David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Simpsons (1989)

26th Apr 2004

The Simpsons (1989)

26th Apr 2004

Friends (1994)

The One With Phoebe's Wedding - S10-E12

Revealing mistake: Just before we see everyone setting the wedding up outside, there is a sweep shot of the city with snow falling. It's very obvious that this snow is added digitally and it's very badly done. There is no snow on any of the buildings, and there is no snow hitting the surface of the water. (00:20:50)

David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

Audio problem: When Luccia is playing the piano, it's some of the worst miming and dubbing I have ever seen. She is pretty much at totally the wrong end of the keyboard, and you frequently hear trills, when all she's doing is playing chords.

David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

Factual error: The real "Popemobile" is famously a Mercedes-Benz, the one in the film isn't. Whilst the film makes numerous factual errors for comedic purposes, it's very unlikely that this was intentional.

David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

Factual error: When Robbie is shot at in the "Popemobile", the bullet comes through the glass. The whole reason for having it is because it's bulletproof. They started using it after John Paul II was shot in the early 80's.

David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

Revealing mistake: When the rock band drop Luccia off at home, they knock over a statue. It's supposed to be stone or marble, but you can see by how much it moves and how it falls over, that it's actually plywood or some other lightweight material.

David Mercier

26th Apr 2004

The Pope Must Die (1991)

Audio problem: When Robbie is playing his guitar for the children early on in the film, the way he is playing simply wouldn't sound like what you hear - it's very badly dubbed.

David Mercier

24th Apr 2004

Friends (1994)

24th Apr 2004

Frasier (1993)

Cranes Go Caribbean - S8-E24

Audio problem: In the restaurant Frasier says "There's an ocean of fresh fish not 15 feet away," and you can even see the blue reflection of the water and it's movement as it laps against the shore. Why then, can't you hear waves crashing at all? This is especially strange as in every other scene in this restaurant you can year it, but not in this particular one.

David Mercier

24th Apr 2004

ER (1994)

Baby Shower - S2-E15

Factual error: The majority of the babies that come out are far far too clean. This is particularly noticeable with the 2 twins, where the second one has nothing cleaned off it when it's presented to his mother.

David Mercier

24th Apr 2004

The Jackal (1997)

Revealing mistake: In the first meeting with the Director of the FBI, you can see some of the latex is peeling off the Russian Major's burn, just over the right eyebrow there's a small flap of it. (00:13:15)

David Mercier

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: I have closely examined every frame of that moment and other shots of her in that scene. There is no sign of any peeling or fallacy in the makeup.

Quantom X

Factual error: When the whole of the court go on the "view," it seems as though the bus includes barristers, the judge and members of the jury. In reality, the judge goes with the jury, the barristers are not allowed to.

David Mercier

22nd Apr 2004

Friends (1994)

20th Apr 2004

Friends (1994)

The One Where Emma Cries - S9-E2

Revealing mistake: When Emma starts crying and Rachel picks her up, look at how much the baby is moving when she takes it out of the cot. In the next shot it's suddenly only moving it's head, and very slowly at that. This is because it's a robot - and it's very obvious. (00:06:10)

David Mercier

19th Apr 2004

Futurama (1999)

Bend Her - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: Right at the end, Bender is smoking a cigar and says something like "Emotions should be hated." In the very next shot when he has stood up, the cigar has vanished from his hand and there isn't anywhere he would have put it down.

David Mercier

19th Apr 2004

Futurama (1999)

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