Continuity mistake: After the hide and seek game in the ice cave, Luthor's fringe constantly changes length and style.
Sacha
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Audio problem: When the villains blow the people back in Metropolis, all the ones near the KFC restaurant (the waitress, the guy in the phone booth and the couple) shout or make comments but their mouths either don't move or are not in synch.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the ice cave, Superman throws a plastic S at Non. The wires moving it are visible.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)

Visible crew/equipment: When Non crashes Perry against the ceiling, a crew member's hand is seen holding Perry.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Lois prepares orange juice, Clark lowers his left arm and sneaks it behind his back. A second later the arm is up.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)

Revealing mistake: During the big fight in Metropolis, the close-up of the pram shows its empty or with blatant bundled pieces of fabric to simulate some sort of baby.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Clark steps out of the diner and the waiter has his hands on his chest. A shot later his hands are on the counter.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: After being hit by a cab, Lois calls Clark and the people behind her change in a split second.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the big fight in Metropolis Ursa chokes Superman, but a frame later she is 3 meters away from him and her hands are off his neck.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Superman falls on the Marlboro truck, the part reading "Ma" gets more crumpled after Superman leaves the truck compared to when he landed on it.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Zod makes a short jump from the white car to the Marlboro truck, but in the next shot we see the two cars are several feet further apart.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)

Continuity mistake: Before the villains arrive at the Daily Planet, Lois' hair is fluffy and her fringe has a straight cut. When the scene ends, her hair is shorter, and her fringe has some stylish cuts. Also, Jimmy's hair alternates between very short and long, due to Richard Lester's reshoots.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is trapped under the elevator, the wide shots show a thick metal bar close to her throat. In the closeups showing her head and shoulders the bar isn't visible.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Ursa is moving the helicopter around, the sky keeps changing from sunny to cloudy.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In East Houston, the army jeep is passing by a brown car, then Ursa talks and we hear the jeep engine coming close, but when the image focuses back on the jeep it is several feet behind the brown car, instead of being in front of it.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Superman stands on a flag pole outside one of the windows in Perry's office to defy the 3 villains. When the shot cuts to an outside view of the villains flying, the flag pole has disappeared, and the nearest one is several feet to the left.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Wires holding Superman are visible when he is about to stop the elevator.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In East Houston, while the helicopter fires at the 3 villains, a soldier runs behind Ursa and she is left totally alone. In the next shot he is behind her, running away again.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Clark crosses the street before being hit by a cab there's barely no people behind, in the next shot there's a lot more.
30th Oct 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the big fight scene in Metropolis, after Ursa chokes Superman, Non descends and wires holding him is visible.
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