Oblivion

Oblivion (2013)

25 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: The wound on Jack's nose is notably smaller in the scene where he and Julia are on the observation tower and when he says "How can a man die better?" compared to all other scenes.

Other mistake: When the alien drone is deciding whether to shoot or not, the screen showed that the operation system was in English. It should be in an alien language or have no language.

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Suggested correction: The drones are maintained by the Techs. The Techs speak English. So the drones have an English OS (and surely no alien language, which would be traitorous to the story in the brains of Jack and Vika).

Plot hole: Throughout the movie we see Vika monitoring Jack through the cameras and sensors on his aircraft, however, during his entire fight with 52 she just happens to be AFK and doesn't notice that what is effectively a doppelgänger has taken out her partner and commandeered his aircraft?

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Suggested correction: At that point they are outside her sensor range.

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There's no evidence to support the claim that they are outside her sensor range.

Continuity mistake: During the chase with Jack and Julia, the glass door on Julia's side gets cracked by one of the drones. At the end when Jack shoots the drone, just before they eject you get a good look at the glass door next to Julia and it is undamaged in anyway.

Jack Harper: How can man die better: than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.
Sally: I created you, Jack. I am your god.
Jack Harper: Fuck you, Sally.

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Trivia: At the start when the UNIVERSAL writing comes around the Earth, the TET can be seen in orbit.

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Question: Maybe this was explained in the film and I missed it, but it has been bugging me for a while. What happened to all the rest of the clones of Jack and Victoria after the Tet was destroyed? Presumably their daily instructions in the form of Sally would cease. Wouldn't they get suspicious? Some reasonable explanation would be nice.

Answer: They would obviously notice that the Tet was gone and would no doubt have questions, but, without outside intervention, would be unlikely to be able to do anything about it, as they would have no reason not to believe that the "radiation zones" confining them to their particular area weren't real. Some would likely die fighting Scavenger groups in their areas (without the drones, they'd be increasingly vulnerable), others might be successfully contacted by those groups and thus could join with them, some may have ultimately starved without resupply from the Tet. The film only covers what happens to Jacks 49 and 52; the others likely met with a variety of different fates.

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