Revealing mistake: When Trash slowly rises in the rain storm because she is now a zombie, she is noticeably wearing flesh colored shorts.
William Bergquist
25th Jun 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
21st Jun 2004
Contact (1997)
Trivia: John Hurt (S.R. Hadden) and Tom Skerrit (Dr. Drumlin) were both in 1979's Alien. They both died in each movie as well.
25th May 2004
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Hardy is giving Keith a hard time at the gas station by dropping the money on the ground, Keith picks it up, then all of a sudden the shot zooms in and Keith is holding the engine dip stick.
13th May 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Tina runs up the stairs and then falls through, she lands on a blanket but when she stands up, the blanket is gone.
7th May 2004
New Jack City (1991)
Visible crew/equipment: When Stone (with baby), Appleton, and Pookie are walking on the beach, the shadow of a boom mike passes over Appleton's hat.
7th May 2004
New Jack City (1991)
Continuity mistake: During the first "board meeting" with Nino, the girl pours some crack from the bottle on the table. A shot of the table shows no crack on the table, and the same bottle is held up again and it is full.
3rd May 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Frank is giving Freddy the warehouse tour, Frank mentions and points out wheelchairs that are off camera which is fine but when the headless corpse is trashing the warehouse, the wheelchairs are nowhere to be seen.
3rd May 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Continuity mistake: Trash's fantasy about being eaten alive comes true when several zombies attack her, taking bites out of her before she drowns in the Trioxin-water mix. When she reanimates, she's now got no bite marks on her.
2nd May 2004
Splash (1984)
Revealing mistake: When the TVs explode, the glass is very fake and "cardboardy".
2nd May 2004
Splash (1984)
Question: When Dr. Cornbluth first sees the mermaid under water and unsuccessfully tries to take her picture, how come he has an oxygen tank AND an air hose coming from the boat topside? I thought it may be a mistake but I am not a scuba diver so I though I would ask.
2nd May 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Trivia: In the opening when the punkers are walking along the sidewalk, the bum curled up on the sidewalk is the production designer - DVD Commentary.
24th Apr 2004
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Trivia: In the opening, the two guys are discussing TV shows including Twilight Zone. They specifically mention the episode with Burgess Meredith when his glasses broke. Meredith was also the narrator during the movie.
24th Apr 2004
Orca (1977)
Continuity mistake: At the end when Orca leaps from the water to land on the ice causing Harris to slide down, the ice isn't there then all of a sudden it appears when Orca lands on it.
18th Apr 2004
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Revealing mistake: During the end concert when Cab Calloway introduces Jake and Elwood, Willie the drummer isn't even hitting the drums - most noticeably the ride cymbal. (00:48:15)
15th Apr 2004
187 (1997)
Revealing mistake: When the guy wakes up with his finger cut off, it is most noticeably a prosthetic hand.
14th Apr 2004
Memphis Belle (1990)
Revealing mistake: When C-Cup's nose gets clipped and the guy falls out, it is most obviously a doll/dummy falling out.
3rd Apr 2004
Happiness (1998)
Continuity mistake: Toward the beginning when Philip Seymour Hoffman gets on the elevator with Lara Flynn Boyle, his tie is twisted all around but when he gets off, the tie has been fixed. He couldn't have fixed it because he was carrying two bags of groceries.
2nd Apr 2004
Escape From New York (1981)
Question: Since Snake knew that X-rays would neutralize the pellets in his neck, couldn't he have asked brain about medical facilities within New York so he can neutralize them himself?
Chosen answer: Yes, but A. finding a working one is very unlikely, B. it would need a power source, also very difficult, C. Snake had no way of knowing if x-rays of a different frequency would work or set them off, and D. if he does disarm them, it's already been proven that New York is escape proof, so where would he go?
Answer: To be honest, why not extend this question further? The doctor explains to Snake that X-rays will neutralise the cores 15 minutes before they go off. Snake could fly the Gullfire to Canada and he would have about 20 hours to find a place (such as a hospital) that would have an X-ray machine. The frequency range of X-rays is so small that you could easily change frequencies within the 15 minutes. Additionally, we all believe what Halk says. Perhaps it was all a con to get Snake to help him (like the Plutoxin virus).
25th Mar 2004
Blue Thunder (1983)
Deliberate mistake: When Cochran sabotages the Jet Ranger helicopter by loosening the nut on the bolt securing the linear actuator governor, the bolt is inserted in the wrong direction. The bolt should have been heads up to prevent it from falling out as it did causing the helicopter to crash. Moreover, the linear actuator is on the opposite of the engine from where Cochran disconnected it. (00:38:05)
22nd Mar 2004
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Revealing mistake: At the end, when the Colonel is at his control panel on the phone just after the nuke goes off, the cord from the phone begins to peel from the control panel. This is mentioned in the DVD commentary.
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