Gillian Of The Spirits - S2-E3
Plot hole: Quinn is unable to touch anything or anyone, yet he is somehow able to sit in a taxi cab. Why doesn't he fall through the car seat?
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4th Nov 2013
Sliders (1995)
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Suggested correction: This is a common trope with ghosts or people on the astral plane or out of phase. It's not a mistake since it's not a real life thing and it's not explained how it works (although there are some theoretical physics theories behind it). He can sit in the cab the same way he can walk on the ground and up stairs.
21st Dec 2003
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Trivia: This movie set a long-standing Guinness World Record for the largest number of automobiles ever destroyed in a movie, 104, including 60 refurbished and reinforced police cars wrecked (most beyond repair) in the various chase scenes. This record held until the belated sequel, "Blues Brothers 2000," (1998) deliberately set the new record by wrecking one additional automobile for a total of 105.
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Suggested correction: It possibly depends on what one counts as "destroyed." Sources suggest there were 104 cars destroyed in BB, with 105 in BB2000. The record has been broken several times since and now stands at 532. It'd be great to see evidence of the numbers for verification. whatculture.com/film/20-things-you-didn't-know-about-the-blues-brothers?page=12 www.startrescue.co.uk/news/top-10/the-10-films-that-destroyed-the-most-cars.
The trivia entry is mostly correct and doesn't need a correction. Just a word change to make it accurate. "Blues Brothers" (1980) did hold the record. 60 police cars were wrecked, but so were an additional 43 cars for a total of 103. "Blues Brothers 2000" beat their own record by 1 car. It seems person who made the entry found on the internet that "Blues Brothers" wrecked 60 cop cars and thought that was the record and assumed 61 was the new record.
28th Aug 2022
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Other mistake: There is an Ohio flag flying outside the hotel where they're going to play their big gig. (01:33:22)
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Suggested correction: This isn't a mistake. The Ohio flag is one of at least 5 flags flown in a row, presumably the others being state flags. And this shot was filmed in Illinois, not Ohio. It's not uncommon for a place to fly multiple flags.
27th Aug 2022
Shedding (2019)
Corrected entry: Although a human cannot turn him-/herself into a cat, a cat can transform a human into a cat - in that the cat probably perceives its human/owner as a "big cat."
Correction: Not sure how this is movie trivia, but it's a myth that generally isn't accepted as true. But by that logic, some humans perceive cats as human children.
4th Sep 2021
Capricorn One (1977)
Continuity mistake: Brubaker has a beard in the cave, but not at the gas station.
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Suggested correction: He doesn't have a beard in the cave, he has dirt and dust on his face.
17th Feb 2022
Capricorn One (1977)
Continuity mistake: Astronauts are escaping in desert. The one who survives cuts off piece of material from bottom of his left pant leg. He ties material around his head like a headband. Later he is standing and it looks like left pant leg is uncut, and he's wearing the headband.
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Suggested correction: If you look, you can see he pulled his pant leg up (you can see the zipper). What he cut was his undergarment, not his pants. You can even see where his undergarment is torn from the tearing.
21st Sep 2009
Eureka (2006)
What Goes Around, Comes Around - S3-E18
Plot hole: Tess sends Jack an airline ticket to visit her in Australia. The ticket reads 'From: Eureka, Oregon, To: Sydney Australia.' Seems odd that a commercial carrier would have a terminal in the most secret town in America. Eureka is a town created by the US government for its top scientists to experiment with new technologies. It is made nearly invisible from the outside by giant holograms. Very few non-residents even know of its existence.
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Suggested correction: There's nothing to suggest Eureka has a terminal open to the public or other commercial airlines. In fact, the airline is named CircumGlobal which is probably not a coincidence that it shares part of its name with Global Dynamics. It could be a private airline only for Eureka staff and citizens.
24th Sep 2005
Zulu (1964)
Factual error: Several of the Martini-Henrys shown in the movie are later models that could not possibly have been present at Rorke's Drift. These include the Mark III, Mark IV, and several variants of the Francotte Cadet and Boer ZAR Contract Westley-Richards (neither manufactured until 1895) along with Bromhead's hunting rifle. One of the Zulus is even carrying a Martini-Enfield .303 Carbine, not manufactured until 1899.
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Suggested correction: When they were making Zulu they could only obtain a limited number of firearms that would have been available in 1877. They had to make do by supplying the actors with firearms from later dates.
Explaining why or how a mistake occurred does not invalidate it. This correction isn't valid.
27th Aug 2001
Zulu (1964)
Factual error: Stanley Baker (in the scene where he reloads his revolver) is shown using a Webley Mark VI - not issued until 1915.
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Suggested correction: The film company and production unit tried to find revolvers of the sort that would have been used by British army officers in the 1870s. They were unable to find hand held firearms of the appropriate date, and so had to issue Stanley Baker/Lieutenant Chard and Michael Caine/Lieutenant Bromhead with First World War era handguns as the best possible substitute. Everybody was aware that this was historically inaccurate, but this was the best they could do under the circumstances.
Explaining why or how a mistake occurred does not invalidate it. This correction isn't valid.
28th Dec 2018
Eureka (2006)
Corrected entry: On her left shoulder, Deputy Jo Lupo has a special forces tattoo that is visible when she's wearing a sleeveless shirt or dress. From season 2 on, the tattoo is missing.
Correction: The show has a large number of time-travel based plots, including the season 1 finale. Any number of changes to the timeline could cause her to no longer have the tattoo.
The mistake is valid. There's one time in the show where the timeline was changed that affected the present and that was in season 4. (Not to mention the fact that there were only 4 episodes with a time travel plot, and one was a time loop). In the season 1 episode the correction is referring to, Jack traveled to the past to stop Henry. Neither the past nor the present was changed, only the future as Jack and Henry remember. Lupo should still have her tattoo in season 2 and 3.
27th Dec 2001
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Corrected entry: The end credits of the film don't have the usual "No animals were harmed during the filming..." Maybe this is because when the Little Mule 4WD is being chased, it clearly runs over a chicken.
Correction: Not all films have this disclaimer, even if no animals were harmed, because the AHA has to be present and not all films are willing to pay for them to come out. Without any actual evidence of why this film doesn't have the disclaimer, this isn't trivia but speculation.
Correction: I tripled checked the scene. The chicken did not get killed. It was under the truck but got away and wasn't killed.
The entry doesn't say the chicken was killed. But since you can see that the truck ran it over, the filmmakers probably weren't allowed to put the "No animals were harmed" section in the credits.
That's not entirely accurate. First off, the American Humane Association has to be on site to independently oversee animal treatment. If a film chooses not to hire them, they can not legitimately use the disclaimer, even if no animals were harmed. Since many filming locations were outside the US, it's unlikely they were present. Additionally, if the AHA is present and an animal was injured or killed but the production crew followed AHA guidelines, the film can still use the disclaimer.
26th Nov 2021
The Lost Symbol
Other mistake: In chapter 5 Peter slaps his face once with the left hand and once with the right. The only problem is he doesn't have a right hand.
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Suggested correction: This is false. The first slap was seen through a mirror. So the angle was flipped. But, he indeed hit himself with his same left hand. You can tell because the guy behind him appears over opposite shoulders in both shots, and because the first shot was through a mirror.
No...it's his right hand.
The correction is valid. The first slap is in the mirror. You can tell he slaps himself on the side of his face where his hair is hanging over his eye, which is his left side. When the 2nd slap happens, he slaps the side of his face where his hair is hanging over his eye, which is his left.
11th Aug 2022
Memory (2022)
Factual error: FBI agent Vincent brought Alex's Alzheimer's prescription to him in the hospital and Alex immediately took at least one. Only the attending doctor, nurse, or other authorized hospital staff member should dispense a drug (prescription or over-the-counter) to a hospital patient. (01:27:40)
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Suggested correction: First off, this isn't a factual error, at best it's an other or character mistake. But hospitals have to constantly remind patients (and visitors) not to bring or take their prescription medication and instead let the doctors and nurses know what they take (or turn over their prescriptions) so the hospital can administer them. But people in real life still take their prescription medication on their own without letting the hospital administer it.
9th Aug 2022
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
A Christmas They Never Forgot - S8-E11
Corrected entry: Caroline recalls a Christmas after her mother remarried after her father dies when she was about 12 years old. But in a previous episode Caroline's real father is visiting righting his memory book.
Correction: The man you're talking about, from s06e11, "Author! Author!", was Fredrick Holbrook who was in fact Caroline's step-father, whom she grew close to and regarded as if he were her natural father.
9th Aug 2022
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Corrected entry: Never once in the entire movie do the three villains get called by their comic book names of Sandman, Green Goblin 2, and Venom.
Correction: Sandman is referred to as "Sandman" during the newscast right before the final battle and Spider-Man refers to Harry as "Goblin" while taunting him. (Albeit, something like "Goblin Jr, " but he refers to him as Goblin nonetheless).
27th Aug 2001
Friday (1995)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Craig and Deebo are fighting, Craig hits Deebo with a board and then throws it down. A second later the shot changes and Craig has the board in his hand again and drops it.
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Suggested correction: Actually he doesn't throw the board. When he hits Deebo the board breaks in half and the top half goes flying. The bottom half is still in Craig's hand, which he drops in the next shot.
The mistake is valid. The board does not break and after Craig drops it, he wraps his arms around Deebo and you see he's not holding anything.
27th Aug 2001
Friday (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Craig (Ice Cube) reaches up to the cabinet to get out a container to make Kool-Aid in, he closes it because he sees Big Worm's head talking to him (he's high), then opens it again, then closes it without taking out the Kool-Aid container. Then the scene switches to Smokey (Chris Tucker), then back to Craig, who is now holding the Kool-Aid container. It looks like he got it out of nowhere.
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Suggested correction: He's not holding the Kool-Aid pitcher, he's holding the sugar bowl.
This mistake is valid. Craig is holding the pitcher after closing the door without grabbing it, not a sugar bowl. Even if he's holding a sugar bowl, he's never seen grabbing anything after closing the door.
21st Apr 2006
Friday (1995)
Visible crew/equipment: When Craig has to take the trash out look at the roof of his house, there's a person trying to hide from the camera.
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Suggested correction: There's nobody on the roof. There's a vent or chimney like structure seen that maybe looks like a person if you look at it took quickly.
16th Jul 2019
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Corrected entry: Ambrose wants to spread a deadly virus so he can make loads of money selling the cure. To this end, he drops off infected Nyah in the middle of the city to get this going. For this to work it would have to a highly contagious airborne virus. However none of the characters are worried about being near Nyah after she is infected. Even the scientist who created it smuggled it out by infecting himself and then getting on very long commercial flight.
Correction: That's because she's not to that stage of the infection yet. The point of getting to her by a certain time is to cure her before she becomes contagious. She's not there yet but is basically a walking time bomb.
At what point do the infected become contagious then? She is on the chopper with the other 2 guys when her 20 hours is almost up and still no concern. Also, the scientist who injected himself would have been within a couple of hours of his demise by the time he got to Atlanta but somehow wasn't worried about spreading it.
If the plot was to infect people to sell the cure, then why would anyone in contact worry about getting infected? They have the cure and/or were already protected.
3rd Aug 2022
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Continuity mistake: When saving Linus (Damon) from guards chasing him at the lab, rear van door swings wildly, acrobat grabs it from the inside with his left hand and slams his hand in the door. He reacts by grabbing his injured right hand.
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Suggested correction: He grabs the door with his right hand, not his left. He's sitting with the door to his right, if he reaches across his body to grab the door with his left hand, then his thumb would be on top. But it's not, so you know it's his right hand.
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