Yoshi

20th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Odd is permissible in the Tree House episodes. Some of the normal rules don't apply.

tw_stuart

15th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Homer Defined - S3-E5

Corrected entry: 40 seconds pass during the time period when the announcer says there is 1 minute left and 30 seconds left. Also between the announcer saying there is a half-minute left and 15 seconds left, 25 seconds pass. (00:08:10 - 00:09:20)

Yoshi

Correction: It's normal movie practice to show sequentially events which are intended to be in parallel (the alternative is a very ugly split screen). Between the announcements for one minute and 30 seconds left, Homer has a flashback and during the countdown from 30 to 15, we see the TV announcer explaining who will survive and who will not. The time in Homer's reality is correct.

tw_stuart

15th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Marge is no longer holding her knitting but she's been out of shot for easily long enough to have put them down or even put them away.

tw_stuart

15th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: True but this is a completely new scene, Homer could simply have turned the lights off.

tw_stuart

15th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: They're both in front of the TV monitors. We see Smithers from two different angles and he has time to move when Mr Burns is in shot so there's nothing unusual about this scene.

tw_stuart

9th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Again true but she has time to change the position of her hands when we see her from behind. We can't see her hands during this time.

tw_stuart

10th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Not possible to tell, the shot is looking up from a very low position. The judge could easily still be there without us being able to see him.

tw_stuart

10th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Separate Vocations - S3-E18

Corrected entry: When the mean girls try to get Lisa out of the bad girl's washroom, the magazine that one of the girls was carrying disappears. The cigarette that the other girl was holding also vanishes. (00:11:40)

Yoshi

Correction: This is all true but the girl whose magazine disappears is out of shot for long enough to have dropped it or even put it down. The other girl's hand is out of sight long enough for her to have dropped it just as we saw the first girl do earlier.

tw_stuart

10th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: This is true but not in the least bit surprising since we clearly see Lisa switching the books from under her left arm to under her right.

tw_stuart

10th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: The submission is nonsense. Yes we see Bart moving but he moves himself and then we see him being thrown about in the car during the chase all of which is completely normal.

tw_stuart

10th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: It's a completely different shot which does not have to directly follow in time.

tw_stuart

12th Dec 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Radio Bart - S3-E13

Corrected entry: When Bart accidentally drops the radio down the well, we can see in the first shot that the rope is in a bundle and is very long. In the next shot the rope appears to be shorter. (00:09:35)

Yoshi

Correction: Easy explanation. There were two pieces of rope wrapped in the bundle and Bart assumed it was one long piece. That's why he dropped the radio. The rest of the rope is still lying at Barts feet where we can't see it.

tw_stuart

8th Dec 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Sorry but no it doesn't, we see it from various different positions in the classroom so it appears to be different but the separate shots are consistent with the whole.

tw_stuart

8th Dec 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Martin is simply out of shot to the right of Bart. He hasn't disappeared.

tw_stuart

13th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: Not at all clear why the rain stopping is a mistake.

tw_stuart

15th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: He left his skateboard at school the previous day which is why he walked to school. Probably the skateboard had been confiscated.

tw_stuart

13th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: It's quite easy to mumble without moving one's mouth, I get accused of it all the time.

tw_stuart

26th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: There is no reason why he has to read them in order. He's answering the ones he knows first which is something many people do.

tw_stuart

26th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Saturdays of Thunder - S3-E9

Corrected entry: Before the time trials start, we can see how far the track is, but while Bart, Nelson and Martin are racing, considering the speed they're traveling, the track seems much longer. (00:12:25 - 00:14:35)

Yoshi

Correction: I've watched this scene again and there's nothing unusual about the length of the track or the time they take to complete it. When we see the track at the start we can't see the finish line so we have no way of telling if they take unusually long.

tw_stuart

26th Nov 2003

The Simpsons (1989)

Correction: During this scene all the characters watching the race are blurred to give the impression of speed so there's no way to know if it's Bart since we can barely make out the faces. It's certainly someone wearing a red t-shirt but that doesn't make it Bart especially since the person appears to be much taller than a small boy.

tw_stuart

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