Corrected entry: During the final celebration scene, Artoo is all fixed again, but who fixed him? We know from Part 5 that Han, Leia and Chewbacca had no idea how to fix droids (not forgetting the poor job Chewbacca did with Threepio). Threepio couldn't have because he didn't even know how to put his own leg back on in Part 5. The rebels who went with them were only trained as fighters and the Ewoks weren't intelligent enough. And Artoo was fixed when Lando arrived.
Charles Fraser
20th Nov 2004
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
17th Feb 2004
Alien (1979)
Corrected entry: The director's cut of the movie contains a continuity gap with James Cameron's Aliens. In the sequel, we learn that the eggs containing the facehuggers are laid by an Alien Queen, who is protected by drones and warriors. However, in the director's cut version of Alien, we see that the captured Brett and Dallas being slowly transformed into eggs when Ripley comes upon them as she races for the shuttle. (Even in the theatrical version of Alien, we don't actually see either Brett or Dallas being killed; we just assume they have been when the Alien grabs them.) When asked about this later, James Cameron replied that since the released film version of Alien omitted these scenes, he did not consider them canon and did not feel bound by them.
Correction: This can actually work in either the theatrical version or the director's cut. It's possible that the drones, not being capable of laying eggs themselves, can somehow change a living creature into an egg when faced with a situation where a queen is not around (the first egg created would become a queen, most likely). This would help the propagation of a species with such limited capabilities for growth. Kind of like some frogs have spontaneously changed gender when in a situation where there was a disproportionate number of one gender over the other.
Correction: The single Alien being able to create an egg from a human would also explain how the Queen in Aliens even got there.
20th Sep 2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Corrected entry: They talk of the 1914-1918 war as the First World War. It was known as the Great War until WWII.
Correction: History seems to be different in this movie. It's possible that the second world war is going on during this movie or has already happened before it. At one point in the movie somebody mentions that the last notes by Totenkopf were "written in 1918, over twenty years ago". The key word being "over". Also, the Hindenburg III docks with the Empire State Building in the beginning, which it was actually designed for except it never happened because of the high winds. The original Hindenburg was destroyed in 1937. So another would have had to have been built and either lost, destroyed or retired and then a third built. This would take some time. There's also a wreck underwater that I believe is supposed to be the Titanic and it's in one piece. They seem to have created their own history loosely based on our own.
Correction: Another few time-stamps to note are the screening of the Wizard of Oz which was first screened on 1939. I'm not sure how things went during that period, like how many years movies ran for. Wikipedia does mention a re-release in 1949 to re-attempt to cover costs. The second time stamp is vehicle design. The cars featured do not seem to yet feature the ponton style of integrating fenders into the car's body, though it would appear the fenders of this age were already getting rounder and more integral and had lost running boards a la VW Beetle. Again, this isn't too concrete since I don't suppose people threw their cars away the moment the new style came up. The third time-stamp would be the mention of global forces being spread thin and their dependence on the Sky Captains as an established mercenary company. Additionally, fabric rationing also placed women's skirt hemlines just below the knee during the 1940s as worn by Polly. This could perhaps place the movie in the 1940s.
1st Sep 2004
Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
Corrected entry: There is a part when they find a sarcophagus with a combination lock on it in the pyramid, and as Sebastian is figuring out the combination, he reveals that the combination would be the date that day. The date is 10/10/04 so he sets the dial. The calendar on the sarcophagus is Aztec, so they wouldn't have October- nor be on the year 2004. How could that date have opened it?
Correction: It's possible that he didn't enter 10-10-04 but the Aztec equivalent. It would require some quick thinking on his part but he is supposed to be the best. It's a stretch but it's possible.
24th Oct 2003
Smallville (2001)
Corrected entry: Throughout Season 1 the ages/years in school of Clark, Lana, Pete, and Chloe are inconsistent. Supposedly they're all the same age and freshmen, as Pete states in the pilot episode the football team always chooses a freshman guy to be the Scarecrow, which would make them either 14 or 15. However, they're all seen driving (or refer to driving) at least once, which would make them 16, and Sophomores.
Correction: It is possible for some of them to be driving at age fifteen. Kansas allows fifteen year olds to have a Farm License, which allows them to use farm equipment and drive to and from school. There are some other possibilities as well, such as a Restricted License, read about them at Kansas' Department of Revenue website: http://www.ksrevenue.org/dmvteen.htm.
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Correction: There's no evidence that the rebels who were part of the landing party aren't trained in other areas. They could be technicians. Or, Artoo could have been fixed with something as simple as a reset button. Also, there are lots of people at the celebration who weren't there when Artoo was shot, like Luke, Wedge, some Calimarians and pilots. It's possible that Luke fixed him, he is pretty handy with droids, like his dad. To sum up, there are lots of ways Artoo could have been fixed.
Charles Fraser