Corrected entry: Ripley's nosebleed: from 1:17:16 (chapter 14: 'A Confrontation with Ash' on the '99 DVD), Ripley's nose starts bleeding, eventually very noticeably. This is almost a full minute before Ash begins attacking her by throwing her twice, which might actually make it bleed. (01:17:15)
johnrosa
27th Jan 2006
Alien (1979)
Correction: Actually, Ripley's nosebleed was from when they opened the airlock on the Alien and she and Parker were caught in the decompression. That scene obviously was never filmed but the nosebleed was in reference to it. Also, in a cut scene you see Ripley and Lambert talking with Parker over the intercom where he says the Alien is right next to the airlock, apparently somewhat fascinated with a blinking light on in the door.
Correction: This would only be an error if a later scene were intended to show the moment the bleeding is caused by some physical strike, but there's no such moment (and there is the chance that her first shoving match with Ash may have had her head striking his, but it's not a certainty). Still, nosebleeds are commonly triggered by stress in people prone to them. Ripley's nosebleed begins after she learns of the special order (crew expendable) and becomes extremely distraught- and after her physically tossing Ash around (causing his head cut that later drips). She marches off, and in the passageways she can then be seen with the nosebleed.
You're really rationalizing this. Ridley Scott did not make Ridley's nose bleed to show that she's stressed out. It's inexplicable, and was the result of something cut from the film. The presence of it in the film constitutes it as a mistake.
Accidents and unintended effects are not necessarily mistakes. The nosebleed may have been intended as one thing - a reference to another scene - but became something else by that other scene's absence: a detail that helps sell the realism of the moment precisely because it does not feel contrived. Because a random nosebleed that occurs at an inconvenient time whose cause is not immediately obvious is something most people have experienced at one time or another.
27th Aug 2001
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Corrected entry: When Chekov calls Dr Carol Marcus about coming to take the Genesis device (after being subdued by Kahn) there is a science tech in the background, he is African American. Watch him, and his reaction to Chekov's statement about coming over to Regula One. At that point Chekov has mentioned just coming over. The techs reaction is one of questioning annoyance, he then darts his eyes realizing that he's reacting to the right thing at the wrong time.
Correction: His eyes don't quite 'dart' - he simply looks at Dr. Marcus after making that 'annoyed' face in reaction to Chekov's line 'We will be there in 3 days'. There's any number of perfectly normal reasons why this visit alone would annoy him. This would only be a 'mistake' if he'd also shouted 'You can't take Genesis.' (Though even that could just be the reaction of a paranoid conspiracy theorist. proving him correct in the process.)
22nd Jan 2006
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Corrected entry: In the opening scene, we see Keyser Soze urinating on the flame to stop the fire on the boat before going to Keaton. At the end of the film, with Verbal Kint's retelling, we never see Kaiser urinate on the flame even though everything else from Verbal follows the opening scene.
Correction: In retelling the story, Kint is free to leave out whatever details he chooses (especially since he's telling one huge lie anyway). Not a mistake.
20th Jan 2006
The Driver (1978)
Corrected entry: In the scene where the bank robbery takes place, a brown Pontiac Firebird can be seen stationary outside the bank door. In the next shot, Robert Ryan pulls up at the bank door in a brown Pontiac Firebird.
Correction: While this is likely an editing error and the car is indeed the getaway car sitting where it shouldn't be, it can be excused by the fact that Pontiac made a whole lot of Firebirds (they were everywhere you looked when new). It's plausible (while perhaps improbable) that the getaway car's twin is waiting for a green light moments before the real getaway car arrived. There is sufficient time for that car to drive away while the one gunman kills the other and grabs the loot prior to the second car's arrival.
12th Aug 2004
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Corrected entry: When the Torino hits the ground after the jump, at the start of the closing credits, it is obvious that the car sustains frame damage. You can see the sheet metal buckle behind the front fender.
Correction: The buckling of sheet metal only tells us the frame has flexed enough to allow the skin around it to buckle. It does not mean it is permanently damaged. But even if it did, a car is often still operable with frame damage.
20th Nov 2004
Blue Thunder (1983)
Corrected entry: Cochrane's chopper has a 12.7mm or 20mm cannon on the side (it can't be a 7.62mm as it has already been shown that Blue Thunder is armoured against small arms rounds), The round that punched through the glass should have torn Murphy's arm off.
Correction: It's entirely possible the round was deflected when it came through the window, and Murphy was struck by a shard of the window material instead.
15th Jan 2006
Duel (1971)
Corrected entry: When David gets run off the road, he smashes into the fence. Then he gets out of his car and closes the car door behind him. After spending a while in the cafe, he returns to his car and now the door is open. (00:25:30 - 00:41:00)
Correction: During the 15 minutes or so that Mann is in the diner, a passer-by could have stopped to see if the driver of the car was injured, and finding no one in the car, continued on their way. Patroling cop, thief, nosey neighbor- the possibilities are numerous in that 15 minutes.
16th Jan 2006
Bullitt (1968)
Corrected entry: When the gunman fires the first shot during the car chase, the Mustang swerves violently. However we don't see this shot damage the Mustang. From such an incredibly close range there is no way the shot could have missed and a shotgun blast at this range would have left a sizable hole in the car.
Correction: "No way"? People trying to commit suicide with a hand held gun have missed. Firing from a car moving at high speed, trying to hit a 'violently swerving' target? It's extremely plausible to have missed.
15th Mar 2004
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Corrected entry: During the chase scene at the end of the film, careful scrutiny of the Torino will reveal a small camera mounted low on the outside of the driver's door. There are heavy duty skid plates underneath the front of the Torino also visible in several, but not all scenes. The skid plates are not a normal feature of a Ford Gran Torino.
Correction: Neither were the custom wheels, the tires and perhaps other assorted goodies Starsky added himself. Knowing he'd be driving this car hard, who knows if he added the skid plates? Unless seen and NOT seen from shot to consecutive shot within a scene, the plates themselves are not an error.
25th Mar 2004
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Corrected entry: About 20 minutes into the movie, there is a scene which begins with Starsky typing at his desk. The clock on the pillar behind him read about 9:50, but his watch shows 5:20.
Correction: People forget to wind their watches or replace the batteries all the time.
18th Nov 2001
Zulu (1964)
Corrected entry: Before the first attack when the camp outside of the missionary station is dismantled, a group of soldiers double time it down the dirt track. As they go past a tent, one of them trips on one of the tent guide ropes and nearly falls flat on his face.
Correction: People trip in real life. Not an error.
6th Feb 2005
Bullitt (1968)
Corrected entry: During the chase scene, one of the bad guys is reloading his shot gun with three bullets. When he shoots the cop, he shoots four times instead of three.
Correction: The shooter loads it once, and never reloads. As such, we see three shells going in, but we don't know one or more shells aren't already in it.
10th Aug 2004
Bullitt (1968)
Corrected entry: After the charger bursts away at the start of the chase, Bullitt is held up in traffic and it's 12 seconds before he accelerates away, meaning of course there is a 12 second gap between the cars. Immediately the scene cuts to both cars going uphill. Now there is less than 3 seconds between them. (I timed it.).
Correction: The two shots are not back-to-back in real time. The second shot can be two or three turns later for all we know, and the 'stang definitely handles better in the turns and would make up the difference in very little time.
28th Sep 2003
Bullitt (1968)
Corrected entry: During the chase scene, the Mustang's rearview mirror usually shows part of the driver's face, either Bullitt's or his stunt double's. While near the end of the chase on the hill, when we can see the water of the Bay, the Charger can be seen (from within the following Mustang) having a hard time turning left. The Mustang's rearview mirror shows the stunt driver excitedly chewing gum, but Bullitt is not chewing gum.
Correction: Just because we don't see the gum placed into his mouth, and just because in some shots he isn't chewing, that doesn't mean it isn't there. The face in the mirror is indeed McQueen himself, and he is obviously actually driving the car in the chase, hence, Bullitt is chewing gum in the chase.
21st Jul 2005
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Corrected entry: Questions of the era-appropriateness of the bionics technology aside, there's another problem with the use of the bionic arm. Even assuming it was capable of developing a ton of lift or more at the elbow and wrist joints, that still doesn't strengthen his shoulder and back similarly. In any of the type of situation where he used it to lift up the back of a vehicle or similar, all that would happen would be that the arm would draw his upper body down with bionic strength - quite possibly smacking his face into whatever it was he was attempting to lift.
Correction: Hindsight being 20/20, the era-appropriateness of the bionics technology is an unfair question, as the show is a 'near-future' construct, and we can't know exactly what the future will bring. As for the bionics-vs-human stresses, its a well-known fact that the human body is often capable of feats not considered possible by rational explanations. The TV series 'the Hulk' used the premise of super-human strength under duress as the reason for Banner's experiments. Non-bionic real humans have overturned cars with their bare hands in emergency situations. It's entirely possible this 'near-fture' bionic technology included something that tapped into such natural reserves, allowing Austin to use the arm at will, as seen.
15th Mar 2004
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Corrected entry: When Gowron's ship is being attacked, Data says that their port shields are down, and that "they are unlikely to survive another attack from that quarter." The very next shot, Gowron's ship receives 5 shots to the port quarter, all of which are dissipated by the shields which are supposed to be down. (00:30:00)
Correction: Given that forward and aft shields exist, too, it can be argued that the seams where the shields merge or overlap would be approximately in the 10:30, 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 positions (looking down on the ship with its bow at 12:00). I would further argue that forward shields might be wider, perhaps to the 10:00 and 2:00 positions, but failing that- Of the five volleys fired, one hits the starboard side. Two more hit the forward shields. The remaining two may or may not have been between the 9:00 and 10:30 positions (as the attacker was well forward of Gowron's ship). Too close to call, but assuming they did indeed get through, Data said 'unlikely', not 'impossible', and his next statement is that Gowron's life support system has failed. That sure sounds like 'not surviving' if left unattended to quickly. We may not have seen the hits, but they apparrently got through since life support was knocked out. No error.
6th May 2004
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Corrected entry: When Data works with the photon torpedo, he holds the tool with his left hand. The woman helping him puts a black box on the torpedo and leaves. When Data stands up, the box is gone and the tool is now in his right hand. (00:01:20)
27th Jun 2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Corrected entry: The model of the Enterprise in Raymond's quarters has the warp nacelles on backwards.
Correction: When in the episode is the model described as being of the Enterprise? Not an error.
19th May 2004
Star Trek (1966)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the episode the bridge crew is looking at the viewing screen as the Defiant draws closer. By the time Capt. Kirk says "The Defiant", it is totally obvious that it's a starship. However, when Kirk says "The Defiant", the bridge crew gives quite a reaction as though they had no idea what this thing shaped a starship was until Kirk clued them in.
Correction: ...or they had no idea it was specifically the Defiant, which they may have believed couldn't be there.
26th Aug 2003
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Corrected entry: As Axel is getting tossed around in the back of the semi carrying the cigarettes, you can see that a number of the boxes are empty as they are crushed under the weight of his body.
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Correction: It's just an incidental nosebleed that can occur for any number of reasons like dehydration, blood pressure, etc. In addition to the other answers, it seems the film's purpose with the nosebleed is to contrast a sweaty, bleeding Ripley against Ash, who is totally dry aside from a strange drop of white fluid trickling down his face. The juxtaposition is a signal that yes, Ash is indeed "bleeding/ sweating" this white substance as a body fluid and it hasn't just dripped or spilled on him.
TonyPH