Jon Sandys

19th Jul 2008

Watchmen (2009)

Watchmen trivia picture

Trivia: This is for the trailer rather than for the final film, but worth a look. At 1:33 in the trailer, just after seeing Rorschach slam someone against a wall, we see another fight. Pause it and look at the guy in black - he's holding a walkie-talkie, which in the next shot becomes a gun. This is only trivia, not a mistake, because it's only valid for the trailer. The MPAA don't allow guns to be pointed at the screen in trailers, so Zack Snyder, in a tribute to the infamous gun-editing from E.T., replaced the gun in that one shot with a walkie-talkie. (00:01:30)

16th Jul 2008

Batman Returns (1992)

Trivia: When Michelle Pfeiffer's confronted by Christopher Walken in his office (while she's sat down), the shadow cast around her eyes by her glasses resembles the angled Catwoman mask.

22nd Jun 2008

Bones (2005)

The Girl in Suite 2103 - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: When Angela and Hodges are working out the size of the silhouette on the wall, as Angela says "which I deny", she's got a relatively serious look on her face. We then cut to a shot from the other side of her, and she's suddenly smiling.

20th Jun 2008

Bones (2005)

The Graft in the Girl - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When Bones goes to open the vent on the wall in the mortuary while standing on the coffin, the shot from inside the grate shows her taking a step up and being exactly at head height for it. Only problem is that in the shot previous to this she was significantly short of the grate, and there was nothing on the coffin lid for her to step up onto.

20th Jun 2008

Bones (2005)

Bones mistake picture

The Graft in the Girl - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When Angela asks to see the girl's drawing, in the shot from the girl's perspective as she hands the pad over, the painting's quite small in the centre of the page. When it then cuts to Angela's point of view it takes up nearly the whole page. (00:02:45)

31st May 2008

Doctor Who (2005)

Silence in the Library (1) - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: After Miss Evangelista is killed, we see her communicator as her "ghost" slowly fades. In one shot we see from a slight distance the lights left lit tick down to 3, then a short while passes, we cut back and the lights are back to 4. They then tick down to 3 again.

20th May 2008

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Indy starts climbing up the cliff after the water bursts through, we see a close-up of the back of his shirt, and there's one small tear quite high up. We cut to a wide shot, and now there are several quite wide rips across the back of his shirt. (01:36:30)

20th May 2008

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Short Round is dangling between the two carts, just before the cart tracks split, he goes from being held by one arm to suddenly being held by two. (01:33:25)

7th Apr 2008

Doctor Who (2005)

Partners in Crime - S4-E1

Other mistake: The security guards shoot away the lock on the door, which they then kick down with no real effort. But the door would still be held in place by the hinges - they don't kick it with enough force to rip the hinges out, and even if they had, we can see that there's no damage on the hinge side of the door anyway to demonstrate their forcible removal. (00:24:20)

27th Mar 2008

DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

Trivia: A Wilhelm scream can be heard during the beach volleyball/fighting scene - a henchman is thrown off a balcony and emits one as he falls.

6th Mar 2008

The Bank Job (2008)

Factual error: We see Jason Statham walking into a shop in 1971 which has a Visa/Barclaycard logo on the door. Only problem with that is that the name Visa wasn't brought in until 1977.

14th Feb 2008

The French Connection (1971)

Continuity mistake: When Popeye's being shot at by the sniper, he's hiding behind a tree and rolls towards a wall that's relatively well-lit by sunshine. The angle changes and it's now completely in shadow.

12th Feb 2008

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Question: Do the earphones Ryan Reynolds uses at the beginning actually exist? I don't think I've ever seen wireless earphones that small.

Chosen answer: The closest thing to them available in reality appears to be these: http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/icm_eng.nsf/root/press_releases__07.01.2008.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: cg_fov - Lets you zoom with any gun.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: cg_drawGun - Get rid of your gun.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: r_fullbright - Easier to see stuff this way!

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: demigod - God mode but your screen still shakes.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: give - Gives you an item. put all for all weapons.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: cg_LaserForceOn 1: Add Laser Sight to All Weapons.

27th Jan 2008

Call of Duty 4

Cheat: timescale : Adjust Time (Default = 1.00)

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