Revealing mistake: When Arthur is looking in Carrie's bag, there is one shot with a blue kettle next to the bag. 10 stage lights can be seen reflected in the kettle. (00:11:50)
Ssiscool
16th Apr 2009
The King of Queens (1998)
16th Apr 2009
The King of Queens (1998)
Queasy Rider - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: Doug falls off the bike at one point and shouts that he has had enough. He opens the door and if you look carefully a stage light and boom mic are reflected in the glass. Slo-mo may help but is not essential for spotting the mistake. (00:15:25)
12th Apr 2009
Fast & Furious (2009)
Revealing mistake: When Dom and Brian are racing for the job, there is one point where Brian is seen skidding around a corner. There are already skid marks in the exact place Brian skids.
15th Mar 2009
School of Rock (2003)
Revealing mistake: When playing "School Of Rock" at the Battle Of The Bands, there is one point where Dewey is heard playing a chord before his hands make the chord position. It's only out by about half a second, but it can be heard when his fingers aren't on the fretboard.
11th Mar 2009
Saw V (2008)
Revealing mistake: When Stahm is in the cube trap, there is one shot just before he sees his phone, gun, etc. and you can see a massive gap down the side of the cube where it wasn't shut properly. With the size of the hole, it would be extremely hard to keep water in the cube. (00:09:35)
11th Mar 2009
Saw V (2008)
Revealing mistake: When Strahm's phone says "no signal" there is actually a three bar signal. (00:06:35)
3rd Mar 2009
Jonathan Creek (1997)
Revealing mistake: When Jonathan is falling down the stairs when being chased by the ape, there is 1 shot where you can see it's a stunt man. Slow mo may help but is not essential.
27th Feb 2009
Jonathan Creek (1997)
Revealing mistake: When Maddy and Jonathan are driving down to where Jack was found, the scenery outside is constantly repeating itself.
2nd Feb 2009
Robocop 2 (1990)
Revealing mistake: When Robocop is on the bike, he does a skid. in the exact place where he does this, there is already skid marks from previous takes.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: When Sheriff Justice tells his son to take the handcuffs off the man, you can see they are already open.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: When Smokey jumps the ramp into the football field, there are no tyre tracks. When Sheriff Justice drives up to the ramp, there are tracks that stop short of the ramp. Obviously from previous takes.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: Just after the once local police officer has rolled his car, it shows another police car on the highway. This police car then does a hard turn left. When he does, you can see skid marks from previous takes in the exact spot that he turns.
11th Jan 2009
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Revealing mistake: When Jack, Elizabeth, Norrington and the crew are sailing to meet the Dutchmen, you can see the water is moving past the Pearl, showing the Pearl in motion on the water. There is then one shot of Elizabeth and the sea behind her is completely still and not moving past the Pearl. Camera cuts and again the sea is moving past the Pearl.
27th Dec 2008
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Revealing mistake: At the start, the background of the country going by when on the train is very obviously a fake. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
27th Dec 2008
Two and a Half Men (2003)
A Live Woman of Proven Fertility - S4-E5
Revealing mistake: When driving back from dropping Herb off at Judith's, there is a purple tinge to Alan's face from projecting the background.
23rd Dec 2008
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Revealing mistake: When Victor gets the glass stuck to his head, it's obvious there is a clear piece of plastic to stop the beer spilling out. This is obvious as it never goes past a certain point, but stops instantly.
20th Dec 2008
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Revealing mistake: Most of the time, though not all the time, Leonard has no lenses in his glasses.
11th Dec 2008
The Italian Job (2003)
Revealing mistake: When the van goes off the bridge at the start, you can see that no-one is in the van. (00:21:45)
11th Dec 2008
The Italian Job (2003)
Revealing mistake: When the 4x4 is arriving at the train, you can see it is not Steve driving as the driver doesn't have a mustache.
11th Dec 2008
The Italian Job (2003)
Revealing mistake: When the red and white minis are driving to the train, there are tyre marks from previous takes visible.
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Suggested correction: Not obvious at any point in the show.
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