Sacha

8th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When the cradle takes off, thousands of glasses fall on the floor, but the next travelling shot shows just four or five around the parents, and the rest of the floor clean.

Sacha

8th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Krypton is exploding, Superman's mother looses her balance and falls backwards. In a new angle a frame later she is up-straight loosing balance again.

Sacha

8th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: In the extended version, when Superman talks with his father in the Fortress of Solitude about being a hero, one shot shows the crystals reaching up to Superman's waist. In the next shot they are at ankle level.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Superman arrives at the dam, after chunks of concrete have exploded everywhere seconds before, there is barely nothing broken, except for some cracks on the wall.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Superman mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When the train is about to derail, we see a bunch of goats and donkeys under the bridge, with a kid dressed in jeans and a blue shirt, and a bearded man with a white jacket. When the shot changes, the man is wearing the kids' clothes and the boy has vanished.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When hanging from the bridge, the damage on the school bus' hood is different depending on the shot.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Superman walks to Luthor's lair, the amount of snow on the bridge of the snow-chamber differs between the CCTV shot and the one from the inside.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The cheerleading equipment is knocked down from the bench, but magically appears up on the next shot.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Revealing mistake: After saving Jimmy from falling to the dam, during the flying sequence a couple of wires are seen between them.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Ms. Teschmaker is sunbathing, the trolley by her side is close to her thigh. In the wider angle is by her ankle.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Jimmy runs towards Hoover Dam his hair is long. A fraction of a second later it's very short.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Luthor switches the snow machine off, a wide angle shows the chamber totally covered in snow and ice, but the close-up of the vents and the walls surrounding are spotless.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Otis is reading the paper about the meteorite found in Addis Ababa, the amount of chocolate in the candy bar increases or decreases depending on the shot.

Sacha

7th Nov 2006

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: The Hoover Dam breaks in many pieces with huge cracks everywhere. When Jimmy is hanging about to fall, from his POV there are just four tiny cracks.

Sacha

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