Trivia: The band "Toad the Wet Sprocket" took their name from a sketch on this show.
Grumpy Scot
7th Feb 2007
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
4th Feb 2007
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Trivia: A constant question during the run of all the Trek series is why Klingons look so much different from Star Trek: The Motion Picture on than they did in the original series. The real reason is the movies and later TV series had a better makeup budget. However, the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Affliction" and "Divergence" provide a canon answer. Klingons acquired genetically engineered human embryos left over from Earth's Eugenic Wars and used them to augment their soldiers. It worked but created a virus that threatened to annihilate the Klingon race. Dr. Phlox and a Klingon doctor found a cure, but it resulted in all Klingons becoming far more human in appearance. Sometime between these episodes and the first Trek movie a cure was found, returning the Klingons to their present day "ridged-head" appearance.
20th Jan 2007
The Thing (1982)
Trivia: In the scene where Mac destroys Palmer with a stick of dynamite, the explosion was much bigger than Kurt Russell had been led to expect. Watch him closely as the explosion occurs. He flinches violently and nearly falls down. It's quite comical.
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Suggested correction: I've just watched this scene having read this entry, and I don't see Mac / Kurt do anything other than is expected or appropriate for the scene. There's a big explosion and he almost falls backward. There's nothing comical about it.
22nd Jul 2006
The Stand
20th Mar 2006
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Trivia: At the end, Earl's father says that he talked to John Sheppard earlier that day. Earl's father is played by Beau Bridges who portrays General Hank Landry on Stargate SG-1. John Sheppard is the main character of Stargate: Atlantis, SG-1's sister show.
11th Aug 2005
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Trivia: Vala's (Claudia Black) pistol looks remarkably like a pulse pistol from Farscape. Clearly a little reference to her old series.
9th May 2005
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
1st Mar 2005
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Trivia: Much of Griff's outfit, particularly his boots are bits of Klingon costumes from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
26th Feb 2005
Hide and Seek (2005)
6th Feb 2005
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Trivia: Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama) plays a man involved in a search for dangerous androids who are nearly impossible to distinguish from humans. He played a man in a very similar situation in Blade Runner as Gaff. Amusing coincidence.
21st Nov 2004
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Trivia: The logo of Alec Colson's company is a slightly altered Sci Fi Channel logo.
27th Sep 2004
Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
Trivia: One of the taglines for this film is "Whoever wins...we lose." This is amusing as all the aliens and the predators in the temple are killed, leaving only one human survivor. I guess we won after all.
18th Sep 2004
Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
Trivia: Colin Salmon starts to be cut into sections by the predator's net. Likely a nod to Resident Evil where his character meets a similar fate (lasers instead of a net) - both movies were directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.
5th Aug 2004
Hellboy (2004)
3rd Aug 2004
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Trivia: When the Terminator shoots the last SWAT team member with a gas grenade, you hear him say (moan really) "ohh, that really hurt" in a soft pain-filled voice, just after he hits the ground. While not a mistake really, it is kind of funny.
22nd Mar 2004
Secret Window (2004)
Trivia: Timothy Hutton also starred in "The Dark Half", another movie based on a Stephen King book about a fictional author who comes to life.
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Suggested correction: Coincidence, not trivia.
Even if you think it's a coincidence, it's still a valid trivia since it connects an actor and film to another role.
22nd Mar 2004
Secret Window (2004)
Trivia: When Mort is flipping through the Ellery Queen magazine in search of his short story, we see "The Long Walk" listed in the table of contents. Stephen King wrote both "The Long Walk" and "Secret Window, Secret Garden."
22nd Jan 2004
Zoolander (2001)
12th Jan 2004
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Trivia: In classic Star Trek, Kirk and Co. travel to an alternate universe where Spock and the rest are evil and Spock has a goatee. In this episode, Daniel travels to an alternate universe where Teal'c is evil and has a goatee. The name of the classic Trek episode? "Mirror Mirror". How does Daniel get to the alternate universe? Through a mirror.
2nd Dec 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Trivia: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen have uncredited cameos in the scene where Drew Barrymore imagines herself with replacement Angels. (00:27:20)
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Suggested correction: Star Trek: Discovery establishes that not all Klingons were affected by the Augment virus. Therefore, the Klingons in Star Trek: The Motion Picture were not cured at all but in fact never contracted the virus. In time, the survivors of the Augment virus did regain their ridges, as shown with Kor, Kang, and Koloth in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before anyone else brings it up, the hairless look of the Klingons in Star Trek Discovery season 1 was a ritual they underwent when going to war, a ritual that fell out of favor in the intervening years. Star Trek Discovery season 2 shows Klingons with hair.