Factual error: If the Vorgon Destructor Ship was as massive as portrayed, then as Ford and Arthur look up at it, it should have been reflected in Ford's shades. Instead, all that is seen is the demolition equipment and open sky.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
1 factual error - chronological order
Continuity mistake: When Ford is drinking in the bar, the amount of beer in his glass goes down mid-drink.
Slartibartfast: You must come with me, quickly or, or you'll be late!
Arthur: Late for what?
Slartibartfast: What? Oh, no...What is your name, earthman?
Arthur: Dent. Arthur Dent.
Slartibartfast: Late, as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a kind of threat, you see.
Trivia: In the planet construction facility, one of the planets resembles Douglas Adams's face.
Question: How did Marvin get the point of view gun to function the way it did (The front part popping open and firing a huge, wide-coverage blast)? That never occurred any other time the weapon was fired, and Marvin couldn't have known how to do it since they had recently discovered the gun.
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Answer: Marvin does have a brain the size of a planet! He could have easily worked out the controls or directly interfaced with the weapon.
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