Continuity mistake: When the Pisa tower seller sees Superman, the wineskin swaps sides between shots.
Sacha
12th Oct 2024
Superman III (1983)
12th Oct 2024
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: When evil Superman moves the Pisa tower, there's a protruding peak on his cape, seemingly a flying wire or some mechanism to make it move.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When evil Superman crushes Clark's glasses, they swap around 180ยบ between shots.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The tornado in Colombia blows out some candles, but they all appear lit up again a shot later.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Vera is reading the Time magazine, it's missing the date and price on top of the letters, revealing it's a fake cover.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Gus flies away with the skis, the sky keeps changing from cloudy to sunny all the time.
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Ross is bitten by Gus, his hand lies vertically on Gus' head. A shot later it lies horizontally. (01:41:29)
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: After Gus unscrews the computer, the lights go off and Superman's corner becomes dark. From the opposite angle it's perfectly lit.
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Gus disconnects the computer Superman lies flat on the floor. A shot later his right shoulder is raised, and his body rests on his left side.
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: During the wedding and tornado in Colombia, huge rocks fall on the people's heads and shoulders, but they stand-up harmless or react calmly, revealing they were hit by fake prop rocks.
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Audio problem: When the tornado in Colombia starts, two women sitting outside the church start crying "Mira pa'rriba" among other lines, but her mouths are not moving.
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: Gus serves Brad an extra shot of vodka. He takes a sip and says "yeah, perfect." In the following shot the club in his fist is protruding less than in the previous shot. (00:44:06)
3rd Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The shot outside of the bus where Jimmy and Clark are shows a woman and a man sitting on the front seats. In the shot inside the bus they disappear.
1st Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Gus breaks the lattice in pieces and skis away, in the immediate wide angle all the falling wood and debris has disappeared.
1st Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Gus flies off with his skis, note that the wooden lattice is already broken before his crash to allow for the stunt.
1st Sep 2020
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: At the snowy terrace, Gus tells Ross that Superman "is bad." Ross has his index finger pointing at his temple, but a shot later it's lowered. (00:54:53)
15th Jan 2019
Superman III (1983)
Character mistake: When Gus is programming his new salary raise he mistypes Overide instead of Override.
30th Mar 2017
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: During the Pisa tower scenes, the sky is always the same, plus the balloons in the stall have the exact same position, revealing not only that the shot is a chroma, but that both scenes were shot the same day.
30th Mar 2017
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Superman struggles to stop being dragged by the computer, there is debris all over the floor. When the computer explodes the debris disappears.
30th Mar 2017
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: After Superman is swallowed by the super computer, red acid spills on the computer. Right before the acid breaks the floor, the computer is shown again, completely clean.
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