=IwAR1nwmkJZMNGQyTnOWw-Uc87_jU3292xJ48wJke8f5ilvVPG1GxAc8w3k-I.
And your point is?
I'm not the commenter above, but it's self explanatory. The claim of "you don't use a circular saw to cut a plane's wing" is proven wrong by the recovery experts in that link using a circular saw to cut into a Vulcan bomber's wing.
It hardly needs further elaboration, but since you insist - a Victor (not a Vulcan) bomber was scrapped by being cut to pieces using circular saws. A Victor bomber was built to much higher standards of strength and durability than a civilian cargo aircraft like the C119 in this film. If a Victor bomber can be cut up with a circular saw as was shown in the link, then a C119 could be cut up by an angry boy scout armed with a tin opener.
Correction: Airplanes are made of aluminium, a softer metal than steel. Add in that since they would be using oil rig-grade equipment, their saws are likely more hardened than standard saw blades and quite possibly have diamond edges. Easily able to cut through the few millimeters thickness of a plane's aluminium skin.
19th Feb 2021
Apollo 13 (1995)
Corrected entry: As the Apollo 13 Command, Service and Lunar Modules near the Earth they make a comment about "shallowing" and this is due to a "couple hundred pounds of moon rocks" that the crew failed to collect. In reality, this configuration (CM, SM and LM) does not exist on return to the earth as the LM descent stage is left on the moon and the ascent stage is jettisoned after the crew returns from the moons surface. They may be shallowing but it's not due to moon rocks, it's due to the LM (5000-10000 lbs).
Correction: They've already accounted for the weight of the LEM. But they took the prescribed weight of the other modules for the return trip and forgot that they have previously included the weight of the rocks in that weight.
12th Feb 2021
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Parking Spot Escalation - S6-E9
Corrected entry: For being smart they act stupid here. They don't think to alter the days the guys use the parking space with Friday being where they either share it together or Leonard or Raj get it while Howard and Sheldon would each get it two days apiece.
Correction: It's not a stupidity. It's entirely within the personalities of the two friends that Sheldon wouldn't accept change and give up something that is rightly his and for Howard to gloat over that he's a bigger deal than Sheldon now and refuse to give up something given for his new celebrity.
Correction: Sheldon didn't even have a car. Heck, he didn't even have a license. Well, except for a later episode where he secretly had a license that he never used.
This point is made several times in the episode. The fact that Sheldon does not have a car but still agues forcibly for his right to the parking space serves to reinforce the recurring theme of the show, that Sheldon is unbearably eccentric and opinionated but still manages to engage with his social group.
5th Feb 2021
Soldier (1998)
Other mistake: When Cain's eye is damaged in the fight the officer says he will only be good for cannon fodder, with no depth perception. So how can he be driving an armoured vehicle?
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Suggested correction: He has been given a replacement eye, which takes care of the problem. He's just angry because Caine 607 didn't win perfectly and showed weakness by being out thought.
31st Jan 2021
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Corrected entry: When they're flying down to the planet, Guy is upset because he doesn't have a last name. He asks Jason, "What's my last name?" and Jason doesn't know. In the very next scene, Jason addresses Guy by his last name, Fleegman. (00:55:00)
Correction: Guy is saying that his character doesn't have a last name, because his character dies off quickly and has no need for one, so he thinks he's in actual danger.
27th Jan 2021
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Factual error: Diplomatic immunity does not give a foreign diplomat carte blanche to openly and brazenly commit extreme crimes in their host country. Arjen Rudd and his men are known money launderers. Once Riggs begins harassing Rudd at the consulate, Rudd launches a violent campaign against the Los Angeles Police Department, assassinating half a dozen police officers. At the very least, the United States would be well within their rights to expel Rudd from the country and bar his re-entry. There is no way the South African government would oppose prosecution of Rudd given these circumstances, doing so would fracture all diplomatic relations with the United States. It is absurd for Rudd to shoot a cop and smugly proclaim "Diplomatic immunity!" after he has done so because it is not a "get out of jail free" card. If Rudd were expelled, he could face prosecution in his home country.
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Suggested correction: Before the federal government would declare a diplomat persona non grata, which would be a serious degradation of the diplomatic relations between two countries), they would first have to do an investigation. The entire movie seems to take place in less than a week. There was probably not enough time, especially since Riggs and Murtaugh are playing things close to the vest and not letting people know what they are doing. As for the "Diplomatic immunity" line, he's just being insulting towards Murtaugh.
While it is true that it's difficult to actually expel a diplomat, the mistake is that Rudd acts as if it is impossible. The movie operates as if diplomatic immunity makes it impossible to arrest a diplomat. And Rudd is doing more than just taunting Roger, he believes right up until the end that he can't be held accountable for his actions, up to and including murdering a cop.
13th Jun 2010
Starship Troopers (1997)
Corrected entry: The Federation is in conflict with the Bugs and mention is made early on that they throw asteroids our way. Yet, an asteroid manages to "sneak up" on Buenos Aires. One would think that they would be on the look out for such things. We have even see them destroy one. Yet, B.A. gets zero warning. An asteroid could sneak through if it were accelerated to near light speed. But in that case an asteroid equivalent to the mass of the asteroids we are shown would pretty much vaporize the Earth. (E-MC2).
Correction: It's possible that the Bugs either got lucky or refined their targeting and managed to get an asteroid in close, or it's possible that the military let one through as a false flag operation to incite people (like Rico) to join the military.
Correction: Given that it would be impossible for it to actually have come from Klendathu, it's implied that the government did it themselves to gin up support for the war against the bugs.
Correction: The media coverage at the start of the film is from 1 year in the future, after the events of the film. Just as the scene in the school starts, "1 Year Earlier" is shown, so the asteroid that hits B.A is the first, that Earth was not prepared for.
19th Sep 2010
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Corrected entry: The Psychlos have been ruling Earth for centuries, yet they still don't know what humans eat?
Correction: They don't care. Being technologically advanced does not necessarily imply actual intelligence. You might say their race is on the downward curve in their intellectual evolution. Look at the human race: All of the technology we've got and many of us couldn't figure out how to keep ourselves alive without it for more than a week.
This is still confusing enough, thus making it a mistake. Even if they didn't care they would have learned it unintentionally.
Correction: Most Psychlos don't care at all what humans WANT to eat. They care about what humans NEED to eat, i.e. humans doing hard labor needs X many calories to survive and must have at least Y protein, Z fat, etc... Terl is trying to essentially bribe Johnny with something even lower animals can appreciate: a favorite treat.
20th Jul 2008
Jurassic Park (1993)
Factual error: At the beginning of the film we are shown an amber mine in the Dominican Republic. This amber is only 45 million years old, Hammond would never bother buying the amber from there as dinosaurs disappeared from the fossil record 65 million years ago.
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Suggested correction: This is assuming that Hammond would restrict himself to a specific period of the earth's history, which makes no sense. Of course Hammond would also be interested in Paleogene or early Tertiary fossil blood! All the proto-birds, giant birds (just think about a Gastornis! What a sensation in a zoo!), not to mention giant mammals like the Megatherion, proto-elephants, proto-rhinoceroses.
There is absolutely no suggestion in Jurassic Park - film or book - that Hammond has any interest in any animals except for dinosaurs. We see no facilities for cloning extinct birds or mammals, nor are they mentioned in his promotional film. The post is correct.
It's specifically mentioned in the book that Hammond was buying huge quantities of amber, even museum-quality jewelry. He was likely getting hold of everything he possibly could to increase chances of finding blood-carrying insects.
There is also absolutely no suggestion that he wouldn't be interested. Surely these would make excellent alternatives / backups in the event he couldn't source enough mosquitos of the era he was most interested in.
As has been pointed out on this site before, inventing deux ex machina explanations for plot holes and factual errors does not invalidate them. Cloning non-egg laying mammals would require vastly different technology to that seen in Jurassic Park. Nowhere in the film is it indicated that Hammond is interested in anything except dinosaurs, nor that he is in any way equipped to clone anything but them.
Hammond buying up any mosquito-containing amber is not a plot hole. He didn't say he wanted exhibits from 45 million years ago, but he also didn't specifically say he wasn't interested. Lack of a statement in a film is not a plot hole.
8th Jan 2021
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
Corrected entry: For some reason Jan (or the actor who played him) was not in the movie despite being Hans' brother. It's weird considering Hans' death and his own brother isn't even at the funeral.
Correction: Speculating on why he wasn't there is not a mistake.
Yes, the speculation isn't a mistake, but it's still a continuity mistake between the movies as he was introduced in the 2nd one and there's no mention of him in this one.
15th Dec 2020
Crossroads (2002)
Trivia: The poem Lucy reads to Ben at the campsite are lyrics to the Britney Spears' song, "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman."
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Suggested correction: I'm not really sure this would count as trivia considering how obvious it is. Ben even turns it into the song at the end of the movie.
16th Dec 2020
Inside Out (2015)
Corrected entry: One of the major details in the movie is that the moving truck is missing and hasn't delivered the furniture. However, after Riley's first day of school, the family can be seen eating dinner at a table in the house, before the moving truck arrived. Either that mistake somehow went unnoticed or they just expected us to believe that her family went out and bought a new table and chairs for some reason.
Correction: A table to eat at would be one of the primary things they would need. It's relatively easy to find a cheap table at a discount store or secondhand store.
8th Dec 2020
The Godfather (1972)
Corrected entry: When Paulie is murdered in the field and Clemenza says leave the gun, take the cannoli, the field is full of phragmite that were not present in the U.S.A. when the story took place.
Correction: Phragmite australis has been in New England since the late 19th Century.
28th Nov 2020
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Stupidity: Leia was carrying a handheld bomb. Yet she doesn't think to bring it with her later on while freeing Han.
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Suggested correction: Novels from the Expanded Universe make it clear that with the exception of guards, nobody is allowed to carry weaponry in Jabba's Palace.
28th Nov 2020
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Factual error: A medical examiner or coroner (or other physician) typically determines cause of death, so unless Father Moody had a medical degree, his statement to Mr. And Mrs. Lisbon - he "listed Cecilia's death as an accident" - would not be official. It also isn't revealed exactly where Father Moody made such a listing.
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Suggested correction: It wouldn't be necessary for the death certificate to list "accidental death", only for the priest to do so for church records so she could be buried in a holy cemetery.
22nd Nov 2020
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Factual error: When the game is being played against the Dodgers, the sun is in the outfield and putting shadows facing towards home plate and the batter which is illegal in the rules of baseball. The sun can not be in the batter's eyes. This same mistake has happened in other baseball movies too.
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Suggested correction: While it is a recommended rule (MLB 1.04), it is not against the rules for a stadium to be aligned any way. As seen here, many stadiums are aligned differently. Https://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/ballpark_NSEW_NL.shtml#:~:text=Major%20League%20Baseball%20clearly%20states,1.04%20to%20be%20ignored%20by.
True, however all stadiums are built with home plate on the south, north or west sides of the stadiums (including SW, NW) NO stadium has home plate on the EAST side (or NE, SE, etc) for this specific major rule.
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Correction: After slamming into Dottie, while flipping over, Kit drags the heel of her left foot over home plate. Seen at approximately 2:37 in this video. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzNkwdsEuDE.
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