Continuity mistake: When nuclear Man bursts the cab's hood, the radiator explodes and vanishes. A second later it's back on.
Sacha
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Other mistake: When Clark Kent enters the subway, the set is the same as the rampage later in the film; only that the second time we see this set, the subway entrance has vanished.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: In the quarry, when the cops' car flies up the air you can see the ramp used to lift it on the lower left side of the screen.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: After Nuclear Man lands on Metropolis a black man in a grey suit keeps moving from a white pole to a parking sign between each shot.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man lands on Metropolis a cop on the right is opening the door of his car. In the next shot he is repeating the movement.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man walks towards the newspaper on the desk, the phone cable's position changes through shots.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: In the quarry, Lenny parks his car to the very right of two wagons. Seconds later the car is in front of them.
18th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman arrives at the UN, Jimmy Olsen stops in the middle of the street to take a picture of him. A shot later he's six feet behind a dark car.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lacy shows the mock front page of the Daily Planet she holds it covering the red circle on the top right. A frame later she's holding it several inches down.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman and Nuclear Man fight on the balcony the high powered binoculars disappear.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Nuclear Man dents the floor with his footsteps, but in a wider angle the floor is intact.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man arrives to earth, full of energy from the sun, his footsteps don't glow; neither do they when he arrives to the balcony, several scenes later. Then a couple of seconds after they glow but stop glowing when he walks towards Superman and keep that way for the rest of the film.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The bundle that Superman makes to destroy the weapons changes to a tenth of its size in about a second.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When the Soviet missile is about to be launched, the sky changes from daytime to dusk.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: A couple seconds after Lenny insults Nuclear Man, when he is about to be lifted up, the place he stands in is different from where he was before.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The Soviet missile has legible CCCP red letters, but in the following shot it's covered in snow, although the close-ups don't show any snow falling.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman is taking the missile with the rest of the weapons, its colour changes from dark black to light grey.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: After Lenny calls Nuclear Man "experiment freako", the stool from the drum disappears.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When the Soviets are about to launch the missile in the snowy field, there are two soldiers on the right and a third with a black hat running away. A second later there are three soldiers plus the one with the black hat who's now there.
17th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman stops the Soviet spaceship from turning around the solar panel is facing upwards, a second later the spaceship has changed position and the panel is sideways.
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