Continuity mistake: When the Martians are attacking the people in Nevada, the truck which Natalie is on falls to the ground, but when Jason runs to save her it's back on its wheels. (00:41:25)
Dr Wilson
6th Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
6th Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Plot hole: If the president thinks it's so important that the Martians comes to the Congress to present their excuses, why didn't they bring the translating machine? (00:52:35)
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Suggested correction: Because, as has been demonstrated, the "translating" machine is about as much use as t*ts on a tomcat.
6th Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Continuity mistake: When the two boys finds the dead Martian in their bedroom at the end of the film, there's that green stuff on his brain but in the next shot, when they push the Martian and he falls into the street, the brain is clean. (01:39:10)
3rd Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Revealing mistake: When the Nancy Reagan chandelier fall on the first lady, it is obviously a dummy with a wig. (01:10:30)
3rd Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Byron, Barbara and the others are going to escape from the casino, the Martians break a wall behind them. The hole is different in the following shots. (01:14:40)
3rd Dec 2004
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Byron's ex-wife is driving the bus, she sees her two sons playing at the arcade, when the bus passes right in front of the building. She makes an announcement to the passengers, then she brakes, but the bus stops right in front of the arcade. (00:15:25)
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