Continuity mistake: As the scene in Main Control gets blurrier as Koenig spins around, the part in his hair is first on the left, then on the right, then back on the left.
Movie Nut
27th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
27th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Other mistake: As the camera pans around to look in the cockpit, the wound on Koenig's head is easily seen as a bad blending job. The edges of the prosthetic are visible.
27th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Other mistake: In the beginning, the Eagle was moving away from the alien planet, and as such, should have crash landed facing away from the planet. However, it was facing the direction it came from. If it traveled a fairly straight line, (and the trajectory suggests it did) then it should have crashed with the rear end facing the planet.
25th Mar 2018
Beetlejuice (1988)
Continuity mistake: As Barbara recoils after getting hit with the steel plate over her mouth, she starts to move back just before, and repeats the move just after, it appears.
25th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Revealing mistake: As the "dead" companion lies in the coffin, you can see him breathing.
21st Mar 2018
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: The musical number "The Garbageman Can" was a nod to musical number "The Candyman Can" in the 1971 classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
21st Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Other mistake: Every time someone calls, either on the comlinks, or the wall panels, there always appears to be a blank wall immediately behind the person on screen, even when the camera cuts to the person calling.
21st Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Continuity mistake: As the alien struggles with the security personnel, it's easy to tell the alien actor and the stunt double. The hair color and style change between distance and close up shots.
21st Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Continuity mistake: The panel Tony hits with a tomahawk in his quarters first appears to be molded plastic, then in a close up, appears to be painted wood, as the wood grain where the panel above is smooth.
19th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Revealing mistake: As Koenig tells of the attack, his feet are passing by the "dead" Mike Baxter. As they pass, Baxter's eyes flicker for a second.
19th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Revealing mistake: Every time "red alert" is on the screen, it's easy to see the screen is an overlay with "red alert" cut into it.
19th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Factual error: In Mike's quarters, the poster of the Lunar Lander appears to have the Lander oriented incorrectly.
19th Mar 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: The chain symbol on Kirk's shirt goes from dark to light and back several times.
19th Mar 2018
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: As Gary Seven beams in, Scotty's hair changes between shots.
17th Mar 2018
Often an Orphan (1949)
Continuity mistake: After Porky ties up the mailbag with Charlie Dog in it, he is holding the bag vertically, and puts the label "to Scotland" on it. When Porky goes in the house, Charlie is standing by the bag which is lying horizontally, and the label is affixed differently.
13th Mar 2018
Dinosaurs (1991)
Other mistake: As Early and Roy watch the time clock waiting for the lunch whistle, the clock reads 11:56 a.m. It then jumps to 12 noon, bypassing four minutes.
12th Mar 2018
Beetlejuice (1988)
Revealing mistake: At the end, as Beetlejuice's head shrinks, the collar has a line around it, showing where the two images were superimposed.
9th Mar 2018
Space: 1999 (1975)
Continuity mistake: In the earlier part of the story, Tony was the only survivor and took the pointed module to escape. As Koenig and company return to the probe and dock, the module is back in place.
8th Mar 2018
Logan's Run (1976)
Revealing mistake: When the camera is in a close up on Box's face, you can see the actor's mouth inside the mask.
4th Mar 2018
The Addams Family (1964)
Continuity mistake: After the doorbell knob retracts into the frame, the door starts to open. After the angle change, the door starts to open again.
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