Rob245

5th Sep 2019

Fathom (1967)

Revealing mistake: In the bull ring scene, in the close up shots it's Raquel Welch, in the pulled back shots it's obviously a stuntman in drag with her voice dubbed in.

Rob245

Question: Do they ever say why Mysterio's doing all of this? Perhaps revenge on Stark, making himself into a hero? What's his reason for causing all this chaos?

Rob245

Answer: That pretty much sums it up yeah. He wants credit for his work. He felt cheated by Stark that he wasn't given credit for his invention that Stark so lovingly called B.A.R.F. Stark was Iron Man and a world renowned hero, savior of the world multiple times... even literally saving half of the entire universe from Thanos. Quentin Beck wanted to upstage him or make himself into a hero, but had no real ability to do so. So he manufactured conflicts with illusions and special effects to make the world appear to be in peril with a problem that only he could solve. This would allow him to swoop in, appear to save the day and be the only one that could have done it, and have the world praise him the way they did Stark. He's motivated by vanity, jealousy, and a desire for a passive aggressive revenge on Stark.

Quantom X

2nd Sep 2019

Student Bodies (1981)

Plot hole: The killer kills two victims in the school's woodshop. How did he/she know the woodshop teacher was hiding quietly in the wood closet?

Rob245

Stupidity: The girls are saved at the end from being possessed by the succubus. All three have become very attractive looking, one's no longer got an overbite, another's not overweight, the last one no longer wears glasses yet they don't notice these changes themselves.

Rob245

Continuity mistake: When Gretel is attacked by the sheriff and some men she's wearing her leather jacket. When Edward comes to save her, the jacket's gone.

Rob245

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Suggested correction: The jacket gets removed by the sheriff and his men in the extended version. So it's not actually a mistake.

30th Aug 2019

Our Idiot Brother (2011)

Stupidity: Didn't Miranda realise if Lady Arabella read her article she'd probably sue the magazine and as part of the settlement they'd probably fire her?

Rob245

Continuity mistake: When Einhorn is tossed into Snowflake's crudely constructed holding pen at the docks, the dolphin seems to have disappeared.

Rob245

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Suggested correction: When she falls in the water, the dolphin is visible right near her in plain view.

29th Aug 2019

Urban Legend (1998)

Plot hole: Brenda's shown to have survived at the end and is at a different college. This is never explained given she got shot, fell out a window, thrown through a car window and off a bridge into a river.

Rob245

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Suggested correction: Supposedly human killers surviving the impossible is a staple of slasher movies, though that doesn't really make this not a mistake. But people in real life have survived worse.

Anson Gordon-Creed

29th Aug 2019

Angel of Death (2009)

Factual error: It seems unlikely Zoe could take a knife to the head which pierced her brain and lived without consequences. She would've probably died or have a permanent injury like frontal lobe epilepsy.

Rob245

29th Aug 2019

Jennifer's Body (2009)

Plot hole: There is no way Needy could've caught up to that band that quickly regardless of catching a ride. It probably would've taken her quite a while unless they stayed in one place for a few days.

Rob245

29th Aug 2019

Wonder Woman (1976)

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Plot hole: If her younger sister Drusilla is sent from Paradise Island to retrieve Diana, how did she get to Washington DC or wherever, she had no way of knowing where her older sister would be.

Rob245

29th Aug 2019

Wonder Woman (1976)

Answer: The transformation twirling was invented for the 1970s TV series only, to explain her quick change from Diana Prince to Wonder Woman. However, it would have been nice to do a little spin homage in the movie.

Answer: She does. However, if she were to use any of her abilities as Diana Prince, everybody, including her enemies would be able to make the connection that Diana Prince and Wonder Woman are the same person which could be used to get revenge on her. By not using her abilities in her civilian disguise, nobody would suspect anything at all and she could keep herself and her friends safe.

So it was more a choice that she decided an Ice Skating move was less conspicuous than say, ducking in a phone booth like Superman? If Clark Kent enters a a phone booth, and Superman comes out, don't you think even the dull of mind would get the connection?

That's because Clark Kent has super speed so he can easily run into a phone booth quickly and leave as Superman as quickly too or whenever Clark does need to change into Superman out in the open, there's never around to see him change. It's a plot device that's really effective.

Could one man or gal. We're supposed to just believe almost everyone these two are around can't figure out of the obvious. Characters like Spider-Man and Batman can do this because of their masks, so these excuses just don't pass with me.

Rob245

Answer: As Diana Prince she didn't have the super powers that Wonder Woman has, although as an Amazon princess she does have greater strength than normal humans. Diana's mom taught her how to transform her ordinary clothes into her Wonder Woman outfit (as opposed to just doing a quick change like Clark Kent does). Her outfit, which her mother gives her when she leaves includes the "golden girdle of Gaea." The girdle provides enhanced strength and heightens her other abilities. As to why she spins, it was a stylized choice to add something extra to the show and hadn't been done in the comics. Although they did change it up a bit due to budget and time. Later, Wonder Woman comic writers would include the spin into the comics, but by then it was generally to put her into her secret identity, not to give her her powers. But as to why Diana Prince doesn't have super powers in the 70's show, as opposed to other incarnations of her; the original TV movie pilot had Diana powerless like the character was during the Bronze Age of Wonder Woman (late 60's) when Diana decided to stay on Earth and became mortal. That series was not picked up, but a 2nd attempt at it, starring Lynda Carter, was and the series loosely based Diana on the first pilot but through magic could transform into the superhero Wonder Woman.

Bishop73

29th Aug 2019

Below the Belt (1980)

Stupidity: When Rosa notices Terrible Tommy hurts opponents for real then the others know this also, obviously, so why don't they complain to the promoter and have her fired?

Rob245

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Suggested correction: 2 things are happening; a shell backed stocky Raphael is chasing a lighter human athlete Casey. Casey has freedom of movement, whereas Raphael can't stray much from the shadows in hiding. :-) A knocked out Casey wouldn't be helping the Turtles out of the next evening with that memorable entry so I'm glad Raph lost the chase.

Some can pass

29th Aug 2019

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Other mistake: If Freddy's powerless in the real world then how does he briefly make his face look normal in the fight against his daughter?

Rob245

29th Aug 2019

Halloween II (1981)

28th Aug 2019

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Plot hole: Cigar Face looks fine when he's at the gym with the mayor shortly after being beaten up by Toxie, but when he and other thugs try ambushing him later he suddenly has his left arm in a sling and his face is bandaged.

Rob245

28th Aug 2019

Supergirl (1984)

Plot hole: If her city of Argo can't survive without its power source before collapsing, then why does it appear to be okay once she arrives back at the end, with the Omega stone having been gone several days?

Rob245

28th Aug 2019

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Continuity mistake: Julie has on light brown jazz/tap shoes in the locker room, then when Toxie's chasing her she's suddenly wearing sneakers.

Rob245

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