Brad

10th Aug 2010

Flightplan (2005)

Question: Shouldn't the Arab man have been arrested for assault?

Brad

Chosen answer: Kyle assaulted HIM first when she jumped on top of him and scratched his face so technically she should be arrested.

rswarrior

Answer: Kyle assaulted the Arab man earlier in the film. At the point he threw her down, she was running at him in hysterics. He threw her down out of fear she would hurt him again.

Question: The movie seems to suggest that Link has an ulterior motive for being on the Nebuchadnezzar. Early in the movie, Morpheus says "Given your situation, I can't say I fully understand your reasons for being here", and later Link tells Zee that he made a promise. Is he talking about Tank? What is going on here?

Brad

Chosen answer: He has no ulterior motive, he's simply taken over as the ship's "operator" because of a promise that he made to his brother-in-law Dozer before his death in the first film. Given he's married, that his wife has already lost two brothers under Morpheus' command and that, at the beginning at least, he's clearly sceptical about Morpheus' beliefs, it's not unreasonable that his commander would question his presence. Link, however, takes the attitude that a promise is a promise; if others don't entirely understand that, that's their problem.

Tailkinker

Visible crew/equipment: During shots of the Satellite of Love orbiting Earth, it is possible to see the wires holding up the satellite on either end of the ship.

Brad

30th Jun 2010

Fringe (2008)

25th Jun 2010

Fringe (2008)

25th Jun 2010

Fringe (2008)

Fringe mistake picture

The Ghost Network - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Olivia says "Freshman", Peter and Walter are seen screw driving wires into Roy's head. In the next shot, the wires are gone and they are drilling in his head. Later on, they use the screwdrivers again. (00:36:30)

Brad

25th Jun 2010

Fringe (2008)

15th Jun 2010

The Matrix (1999)

Question: Okay, so help me out here. When someone still plugged into the Matrix dies from say, cancer or is hit by a car, does that mean the real world counterpart of that person has been completely drained of energy by the machines? When a human has served its purpose to the machines, do they alter the Matrix to make that person die? I'm very curious to know how how death works in the Matrix.

Brad

Chosen answer: Insofar as can be told from what little we know, the human body will continue to produce energy indefinitely, at least until it dies of old age or from some other cause - there appears to be no precedent for an individual to be fully drained by the machines. If an individual dies in some abnormal manner within the Matrix, such as a car crash, their body will die on the outside and will have to be disposed of. Otherwise, their body will presumably age normally until they expire of natural causes. As for how cancer might operate, we have no information. To theorise, as the digital body represents the actual body with reasonable accuracy, should an individual plugged into the Matrix develop cancer in their real body, then it's a plausible hypothesis that their digital self will demonstrate the same symptoms - the real and virtual afflictions will proceed at the same rate and the digital self will expire when the real body passes away.

Tailkinker

19th May 2010

Fringe (2008)

The Transformation - S1-E13

Factual error: When Walter removes the glass disk from Bowman's hand, he asks for a forcep, but is given a hemostat, which he uses to pull out the disk. My mother is a doctor, and when she saw this scene, she burst out laughing.

Brad

10th May 2010

Fringe (2008)

10th May 2010

Fringe (2008)

The No-Brainer - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode, when Brian Dempsey is threatening to kill himself, the gun he is pointing at Olivia switches hands. He is holding the revolver under his chin with his right hand in closeups, but in shots of Olivia, he is pointing her gun at her with his left hand.

Brad

24th Apr 2010

iCarly (2007)

Show generally

Question: Can someone tell me who makes all the shirts for this show? Many of them are in the same type and bear nonsensical phrases like "Psycho Penguins" or "My Cheese, My Rules". If someone can tell me where to buy these shirts, I'd really appreciate it.

Brad

Chosen answer: They are made for the show. Dan Schnider, creator of the show, calls them "Penny Tees".

Answer: They're called penny tees.

24th Apr 2010

Titan A.E. (2000)

Question: For those of you who have the DVD, what is the name of the song that plays in the TV spot "Get Ready"?

Brad

Chosen answer: "I want to leave you far behind" by Lunatic Calm.

Grumpy Scot

19th Apr 2010

Hulk (2003)

Plot hole: When the military is shooting at the Hulk inside the bunker, his skin is shown healing, along with his pants. Regardless of what military enhancements they made to the shorts, there is simply no way they could've made the shorts to seal bullet holes shut instantly.

Brad

19th Apr 2010

Titan A.E. (2000)

Continuity mistake: When Akima and Stith are firing at the Drej at the end of the movie, the graphics on the readout is completely inaccurate with the scene. 1) When Stith says that she only has two guns left, the screen says that she only has one left. 2) After Akima loses all of her guns, the display on Stith's screen shows that Akima has several guns left. 3) After all guns are destroyed, when Akima notices that Korso is outside with Cale, the screen shows that there is one gun left.

Brad

19th Apr 2010

Fringe (2008)

The Cure - S1-E6

Plot hole: When Charlie looks up the file on David Esterbrook, he says that the file shows that Esterbrook is directly responsible for INtREPUS' "controversial" R&D, including pre-natal gene therapy, human/animal hybridization, and viral warfare. Yet later, Olivia says she can find no dirt on Esterbrook who is, in her words, "cleaner than snow". If INtREPUS kept records of their illegal endeavours, then how come Olivia can't find them when the time calls for it?

Brad

16th Apr 2010

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Trivia: The film's primary competition at the Oscars, Avatar, was directed by Kathryn Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron. Ironically, it was Cameron himself who convinced Bigelow to make this film in the first place.

Brad

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