Continuity mistake: In a matter of 15 seconds between David's ship exiting the hangar and shooting 20 miles upwards into space, shadows on the ground indicate very different positions of the sun. (00:51:05)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
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Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Joey Cramer
A little boy named David, goes out into the woods, and falls down into a ravine. He wakes up and discovers that he is in the future. So, he goes back home, but nobody is there that he recognizes. He eventually finds his parents, which are visibly older now, especially his brother, who is a lot older now. He then finds a spaceship in a nearby hanger and a robot inside the ship that operates it. It recognizes David and takes him on a trip around the world. David eventually decides that he can't stay in the future anymore and asks the robot to take him back to 1978. The robot agrees and takes him back.
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Question: Who actually sent RALF to take David to the ship? The ship tells him to get in RALF but later on we see Carolyn looking shifty when they're questioning how he escaped?
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Answer: Carolyn wouldn't have wanted David anywhere near the UFO as it could've been dangerous, so it's safe to assume that "Max" programmed the R.A.L.F robot. Although Carolyn didn't have anything to do with with David's escape, it wouldn't have escaped unnoticed that the R.A.L.F robot was in the hanger where the UFO was. Given that she's always the one with the R.A.L.F. robot, it's safe to assume she was acting worried that she'd be blamed rather than acting "shifty"