Character mistake: When Sam and Diane are embracing and saying goodbye, Diane asks, "Sam?" and Sam replies, "Yeah, Shel." Shelley is the actor's real name. (00:17:00)
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3rd Jul 2020
Cheers (1982)
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Suggested correction: He says "yeah, chum?" It's another word for pal or friend, which is in line with everything else he has been saying.
27th Aug 2001
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Corrected entry: When Willis is in the pilot's seat of Esperanza's plane, he ejects when grenades are thrown in by the terrorists. First of all, those aircraft are sealed tight and have no canopy or hatches to blow off for an ejection. In that case, ejection seats would be useless. Also in that scene, multiple grenades are thrown in the cockpit, yet it takes 23 seconds before any of them blow. The type of grenades they were using, which were US issue, have a fuse no longer than 7-8 seconds upon release.
Correction: Some C-123 Sherpa (Esperanza's plane type) transport aircraft are equipped with ejection seats. The V-22 Osprey's model is so equipped for example.
And the grenade explosion time?
That's why it's suggested people only put in 1 mistake per entry and not combining mistakes, since part would be wrong. It's not up to the corrector to correct every part of the mistake entry, just the part that's wrong. If you think the grenade part is a valid mistake, make an entry.
Esperanza's plane is NOT a C123 Sherpa, which is a twin turboprop cargo aircraft with a square profile fuselage, fixed undercarriage and a twin vertical tail. It looks nothing like the weird (and completely fictional) aircraft in this film.
14th Jan 2004
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the bathroom explodes, from one angle we see the toilet come sailing out over the roof of a police truck parked at the front of the house. While the angles make it a bit tricky to judge, there's a definite leftward trajectory. We then cut to a closeup of Murtaugh's car, and the toilet lands on it as if it was flying to the right. Even if the angles are misleading, in the first shot the police truck and other cars are parked to the right of the exploding window. In the shot of Roger's car he's also parked to the right, but without all the cars visible around it which there should be. (00:57:15)
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Suggested correction: The toilet is flying straight out and straight towards the car - you can see this from the perspective of the interior of the car prior to the toilet becoming visible. Next the toilet is flying towards the area in front of the police van, not over it. And the car is parked in front of the van. When we see the car again, the van and other police cars are out of frame, so they can't be seen.
The mistake is valid. When we see the toilet flying, it's moving to the viewer's left, but when it hits the car, it's moving to the viewer's right now. Even if in the first shot, with the angle of the camera, the toilet is flying straight, it doesn't hit the car straight on. And he's not saying the toilet sails over the roof, but that you can see the toilet in the background is above the roof of the van in the foreground and that's moving over it (from right to left).
30th Jun 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Factual error: Considering Sigrit and Lars are similar ages in the opening flashback to 1974, 41 year old Rachel McAdams should be a similar age to the 52 year old Will Ferrell, which she clearly isn't. Alternatively, if she's meant to be in her 50s, there's no way they'd have been able to have a baby together.
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Suggested correction: Women *can* get pregnant, and have healthy babies, in their early 50s. There are more health risks, but it happens.
Suggested correction: Actors play older/younger characters all the time. The fact that you know their real age says nothing about the character's age. In real life, people often look older or younger (when I was in my mid - to late-30's, a lot of people wouldn't believe I was older than 25).
Considering that Sigrit is 4 or 5 years old in the 1974 flashback, she is 50 or 51 in her role in the main part of the movie. Not only is McAdams too young for the role, but also is Sigrits dream of founding a family and getting a baby quite unrealistic.
She's not too young for the role, which is the point of the correction. When I looked to see her age, I saw her pictures and guessed she was about 47 or 48, so she looks older than she really is. And there's a lot of 50+ year olds that look like they're in their 40's. Plus, the original mistake has nothing to do with a 50+ year old woman having a child.
30th Jun 2020
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Corrected entry: The title of the show is "Gilmore girls." Notice that the letter G in girls is not capitalized. Rory's manuscript in the revival has the G in girls capitalized. Almost everywhere you see the name of the show the word girls is not capitalized. The references to "Gilmore girls" on this website has the G in the word girls capitalized. A theory exists that the 7 seasons of "Gilmore girls" is the first 7 chapters of Rory's book. In that case the letter G shouldn't be capitalized.
Correction: It's entirely variable. IMDb has it capitalised, Wikipedia has it capitalised. Some posters do, some don't. Netflix uses a non-capitalised banner image but the text has it capitalised. There's clearly no absolute right or wrong.
In the real world, sites follow title case stylization rules to identify the title of the show as "Gilmore Girls." But the show itself doesn't have to follow any stylization rules and identifies itself as "Gilmore girls." The mistake is saying if Rory's manuscript is meant to be the show itself, it should also be written as "Gilmore girls" since that's how the show has already presented itself, regardless of how we identify it in the real world.
I guess the first seven seasons could be Rory's book, however she does mention to Dean that all the characters would be given a different name to who they are in real life. (A Year in the Life, S1:Ep4, 1:18:05), so surely if it was the book they would have different names or maybe it's still the prototype so there aren't any different names yet.
5th Oct 2006
Mama's Family (1983)
Corrected entry: In this episode, Vint is asked to marry an alien woman to help her get her green card. By this point in the season, he is already married to Naomi. Is it legal for a man to be married to two women at once?
Correction: Vinton is not married to Naomi in this episode. This may be episode 11 in sequence, but the events are out of sequence. Naomi visits Mama in the backyard, and she still has her house. She is not engage to Vinton. It is a continuity error.
Vent married Naomi in episode 3 season 1. The Alien Marriage was season 1 episode 11.
Correction: "Mama's Family" episodes were aired out of order. "Alien Marriage" was the second episode produced (production code 7002) while the "The Wedding" episodes were the 6th and 7th episodes produced (production code 7006/7007). Therefore, in the context of the show as written and produced, Vint isn't married. When watching in order as the episodes aired, this would be a flashback episode.
29th Jun 2020
Major League (1989)
Other mistake: When the waiter informs Taylor's ex that she has a phone call, he says "Call for you, Miss Russo" which is the character's real last name.
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Suggested correction: She says "Ms. Weslin, there's a telephone call for you." Weslin is Lynn's last name.
3rd Oct 2005
The Longest Yard (2005)
Factual error: In the penitentiary, the guards should be wearing a United States flag patch since it is a federal penitentiary, not the Texas flag patch. (00:08:45)
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Suggested correction: Paul Crewe was arrested by local police and not charged with a Federal crime, therefore he would have been incarcerated in a State Prison, not a Federal Penitentiary.
But the prison is named Allenville Federal Penitentiary so they should be wearing American flag patches and not state patches.
If he was arrested in California by local cops, why would he be incarcerated in a Texas State Prison and not a California State Prison?
He was arrested by locals but under Federal probation for shaving points. He went to Federal prison for probation violation.
He violated his federal probation. He would have been initially charged by the local district attorney, but the feds would also charge him due to the probation violation, and the local charges would be dropped.
25th Jun 2020
Big Jake (1971)
Corrected entry: In climax scene in the barn, John Wayne hides behind bales of hay. Hay balers weren't invented until 1936, well after the story takes place.
Correction: Hay balers were invented in the late 1800's. In the 1930's they became portable so farmers could pull it with their tractor.
24th Jun 2020
Rounders (1998)
Corrected entry: During the Judge's game, when Mike calls out everyone's hand after the flop, Judge Gene Mariucci seems to scoff and drop three cards from his hand, on to the table. If they are playing Hold 'Em; Gene and the rest of the players would only be holding two cards in their hands.
Correction: They're not playing Hold 'em. It looks like 7-card stud.
That's quite possible. The way Mike was calling out of the "community" cards; made me think it was hold em. I just notice the 3 card "folds" by the players.
24th Jun 2020
The King of Queens (1998)
Mean Streak - S4-E3
Corrected entry: When Holli and Arthur come back from walking the dog, Carrie says, "Hi Holli, hi Ben, how was your walk?"
Correction: This mistake was already submitted. She said "Hi, Dad."
24th Jun 2020
Die Hard (1988)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the film when Holly and Ellis are talking about their Christmas Eve plans, Holly calls him Harry instead of Ellis.
Correction: Harry is his first name. Harry Ellis.
23rd Jun 2020
Boy Meets World (1993)
The Eskimo - S5-E13
Character mistake: In the opening scene, Cory remarks that they have been in high school for 4 years and there's nothing left for them to be taught. They began high school in 7th grade and are now midway through their senior year, so they have actually been in high school for 5 and a half years.
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Suggested correction: There's a difference between being at the same school and being in high school. For most students, high school is 4-years long (9th-12th grade). When I was in kindergarten, I went to a K-12 school. If I graduated from that school, I wouldn't have said I was in high school for 13 years.
It's openly stated numerous times beginning with season 2 when they are in 7th grade that they are now in high school. The school is even called John Adams High School, and not something like John Adams K-12 or anything like that. I remember being baffled by this growing up, because high school for me did not begin until 9th grade, and even then, we didn't attend an actual high school until 10th grade. It may be unconventional compared to real life, but the show firmly established that they were in high school starting with 7th grade.
22nd Jun 2020
Mean Girls (2004)
Corrected entry: At the mall scene when Regina calls Taylor's mom pretending to be a planned parenthood doctor she faints, then instantly calls Taylor right away after fainting. If she fainted then it would've taken longer to wake up and call her.
Correction: Fainting spells usually only last a few seconds. There's nothing to indicate she was so unconscious that she had to "wake up" from it.
27th Jun 2016
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Continuity mistake: When Ethan and the girl are sliding down the rope at the opera, in one shot, as it should be, her dress is up around her neck - that is all we see - and in another shot, the dress is down around her ankles, which it shouldn't be.
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Suggested correction: The top of her dress is also fluttery and could have created the illusion that her dress is up around her neck.
That's not the top of her dress we see. The top is fitted over just one shoulder, there's not enough material to cover up her shoulders and neck like it does. It's the bottom of her dress.
29th Mar 2012
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Jill and Angie are crawling around on the floor and are being attacked by dogs, a woman zombie crawls toward Jill and attacks her. Jill grabs the woman zombie by the neck and twists it, breaking it and "killing" the zombie. Jill then checks the zombie's neck for a pulse to make sure it is "dead". Zombies are already dead and wouldn't have a pulse in the first place.
Correction: Zombies have to have a pulse. It is stated in Resident Evil, as well as many other zombie movies, that the zombies are reduced to primal instincts, and only have one objective: To feed. Also, for a human body to move as extensively as they do, (i.e. walking, biting, running) they would have to have, at the very least, a functioning brain stem. None of what they do is possible without some form of blood flow to the brain. Ergo, pulse.
This explication contradicts directly the one given for the cemetery. The buried dead do not have blood due to preservation and brain matter doesn't last long. Ergo one of those two explanations, resurrection or primal instincts is false as the two facts cannot coexist.
It should also be noted to have some form of blood flow to the brain stem means zombies have beating hearts and therefore any shot to the heart, or any shock that stops the heart, would stop the blood flow to the brain. By your logic, that would stop the zombie. Most zombie lore is only a headshot, or otherwise destroying the brain stem, can stop a zombie. Most of what zombies do is impossible to begin with.
Almost all zombies only have brain activity and nervous system, making the body move. Destroying the brain stops the nervous system and thus the zombie. Almost never do they have a working blood circulation. The zombies in resident evil don't have one either.
Actually, watching the scene (so important to do before commenting) she is not checking the pulse at all, she just has her hand under the neck.
19th Feb 2013
Predator (1987)
Corrected entry: Throughout the movie Dutch is referred to as Major, and Mac is referred to as Sergeant, yet when Mac runs up as Blain has just been killed, he yells "Sergeant" as he begins firing at the Predator.
Correction: He doesn't say "Sergeant." He says "Contact", meaning he's spotted an enemy.
Correction: I'm looking for an explanation of why Mac yelled, "Sergeant," because I turned on closed captioning and that's what he said, not "contact."
At first I heard "sergeant", but after replaying it a few times, I heard "contact." The first syllable you can hear the 'kän sound but he fades off and you don't really hear a hard "takt" sound. It should be noted that Blain's rank was sergeant.
23rd Oct 2013
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Factual error: Johnny shows Mavis the sunrise by keeping her back in the shadows. But if your whole body is in an object's shadow then you can't see the light source. The rising sun is reflected dead center in Mavis' eyes, which means the sunlight is touching her, which means she ought to be on fire.
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Suggested correction: Not really though. You see you can stand in the shadows but still look at the sun. No one actually does but it is possible.
A shadow is caused by something blocking the sun. If you stand in the shadow (i.e. you are no longer casting your own shadow), you can not see the sun. Think of lying on the beach and someone stands over you in such a way their shadow is cast over your head. The sun would be blocked from your view. You obviously would still see all the scattered light, but the sun would not be reflected off your eyes.
10th Jun 2020
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Continuity mistake: By this episode, Mr. Drummond has already remarried Maggie. Maggie and her son have moved in and Arnold and Sam share a room, where Willis has a room elsewhere. In this episode, there is no mention of Maggie or her son. Willis is back to sharing a room with Arnold. In fact when its decided that Charlene will stay, Arnold makes a joke about the bathroom saying that Kimberly won't be the only girl in the house (what happened to Maggie?).
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Suggested correction: Season 6 was plagued with episodes being aired out of order. "The Houseguest" was actually the 12th episode produced (production code 612) and comes before The Wedding episodes (production code 620 and 621).
10th Jun 2020
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Continuity mistake: This episode comes a couple of episodes after the audience is already aware of Mr. Drummond marrying Maggie. Maggie and her son move in to the Drummond household making for a cramped living situation. Arnold shared a room with Sam (Maggie's son) and Willis got moved to Pearl's room. In this episode, there is no mention of Maggie it her son. Arnold and Willis seem to be sharing a room yet again. When Kimberly remarks about moving out, Willis and Arnold gush about how great it would be because then each of them would have their own room. Later on in the episode, Pearl is cooking for the three men stating she cooked too much because she had to get used to not cooking for four people. That's kind of an awkward statement to make being that Mr. Drummond should be married to Maggie by this episode.
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Suggested correction: Season 6 was plagued with episodes airing out of order. "The Boyfriend" was actually the 14th episode produced (production code 614), even though it was the last episode of the season.
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