Continuity mistake: From the inside, the sign on Archibald Data Processing has a square thing on top of the first and last letters. From the outside it doesn't.
Sacha
8th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
5th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: At the chemical plant, while Superman is landing Jimmy Olsen, the crane that holds them in the air casts a shadow on the green truck behind.
5th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: During the junkyard fight, the sky colour keeps changing from cloudy to sunny all the time.
5th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: Vera stands to turn the TV off in the close shot and a second later, in the aerial shot, she repeats the movement.
5th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The file footage of the torch shows it's burned around the rim. When the shot changes to fiction footage the burning is gone and the metal is spotless.
5th Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Superman fixes the tower of Pisa, the Italian seller turns his head around. The movement cuts to show a new angle but the new movement is totally different to the previous one.
2nd Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: In the end, when Brad jumps on the bed, the wide shot shows him stepping on the right end of the mattress, but the close-up shows him stepping on the left end.
2nd Nov 2006
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Superman fixes the Pisa tower, there's a wire on the left side, most probably the system to move the prop.
30th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: While Jimmy Olsen looses balance on the ladder he holds himself but stays on the ladder. A second later he is already off of the ladder about to fall down.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is choking bad Superman, his right hand cleans itself after Superman disappears.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When the chemicals explodes, the firemen by the chimney fall down twice.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: While Superman is grabbing the steel chimney, the worker in the far left is seen hurrying to the right to meet his pals. In the next shot he is repeating the movement again.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: At the chemical plant, while Superman is breaking the chimney, a worker at the far right climbs up twice.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: At the chemical plant, while Superman is grabbing the chimney, a worker in the back with a blue helmet aids a man to climb up. But in one of the shots in between he's seen away from him, doing something totally different. Then in the next shot he is back helping the guy.
27th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: When Superman arrives at the steel chimney in the chemical plant, wires holding him are visible.
26th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Superman is about to tilt the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he places his hand with the thumb up. A frame later it's down.
26th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: In the bar, while bad Superman is destroying the bottles, the way they are placed and the ones that are broken or undamaged keeps changing between shots.
26th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is visiting Lana and Ricky in the hotel, the stuff on the shelf behind them changes between shots.
26th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: Wood planks appear and disappear behind the rockets in the Grand Canyon.
26th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Superman flies back to Pisa, Giorgio, the seller in the back, is wearing a T-shirt. In the close-up he wears a shirt.
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