Visible crew/equipment: When the pink car is set on fire at the gate, there is an obvious cable pulling the car backwards as it blows up.
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13th May 2015
Mad Max 2 (1981)
13th May 2015
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Visible crew/equipment: After Toady gets his fingers cut off by the boomerang, the goon with the blue tinted goggles has what appears to be the camera crew reflected in his left lens.
13th May 2015
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Visible crew/equipment: When the camera does a close up of a goon, it looks like the lighting panel is reflected in his left lens.
13th May 2015
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Continuity mistake: While watching the Humongous and his horde leave the compound, the Gyro Captain is wiping his mouth, and puts his hankie away. When the camera faces him, he repeats pulling out the hankie, and wipes his mouth again.
11th May 2015
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Question: In the mall, the Bluesmobile is going toward the Jewel store. As it does, there is a ball flying in from off camera. Trouble is, it was moving too slowly to have been launched by the car. Was it thrown from off camera by the crew for comic effect? The camera was at or near ceiling level l.
21st Apr 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys - S7-E21
Revealing mistake: As Charles leaves the Mess Tent, you can see the camo net where there normally is none, and the background abruptly ends about 20 feet from the end of the building.
19th Apr 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: Private Rich's left boot is totally black when he's put on the chopper. When it goes up, it's worn to the bare leather, and back to new looking during the landing.
19th Apr 2015
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Question: It appears that the boomerang would have had to spin in the opposite direction to kill the blonde guy the way it did. Am I looking at this the right way or is my limited knowledge of aerodynamics totally backwards?
Chosen answer: The filmmakers obviously didn't research the intricate logistics of aerodynamics of how a boomerang is thrown. It simply looked cool leaving the kid's hand and killing the blonde guy the way it did.
18th Apr 2015
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Revealing mistake: After Forrester picks up the school bus sign, there's a shot of a Martian machine blasting at a bridge. Looking closely, the light poles can be seen through the machine, showing the model was matted over the background.
18th Apr 2015
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Other mistake: In the War Room, the Martians' movements are demonstrated on a chalkboard, but push pins easily go into it a moment later as if it were cardboard or sheet rock.
18th Apr 2015
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Other mistake: In the farmhouse, when Sylvia looks out and sees movement, she claims it was too dark to see. However, the Martian was lit up enough to be seen from a distance, and details on it were seen.
18th Apr 2015
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Other mistake: When the people in the bunker are watching the Reverend walking, there is a distinct meshing of two separate scenes.
18th Apr 2015
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Revealing mistake: In the first scene of the crashed meteor, on the extreme left of the scene where the smoke is, it seems to be billowing up from behind a stage wall, as there is a definite vertical line and a gap between the smoke and the left edge of the frame.
13th Apr 2015
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: As Klinger and Margaret are talking about the date, he takes a sip of his drink and goes to put his hand down. After the angle changes and he goes to say his line, he repeats putting the glass down.
11th Apr 2015
Tron (1982)
Continuity mistake: The Acceleration Stick Flynn uses in the Recognizer goes from flat side forward to edge on and back. Also, in a shot from behind, the background appears through the stick just before Flynn crashes.
11th Apr 2015
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Beta takes off his head to adjust his hearing, it alternates between his real read, and an obvious dummy head between shots.
11th Apr 2015
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Other mistake: When Centauri "dies", he had a smile when stopped moving. After Grig closes Centauri's eyes, not only is the smile gone, but you see his now-closed right eye flinch after Grig's hand is gone.
Suggested correction: As the entry itself notes by putting "dies" in quotation marks, Centauri is not really dead. His body simply shut down to repair itself, which means it is still operating on some level, which allows for the possibility of small movements as described.
11th Apr 2015
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Revealing mistake: As the stars speed up due to the star drive, you can see them shining through the solid part of the door.
11th Apr 2015
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Operation: Steam Heat - S2-E25
Revealing mistake: After Gilligan says his line about the earth swallowing them all up, an explosion rocks the area. Between the end of the line, and the rocking, there's a split second of blackness indicating a cut between the line and the action.
11th Apr 2015
Ernest Goes To Jail (1990)
Revealing mistake: As Ernest is flying around the bank, it can be seen numerous times that he's really sitting in front of a green screen with the bank projected behind him.
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Answer: Yes.