Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the scene where Lex crashes into Clark, the close shot shows Lex driving, but the far shot shows an obvious stunt double behind the wheel.
Knever
30th May 2017
Smallville (2001)
13th Apr 2016
The Office (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Toby announces that he's moving to Costa Rica, he gets up and goes to hop the fence. He moves out of frame and when the camera goes back to him, he's been replaced by a stunt double, which can be seen as the double's face is visible after he's scaled the fence. (00:17:15)
28th Feb 2016
Continuum (2012)
Revealing mistake: When Travis dumps out the heads of the gangs leaders from the case, it is painfully obvious that they are computer generated.
28th Feb 2016
Continuum (2012)
Split Second - S2-E2
Revealing mistake: Shortly after Kiera drives the van past the train tracks, we see a few different shots of Travis and Carlos fighting. In a couple of quick shots, Travis' stunt double can be seen. (00:13:00)
20th Sep 2015
House, M.D. (2004)
Transplant - S8-E2
Revealing mistake: When Wilson punches House in the face, is it painfully evident that he doesn't connect.
3rd Jan 2015
The Guild (2007)
Revealing mistake: When Clara is filming her kids, we see her daughter operate the car. When she's supposed to have put the car in gear and have driven forward, you can see the scenery move in the background, showing that the car was stationary and the camera was just violently moved to the right to simulate the act of the car moving.
27th Dec 2014
Evolver (1995)
Revealing mistake: When Dwight is falling down the stairs, you can easily tell that it's a (much older) stuntman.
8th Dec 2014
The Returned (2013)
Revealing mistake: After Alex shoots the intruder in the head, killing him, a couple of shots later you can see his chest slightly expanding and contracting, showing that the actor was still breathing.
2nd Dec 2014
The 100 (2014)
Revealing mistake: When the guard slices Shumway's wrist, you can see blood coming from behind the glass shard instead of from Shumway's skin.
28th Nov 2014
The Office (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Oscar is talking to the camera crew, and Kevin appears with his ice-cream falling, you can see his thumb having pushed the ice-cream scoop off the cone.
7th Nov 2014
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Intervention - S4-E4
Revealing mistake: In the flashback when Ted damages the ceiling beam with the flail, you can see that the damage is already there before Ted actually hits it.
22nd Oct 2014
Eureka (2006)
Revealing mistake: When Carter and Jo almost crash into the reflective smart dust wall on the road, Carter puts his hand up and waves it, to see his mirror image doing the same. Carter's mirror's hand movements are out of sync, which reveals that the "mirrors" are the actors, and the "real people" are doubles.
1st Oct 2014
Eureka (2006)
Revealing mistake: When Jo comes riding in with the horses, you can tell that it's a stuntwoman in the far shot.
15th Sep 2014
Eureka (2006)
All the Rage - S4-E3
Revealing mistake: In the very first shot, we see the sky, and you can tell it's a digital image imposed on a green screen instead of a shot of the actual sky.
1st Sep 2014
Eureka (2006)
Revealing mistake: When we first see the army of Starks outside Global Dynamics, it's quite obvious that only one of them is actually the actor that plays Stark; the others are merely people who look similar.
28th Aug 2014
Blank Check (1994)
Revealing mistake: When Preston crashes into Quigly in the bowling ball to send him into the pool, you can both see and hear the launchpad that actually launches him.
27th Aug 2014
Charmed (1998)
The Courtship of Wyatt's Father - S6-E16
Revealing mistake: Just after Piper and Leo are taken away, Paige orbs down to the ground and runs up to Pheobe, places her hand on her, and shows a blood-covered hand showing that Pheobe's been injured. But before it's shown, while Paige is running up to Pheobe, you can see Paige deliberately keeping her hand closed and facing away from the camera, because it's already there when she orbs down.
22nd Jun 2014
Warehouse 13 (2009)
Revealing mistake: When MacPherson knocks Joshua off the platform, he falls on a bunch of pipes, but they are already bent before Joshua actually lands on them.
22nd Jun 2014
Warehouse 13 (2009)
Revealing mistake: When Artie demagnetizes the lab coat, Claudia falls from a high altitude, but when the shot cuts to her landing on the raft, you can see that the actor jumped from a position much closer to the ground. (00:39:00)
9th Jun 2014
Germ (2013)
Revealing mistake: When Brooke arrives at the camp to drop off Steph and Chrissy, Chrissy leans out of the car and vomits, but you can see that she's not really vomiting, and is using her hand to cover up the special effects tube.
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