Corrected entry: At the apartment, after pretending to eat some of the granola bar, Howard throws the bar and wrapper down on the coffee table. He does not pick it up again before they leave the apartment. Later, at the hospital, he takes the bar from his pocket and eats some.
Grumpy Scot
19th Feb 2013
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
4th Feb 2013
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Corrected entry: In the opening scene it is discussed whether the soviet nuclear torpedoes will explode when hit by the cruise missile. One of the officers says it might. But nuclear bombs can't go off unless the actual trigger mechanism is activated. They do not contain powder or dynamite or anything which can explode when heated.
Correction: Incorrect. Nukes have a core of fissionable materiel surrounded by high explosives. While there is no chance that there would be a nuclear detonation, the cruise missile could cause the explosives to detonate contaminating the area with highly radioactive debris and flinging more of it into the atmosphere to be spread.
12th Sep 2012
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Corrected entry: Scotty and Geordi use the shields of the Jenolan to 'jam the doors' of the Dyson sphere so the Enterprise can escape. They get beamed out an instant before the ship is destroyed. But in numerous episodes before and after this one, it is impossible to beam through shields - they would have died along with the Jenolan.
Correction: They beam out in the time between the shields failing and the Jenolan being destroyed. This is not any kind of stretch. Many times in Trek a ship has performed a transport in a split second when shields are lowered.
14th Dec 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Corrected entry: It's commonly accepted that vampires are nocturnal and that sunlight is their natural enemy. However, there is more than one scene in this movie where there are vampires out and about in the light of day. For example, the scene where they are riding on horses among a herd.
Correction: Actually, the original Dracula was less powerful in sunlight, it didn't hurt him. The sunlight weakness was tacked on in movies. Lately it has become more common for vampires to be less vulnerable to the sun. This movie, Twilight, Dark Shadows are just a few.
22nd Nov 2012
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Cushion Saturation - S2-E16
Corrected entry: At the end of the episode, Sheldon shoots Leonard five times, but there are six stains on Leonard's armor.
Correction: Paintball markers can easily shoot two balls in one shot. They aren't as reliable as a real gun.
25th Jul 2012
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Corrected entry: When Sarah Connor is shooting up Dyson's home with her M16, her head is bobbing wildly up and down as she is firing the weapon on full automatic. There is NO recoil to an M16. I know, for I was in the service and fired an M16 many times. (01:36:50)
Correction: The M16 has a light recoil but it's recoil nonetheless. There are dozens of videos showing someone of Sarah's approximate size firing an M16 on full auto reacting more to the recoil than Sarah does.
17th Jul 2012
Futurama (1999)
Roswell That Ends Well - S4-E1
Corrected entry: The sergeant refers to Fry's grandfather Enos by his first name, something that would never happen. A superior officer - especially a non-com - would refer to him as "Fry", "Private" or "Private Fry". No army sergeant ever referred to an enlisted man by his first name.
Correction: You've clearly never been in the military. First names and nicknames will get used, especially if they are unusual.
Correction: A Sergeant is not an officer, he is enlisted just like the privates. The one in question was probably an E6 or E7.
5th Jul 2012
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Corrected entry: There's no way Riggs could have got to Rudd's building before Rudd did. Given that Rudd had a head start (after running the red light), Riggs somehow managed to not only beat him, but find a parking spot, steal a sign and be there waiting, while Rudd was doing a straight drive there. There's simply no way.
Correction: Riggs drives like a madman, has a flashing light to get past traffic, and a badge to get a parking spot and sign. He could do it.
Correction: Who said he went straight there?
7th Jul 2011
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Corrected entry: Picard has never had any relations with the So'na or its technology, yet he has no problem activating the self destruct sequence on the collector. The self-destruct would be the most well protected and difficult to access function on ANY vessel. Maybe with tools and a tricorder and some time, but Picard does it in about 4 minutes with his bare hands.
Correction: Gallatin has switched sides to save the Ba'ku. As Ru'afo's second in command, he would surely be able to brief Picard on how to activate the self-destruct.
27th May 2012
Back to the Future (1985)
Corrected entry: Early in the film, Mr. Strickland tells Marty that he is a slacker and that he reminds him of his father because he was a slacker too. However, it is extremely unlikely that Mr. Stickland should even remember who George McFly is. How many school administrators can remember some random student from 30 years prior? It would make more sense if he was George's teacher because teachers can have a close relationship with their students, but as a school administrator, there have literally been tens of thousands of students under his watch during his 30 year tenure at Hill Valley High School. It's not as if George ever did anything to stand out. He was not a star athlete or a valedictorian and never did anything noteworthy in his life in the original timeline. He was not a troublemaker either, so it's not as if he would have spent a lot of time in Strickland's office. He should have been a nameless face in the crowd as far as Strickland was concerned, so hard to believe he would still remember such a random person after 30 years. I have only been out of high school for 13 years myself and if I ran into my old principal in the street tomorrow, I can guarantee that he wouldn't be able to remember me to save his life.
Correction: George did do something to stand out. He did nothing! Strickland hates slackers and clearly remembers them. One of my guidance counselors in jr. high was my father's guidance counselor and knew exactly who my father was based on my last name alone 21 years later. Some people just have very good memories for names and faces.
My Elementary School Principal still remembers me by full name and I it's been 30 years since I was his student so yes, it's possible.
12th Mar 2012
The Thing (2011)
Corrected entry: I can just barely understand the logic behind an Antarctic research station having a small number of handguns and at least one assault rifle. But flamethrowers and grenades? No reason, other than to drive the plot.
Correction: Should there be a loss of power, flamethrowers and thermite grenades would be useful for melting ice and starting fires for warmth. And it actually makes a lot of sense to have weapons in 1982, it was still the Cold War and the Soviets had a large presence there.
8th Feb 2012
Firefox (1982)
Corrected entry: The two helicopters arrive at the ice floe seconds after Gant has taken off in the Firefox. None of the pilots or observers hear or see the receding aircraft or its exhaust trail? None of them see the runway flattened out in the surface of the ice? It would be visible! Are people with such poor eyesight allowed to fly helicopters?
Correction: Good points, but essentially meaningless. Had the Soviets seen the Firefox sitting on the ice, they might have tried to destroy it before it could take off, assuming they were armed. Even that is not assured. The choppers attacking a US sub in international waters would be an act of war. Desperate or not, its highly unlikely the USSR would risk that, particularly since the plane was already gone, it would only be a revenge attack.
13th Nov 2011
Navy SEALS (1990)
Corrected entry: Lt. James Curran is wearing captain's pins on his collar when he is in Virginia.
Correction: No he is not. Lieutenant in the Navy is equivalent to captain in the Army, Marines and Air Force. In the Navy, captains insignia is a silver eagle. The twin silver bars he is wearing are correct.
29th Oct 2011
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Corrected entry: As Ryan embarks to shoot it out with the KGB agent down amid Red October's ballistic missile tubes, Ramius warns Ryan to be careful what he shoots at, because the nukes don't "react well to bullets". Of course it's wise to be careful with guns, but you could unload an assault rifle on the tubes and the nukes inside wouldn't care. The tubes are tough enough to stand up to launching their rockets. A stray bullet would be nothing.
Correction: Ramius actually says: "Most things in here don't react well to bullets". He wasn't specifically referring to the missiles. There are many things on board a nuclear sub that could be damaged by gunfire.
Correction: The rockets are not fired in the tubes. The missile is expelled from the tube by compressed gas. The rocket is only fired when it is safely clear of the submarine.
26th Jul 2011
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Corrected entry: During the climactic race to the chopper, an alien is killed right over a human's head and on the nose of the chopper. The aliens are supposed to have acid blood which splatters and destroys anything near it, yet both the human and the chopper are unaffected by any blood.
Correction: This takes place during a very heavy rainstorm which could wash away or dilute the acid blood. The same thing happens in Aliens when Hicks and Vasquez kill the facehuggers under the medlab sprinklers, the acid blood has hardly any effect.
3rd Jun 2011
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Corrected entry: Dr. McCoy advises Scotty about giving the manufacturer the formula for the transparent aluminum for fear that it would alter history. Yet he himself gives the elderly woman in the hospital the pill that grows her a new kidney, hence future medical technology in the hands of 20th century physicians, something doctors and others would definitely be studying after the woman's miraculous recovery.
Correction: Why would it alter history? Unexplained 'miracles' happen in medicine often enough. And its not out of character for Bones to put his Hippocratic Oath above the Prime Directive.
28th Feb 2011
Firefox (1982)
Corrected entry: The Firefox was initially shown as a silver / chrome aircraft. When Mitchell Gant lands on the ice cap, the aircraft is black. After he flies away after refueling, it turns back to the original color.
Correction: At no point in the film is the Firefox silver.
5th Mar 2011
Moon (2009)
Corrected entry: As Sam is saying "Two weeks." and drawing smiley faces on the metal quarters, we see remnants of another take - previously drawn smiley faces that have since been erased (but not fully!). (00:34:45)
Correction: Or was it an incomplete cleaning job after the last Sam clone?
10th Mar 2011
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Corrected entry: When Harry gets the Advanced Potions Making book, "This Book is the Property of the Half-Blood Prince" is on the first page. A little later when Hermione and Ginny want Harry to turn the book in, Ginny grabs the book from Harry and looks at the last page and reads "This Book is the Property of the Half-Blood Prince".
Correction: I don't see why this is a mistake. The Half-Blood Prince couldn't have labeled the first and last page of his old book?
10th Mar 2011
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Corrected entry: The whole "Omaha Beach Attack" takes about 25 minutes in real-time in the film. The director does not use any visual or audio cues to indicate that more time (minutes, hours) passes between different shots. There should have been fades to black or whatever and sound fading in and out to indicate the passing of time. Historically, the assault on Omaha Beach lasted the entire morning, into the afternoon. The rushed battle in this movie, while engrossing and spectacular, does not do proper justice to the ordeal that the men on Omaha Beach lived through. While flawed in many other respects, the movie "The Longest Day" does indicate that it took them a long, long time to finally get off the beach.
Correction: While I must applaud your devotion to the soldiers there, this can't be considered a mistake. The director chose to compress time in order to make the movie an acceptable length. Clearly it still did justice to the battle as many WWII veterans described it as a true representation of the fighting they went through.
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Correction: No, he breaks a chunk off the bar and stuffs it in his back pocket so it would look like he took a bite. This is what he removes at the hospital.
Grumpy Scot