Plot hole: When Lawquane spots the droids in the field, he identifies them instantly as commando droids. But as he had left the Republic Army shortly after the first battle on Geonosis (the one which started the war) and has lived as a farmer ever since, and since the commando droids are relatively new (see "Rookies"), how can he know what they are? With his lack of battlefield experience, he should simply call them battle droids.
Daniel4646
5th Jan 2010
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Suggested correction: Though the films and series downplay this, the Star Wars universe has its equivalent of an internet/tv channels via the Holonet, which is how most normal citizens get their news. Even a deserter-turned-farmer would have reason to get Holonet access with his family, and he could have learned about Commando Droids that way.
Yeah, but would they also get information which might be under military confidentiality, i.e. which might be considered either too classified or too troubling to be made public knowledge?
While specific details on Commando Droids might be classified, that is speculation, and simply what Commando Droids look like and are called is probably not going to be classified. This is a galaxy-spanning war, where keeping such basic info secret would be very difficult. The Separatists might broadcast it for propaganda purposes, and the Republic might for propaganda purposes, or to warn their citizens of what the enemy's most dangerous troops look like.
27th Dec 2024
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Revealing mistake: In the colour version of the battle with the Crazy 88, the Bride swings herself onto the restaurant's upper story balcony. When two of the Crazy attack her and she slashes the second one, toppling him off the balcony, he is spraying water, not blood.
Suggested correction: About a minute earlier in the fight (in the extended colourized version), about a half-dozen Crazy 88 members are knocked into a fountain and get totally soaked. He's one of them. If you look, you can tell his entire body is still almost dripping wet when the bride slices him. So he's not "spraying water instead of blood." Rather, the water that's already on his body is simply splashing outward as he whips around. (It's a little confusing because the black-and-white version omits the fountain shot and tries to "cheat" the water as blood since you can't tell it's not red. But in the extended colour version, it really is just the water that's soaked him that's "spraying" outwards.)
Yeah, a plausible explanation. Except that 1) when the Crazy is running onto the balcony, none of his clothes look like they're soaked. His jacket is fluttering as he moves; whereas, if it were wet, it would be hanging down. 2) His hair, when he strikes and The Bride parries just before she hits him, is showing no shimmering of wetness before he "sprays." 3) As much water as he sprays when hit, he should be dripping with water when he comes onto the balcony, which he isn't.
10th Jun 2014
Them! (1954)
Factual error: Grandpa Johnson's .30-30 Winchester rifle was apparently bent by the giant ants during their attack on his store. But as we can see later, the ants' mandibles are too thin and too curved to provide enough gripping and leverage area for bending a metal rifle barrel that severely.
Suggested correction: Impossible. When Ben Peterson is killed near the film's end, you can see that the ant's mandibles leave too much space even as they clamp shut. And their slender form is made for grabbing bites, not sturdy enough for crushing jobs.
That's just what I was talking about, if not quite correctly worded.