Continuity mistake: When Bashir goes to let Garak out of the crawlspace, he pulls the prying tool from under the end of the bunk mattress closest to him. But in the scene before a Romulan prisoner had put it under the opposite end of the mattress.
Grumpy Scot
11th Jul 2016
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
2nd Feb 2015
Explorers (1985)
Continuity mistake: Wolfgang removes his oxygen mask just before shutting off the field surrounding the Thunder Road. When the field goes off he can be seen through the front window still wearing it.
6th Dec 2013
Stargate (1994)
Continuity mistake: When O'Neil activates the nuke he flips up a red protective cover and then flips the switch to the up position. Later when he attempts to deactivate it, he flips up the same red cover and flips the switch to the up position again.
18th Sep 2012
Midnight Madness (1980)
Continuity mistake: Leon is shown to live in Hollywood Towers. When the game is starting he and the players are standing in front of the building's doors. Yet each time the blue team is shown, the Hollywood Towers building is some distance away behind them.
7th Jun 2012
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Picard beams onto the collector, his phaser rifle is slung across his back with a shoulder strap. When he fires at Ru'afo one handed a moment later, there is no strap on the rifle. In the next shot, it has returned.
28th May 2012
Falling Skies (2011)
Continuity mistake: The muzzle brake on Noah Wyle's rifle keeps changing from the flat muzzle to the cut muzzle type.
13th Apr 2012
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Spaghetti Catalyst - S3-E20
Continuity mistake: When Raj and Leonard are sitting on the couch, Leonard is holding Watchmen and Lost in Space in his left hand and Young Sherlock Holmes in his right. In the very next shot when Leonard turns his head after Raj speaks, Watchmen has disappeared.
29th Mar 2012
Krull (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Colwyn first retrieves the Glaive, he is holding it with one of the end of the arms sitting in his palm. Then he is instantly holding it by one of the arms so the blade can pop out without hurting his palm.
31st Mar 2011
Paul (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Clive and Graeme pull over after Paul wrecks the black car, headlights can be seen just coming over the rise behind them. In the next shot as they clamber out of the RV, the road behind is suddenly deserted.
21st Jan 2011
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny is about to download the data he puts on some kind of headset held in place with an elastic band around the back of his head. The next shot is a close up of him plugging a wire into the datajack on the back of his head. The elastic band is nowhere to be seen even though the next shot shows that the wire is nearly touching it.
Continuity mistake: When the bus passes Poseidon and he disappears, the people walking near him also disappear. There is an Asian couple walking from left to right across the shot that should have been still there after Poseidon is gone. Sloppy SFX that sort of spoils the effect of a god being able to vanish.
7th Apr 2010
Lost (2004)
Continuity mistake: Season 6 Episode 3 "What Kate Does". When Sawyer is about to leave the temple he is holding a SIG pistol. When he opens the door and raises the gun again it has changed into a Glock.
16th Mar 2010
Zombieland (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Tallahassee is locked in the prize booth, he is holding a SIG and a Colt 1911. When he is done and spins his guns, he is holding two Colts.
13th Sep 2009
Day of the Dead (2008)
Continuity mistake: Sarah's corporal insignia are wrong. They are way too large to be Army issue.
13th Sep 2009
Day of the Dead (2008)
Continuity mistake: Sarah is called Cross, but her name is listed as 'Bowman' in the credits.
15th Aug 2009
V (1984)
V: The Final Battle: Part 3 (2 Hrs) - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the heroes are trying to blast open the bridge door, Elias knocks the shell of the explosive off with the butt of his laser rifle, bending it. When they rush onto the bridge a moment later, the stock is straight again.
7th Dec 2008
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Dudley pops up after Hagrid gives him a pig's tail, his face and hands are clean, even though he was just eating Harry's birthday cake with his hands. (00:16:40)
16th Nov 2008
Get Smart (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Max is in the bakery, his gun keeps switching around. From a SIG to a Beretta to a Glock, then back to a SIG.
30th Aug 2008
Different Seasons: The Body
Continuity mistake: Gordie shoots a hole in a trashcan with Chris's father's pistol and Chris tells Vern and Teddy about it when they all meet up later at the junkyard. Later, Gordie narrates that Chris hadn't mentioned the pistol to them and that he guessed it would be their secret.
30th Jul 2008
Crocodile (2000)
Continuity mistake: Twice, the croc stops several feet from its victim and opens its mouth. In the next shot the victim is in the croc's mouth, though it is sitting in the same place. Does the crocodile have a tractor beam?
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