Continuity mistake: Superman is putting the antenna back on the Empire State. first its base is brightly lightened, despite the antenna being on top. When he is about to anchor it, a split second afterwards, the base is totally dark.
Sacha
26th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
26th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Superman holds the antenna falling on the woman's pram, in a matter of 3 seconds the parked cars she was standing in between (a yellow cab and a black car) come much closer together.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Lois is in the diner and the waiter serves her a Coke and leaves. Angle changes, the bad guy sits next to her and the waiter appears serving the Coke again. In the next shot, the angle changes again and he disappears.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the diner, whilst Clark is asking the bad guy to step outside, the waiter is leaning over the baddie's right shoulder. When the angle changes he is leaning on the left shoulder.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Audio problem: When the villains are trapped in the Phantom Zone glass Zod cries out something against Jor-El, but his mouth isn't in sync with what he says.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Atop the Eiffel tower the climate keeps changing from sunny to cloudy within seconds depending on the angle.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the villains are in front of the sheriff's car he places his hat next to the steering wheel. When the angle changes, the hat is away and he's repeating the movement.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Zod throws the Sheriff's rifle away and it lands next to the wheel. When the angle changes it has moved behind the wheel.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is making an orange juice the position of the oranges differs between wide and close shots.
5th Sep 2008
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Superman brings the flag to the White House, the wide shot shows the wind stopping, and the flag coming to a smooth stop. Immediately after, in the close-up, the flag is moving wildly.
2nd Jul 2008
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Zod punches Superman and makes him fly backwards and crash against a metal structure. The wide shot shows him in the middle of it, but in the immediate close one, he is located on the right side.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Revealing mistake: The shot of people walking on the street by the Daily Planet is the same one used in Superman I.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Audio problem: In the Fortress of Solitude, when Superman kneels before Zod, we hear Lois sobbing, but her mouth and body don't move.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Lighting focus reflected on the cosmonaut's visor.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Deliberate mistake: French officers and firemen speak in English between them.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In East Houston, after Ursa says "your general wishes to speak" a sudden change of light takes place and her face swaps from shady to very bright.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Before the East Houston scene, the rear view mirror in the cops' car is skewed in the outside shots, but straight in the ones inside.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Man in a yellow shirt disappears after Ursa stops the bus in Metropolis.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Deliberate mistake: When the villains rampage the White House, the flag's base remains on the ceiling, and the flag pole falls inside the house. So the final scene with Superman carrying the flag and its base as if it had been previously stolen or destroyed, is nonsensical, but it looks very patriotic indeed.
5th Nov 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the Niagara falls, when Superman brings Lois a hot dog, the wider angle doesn't show a woman with a beige sweater coming form the right, who suddenly appears in the close up.
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