Continuity mistake: After Clark reads the 'Drop Dead' cover, he stands up and walks down the newsroom, all puzzled. The number of people and their positions has no continuity at all between shots.
Sacha
21st Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
21st Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The same man next to Lois on the train is standing on the platform a second later.
16th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: After the "Drop dead" cover, Jimmy Olsen talks to Lois. In the close-up of Lois while she says "He looks like my father," the journalist behind her is standing up. An instant cut later, he is seated.
14th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man steals the Statue of Liberty, its pedestal looks normal. When Superman puts it back in place, the pedestal is missing a huge chunk (surely because of some FX going wrong). In further shots, it's fixed.
14th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman leaves Lenny at the school, a group of kids gather around the gate. On the far right there's one with a red hat, an Afro-American boy with a football, and one with a jacket who grabs the gate. A shot later these last two have vanished but can be seen in the background, metres behind. When the priest exits, half a second later, half a dozen more boys have appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
14th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Perry White dismisses Warfield, a woman in yellow walks towards the escalators. A shot later, the escalators are empty, and she is walking towards them again.
13th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Moscow's Red Square scene begins, the tanks and soldiers parade in front of the authorities (a combination of matte painting and a real set). When Superman arrives, a second tree has appeared next to the one on the left. On the right side, an unfinished painting has replaced the previous huge wall, trees, and decor. (International theatrical, TV, and LaserDisc releases).
13th Nov 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Before Nuclear Man finds the newspaper with Lacy's photo, he is at Lex's lair kneeling down, then starts to fly. Big clouds of smoke come out of his wrists, but an instant cut later in the close-up, the smoke is gone.
17th Aug 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Lenny tells the prison guards they can check his sound system, and the guard on the back grabs the shotgun with his left hand. Shot changes, and the shotgun is back in his right hand, and he is repeating all previous movements.
17th Aug 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Luthor and Lenny drive past a red and white truck and a Maglite billboard. A shot later, they drive past them again.
16th Aug 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: At the hotel room, when Superman rushes and leaves, Lois runs towards the window. A shot later, she is gone, only to reappear an instant cut later.
16th Aug 2024
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman and Lois end their flight, her legs are stretched down, about to land on the ground. An instant cut later, they're bent, and she is lowering her legs again.
28th Sep 2023
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man steals the Statue of Liberty, its color keeps swapping between blue and green all the time.
22nd Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lois drives to the UN Lacy is not in the car. Half a second later she appears inside.
22nd Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman walks to the UN there's a mounted police man on the right. Shot changes, and he's suddenly on the far left. Shot changes again, and he's now meters ahead, on the left of the UN entrance.
21st Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Nuclear man flies over the Russian parade and looks to his right. Then stops and stares in front and shoots fire balls at the tank below. Problem is the parade, tank and everything is taking place behind him (a matte painting). Laserdisc and international extended editions).
19th Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man approaches the tornado the clouds and tornado move at normal speed except for the shot of Nuclear in front of the tornado, where it moves in slow motion. Later on, before the family exits the house the tornado moves in slo-mo again. (Laserdisc and international extended editions).
19th Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman flies to save the girl inside the tornado and the family exits the basement there's a truck by the entrance door filled with hay. Half a second later the truck is gone and reappears behind the family, but now it's empty. (Laserdisc and international extended editions).
16th Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lois visits sick Clark his fringe changes style from brushed to messy to messier between shots, back and forth.
6th Feb 2022
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lois' car arrives at the UN the rear window swaps between rolled up or down between shots.
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