Trivia: Descendants of Auda abu Tayi sued Columbia Pictures over the portrayal of their ancestor as someone only interested in loot and money. It is true that Auda did join the Arab revolt for monetary reasons at first, but he became a steadfast supporter of Arab independence. The suit went on for over ten years before the plaintiffs finally dropped the case.
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10th Mar 2009
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8th Mar 2009
Watchmen (2009)
Trivia: If you look closely, one of the movies playing on one of Ozymandias' screens is "The 300 Spartans", which deals with the same subject as director Zach Snyder's previous film, "300".
18th Feb 2009
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Trivia: While the "auction" to choose a new emperor actually did occur, it did not happen immediately after the death of Commodus, but after the death of Pertinax, Commodus' immediate successor.
18th Feb 2009
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Factual error: In reality, Commodus did not die in the arena - he was strangled in his apartments in 192 A.D. by an athlete who was hired by a group of Senators conspiring against him.
17th Feb 2009
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Trivia: The reconstruction of the Roman Forum at Las Matas for this film holds the record for the largest outdoor film set ever constructed. The various ancient Rome settings covered 55 acres.
17th Feb 2009
Gladiator (2000)
Trivia: Oliver Reed (Proximo) died of a heart attack during filming in Malta, before all his scenes had been shot. The Mill created a digital body double for the remaining scenes by photographing a live action body double in the shadows and by mapping a 3D CGI mask of Reed's face onto the digital composite. The estimated cost was $3.2 million for two minutes of additional footage.
3rd Feb 2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Continuity mistake: The view of the starfield in the ship's windows is always inconsistent whenever they are orbiting a planet. Sometimes the stars appear to be moving by, and sometimes they are completely static.
31st Jan 2009
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Trivia: In the film, Bligh and Christian meet at the first sailing of the Bounty. In reality, they did not meet until the Bounty sailed from Spithead for Tahiti in December of 1787.
31st Jan 2009
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Trivia: Fletcher Christian did not die as a result of a fire on board the Bounty, as shown in the film. He was killed much later by Tahitians during a conflict in 1793.
31st Jan 2009
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Factual error: In the film, the mutiny occurs during the day, when Bligh allows a crewman to die of thirst. The actual mutiny occurred in the middle of the night, when Christian and several followers entered Bligh's cabin and awakened him.
22nd Jan 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
21st Jan 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Trivia: In the film, Owen Wilson's parents are played by his real life parents. According to an interview, his mother's biggest problem was trying to remember to call him by his character's name, John, and not his real name.
16th Jan 2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Stupidity: When Riker and Worf are searching for Geordi on the holodeck, why don't they just terminate the program, instead of looking for him in the simulated jungle? Would have made it a heck of a lot easier to find him in the relatively small empty holodeck, invisible or not.
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Suggested correction: Geordi had already mutated and since one of the abilities of the mutation is invisibility, shutting off the holodeck wouldn't have helped as, without being able to see Geordi, it would be impossible to know where or if he was still in the holodeck.
The original stupidity still holds though. As the original poster said, it would be easier to find Geordi in the smaller holodeck, without the simulated jungle, "invisible or not."
No, it wouldn't. Before going to the holodeck, the computer was asked where Geordi was with the response he was no longer on board. This would indicate that any type of scanner would not be able to find him. Plus, how would shutting off the holodeck help? Geordi was now invisible, being invisible would have no shadow and shortly after Worf and Riker had even got to the holodeck, a partially mutated Geordi had already got to the transporter room and beamed himself down to the planet.
I have to agree. How would shutting down the holodeck be useful in finding Geordi since he was now invisible and the scanners on the Enterprise couldn't detect him?
Because of how the Holodeck works, turning off the program would leave him in a small room and standing on the floor, so they could at least try to physically sweep the room. Leaving the program running, he's still invisible, but now a physical sweep would be nearly impossible since he could be in trees above them or hiding below them and not on the same ground level.
13th Jan 2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Data and Troi are scanning the list of elements, searching for something to cause an explosion, the list is scrolling "up" the screen. When she tells Data to stop and go back, he does, but the list continues to scroll "up" instead of back "down".
3rd Jan 2009
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Continuity mistake: When Charlie Brown is talking to Lucy at her Psychiatrist booth, the sign says "The Doctor is Real In" or "The Doctor is In" depending on the viewing angle.
3rd Jan 2009
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Continuity mistake: Charlie Brown's Christmas tree is never the same. When we first see it, it has three branches. Later, when he's carrying it, it has four branches. Then, when he tries to decorate it and it flops over, it has six branches.
28th Dec 2008
The Strangers (2008)
Continuity mistake: At one point, the chimney flue becomes jammed and thick smoke starts billowing into the room. Kristen seems to fix the flue, but the smoke keeps coming for a bit. A second later, there is no evidence of smoke in the room, not even a haze.
15th Dec 2008
A Christmas Story (1983)
Trivia: The music playing when Scut Farkus appears is the Wolf's theme from Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf". Farkas is a Hungarian name, but literally means "Wolf".
11th Dec 2008
The Polar Express (2004)
Factual error: When hero boy and girl and Billy are on the runaway car at the north pole, they crash into the stopper at the end of the tracks. They are flung backwards when in reality, due to inertia, they should have been flung forward into the guard rail.
6th Dec 2008
The Golden Compass (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Lyra is walking through the palace to meet King Ragnar of the Ice Bears, there are a great many bears all around her, with a few following her right up to the king. She gets to the king, and when the shot pans out to the hall, suddenly all the other bears are gone. Even if they all left the hall, it would take more than a second or two to do so.
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