Plot hole: The facehuggers "see" by reading body heat, but this contradicts nearly every other film in which the creatures appear. In the original film they can see Kane's face through a space suit and helmet, so it must be tracking more than just body heat. The creatures also routinely leap directly at their victim's faces. This suggests that they "see" facial detail in some way that goes beyond simply reading body heat. The protagonists should not be completely invisible just by hiding their body heat.
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22nd Aug 2024
Alien: Romulus (2024)
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Suggested correction: The thorax and chest cavity is the warmest part of the body. It's tracking the heat from your breath and see's it as an opening down to the chest cavity. Which is why it always latches onto the face. It helps when the victim screams too. More heat.
It can't read Kane's body heat through a space suit, and his breath isn't escaping from his helmet at his mouth. It leaps directly at his face and melts through the helmet to get where it needs to go. The intent in the original film is that the creatures can see, not just read body heat. Additionally, we see from the xenomorph perspective in Alien 3 and Alien Covenant and their vision is not based on body heat. The heroes are invisible here just by raising room temperature.
Where has it ever been stated that they can't read Kane's body heat through a space suit? They're literally showing you it can. That's not a mistake of the movie. Alien 3 happened after this movie. Alien Covenant's praetomorph was created by David. So not the same situation as this. This is also someone speculating based off observation and study vs. A camera trick of showing their actual vision in events that haven't happened yet or on another planet. So they could be wrong.
It's a space suit, they are insulated. That's why when you wear a space suit the lack of atmosphere doesn't kill you. There's no possible way creatures that only see heat could see a human through a space suit. That's a mistake for THIS movie and this movie alone because this is the only instance where heat vision is suggested. The fact that earlier released films take place later in the mythos doesn't really change anything, this film makes a claim unsupported by the other films.
There was wind and ice on that planet. That constitutes an atmosphere. Kane is in a giant helmet, leaning fully over the egg opening as it hatched. That was pretty much the only place it could go. Just because the suit is insulated from the cold atmosphere on the outside, doesn't mean the suit itself can't get hot from the heat inside. Also, these are aliens, I never get trying to apply human logic to a fictional being from another planet, in the future, that survives in an atmosphere we can't.
There is some atmosphere on LV-426, but that is entirely missing the point. The space suit is designed to be worn in no atmosphere, so it is insulated. Space is incredibly cold; if your body heat could be drawn to the surface of a space suit, you would freeze to death in minutes while wearing one in space. You can't read someone's body heat through a space suit. I am not trying to apply "human logic" to an alien; I am saying this film contradicts the others. Thus, it is a plot hole.
You're missing the point. Kane leaned over the opening in a giant helmet, inches from the creature. Where else was the facehugger going to jump to? You keep saying, "you can't read someone's body heat"; that's based off current human knowledge and our abilities, not the abilities of a fictional alien creature who lives in the cold reaches of space. You can't say what it can or cannot do when it is showing you that it can.
We can absolutely say what the creature can and can't do based on what has been shown countless times throughout 40-plus years of canon media. This film makes a claim to create a tense scene. That scene contradicts what we know about the creatures. There has never been any indication that they see based on heat, and implying that they do does not follow how we see them behaving in basically every other appearance. Them "showing us that it can" is the mistake; that's, by definition, a plot hole.
Why do you refuse to answer my question? Kane leaned over the opening in a giant helmet, inches from the creature. Where else was the facehugger going to jump to?
To answer your question: How does it know anything is even there? They see by heat, and the characters in this film are invisible just by raising room temperature. It shouldn't know that Kane is even in the room. So where else should it have jumped? Nowhere; he should be invisible according to this film. It shouldn't have jumped at all.
Suggested correction: Someone in a spacesuit has the problem of excess body heat; the suit needs to dissipate the excess heat from the body, as it insulates the body against the vacuum of space. In real life, space suits are attached with tubes that dissipate the body heat when the astronaut is on a spacewalk; the suit has a cooling system for this. But Kane didn't have tubes to dissipate his body heat with, so where does his body heat go? Why not the helmet?
That's speculation, not really a correction. It's a space suit; that much is clear. It doesn't have a visible cooling system like a real-life space suit, but this series takes place in the distant future. We're getting a little hung up on this one example, but honestly, these films are 40-plus years apart. There are dozens of other instances where it is clear the facehuggers and the xenomorphs can see more than just body heat.
The xenomorphs can definitely see more than just heat, but that's not the statement in the movie. I can think of no examples that show facehuggers can see anything more than just heat/infrared.
5th Aug 2024
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Kugelblitz - S3-E4
Other mistake: When the sequence shows different places that Sissy and Harlan move to, it lists "Tampa Bay, Florida, 1969." The name of the city is Tampa... Tampa Bay is a much larger region of Florida that includes Tampa. While they could live in the Tampa Bay area, all of the others list the names of cities/towns. (00:01:53)
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Suggested correction: That's not a mistake. They very well could have lived in the Tampa Bay area without specifically living in the city of Tampa. Just because the others are cities, doesn't mean it is a mistake.
31st Jul 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Plot hole: In the opening scene, Wade applies to be an Avenger, and does it in the Sacred Timeline, the main MCU timeline, on Earth-616. Not his own, which the movie classifies in the next scene as Earth-10005. Assuming he can just do that (at the end of his second movie he certainly did stranger things than that with Cable's device), one fails to see the purpose of it. Let's assume he aced the interview and got hired; it's not his timeline. He does it to have a good relationship with his girlfriend. Who...is in a different universe. Whatever Wade does in the vastly different universe is not altering anything in his own. It was never going to work.
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Suggested correction: He goes back to his universe. Think Thor...or the Guardians or Captain Marvel or whomever isn't Earth based. They "Assemble" then go back to protecting their little corner of the Marvel Universe.
Suggested correction: But it's Deadpool. When does anything he ever does make sense? He wanted to be an Avenger, he went out to be one, no matter what that meant in the literal sense. As long as he can say it, it's enough for him. Even if it is in a different universe/timeline, he can still say he's an Avenger. He is also a rule breaker, so maybe he can figure out how to make it work.
I knew this was going to be the objection to it; it's Deadpool, he can do whatever, etc. There are multiple times during the movie when he mentions things that he is not supposed to know because they are meant to be fourth-wall-breaking jokes. He references real-life actors, he interacted with them in previous movies. So they are absurdities with a purpose, and it's pointless to argue with comedy. But him being rejected by the Avengers is part of his motivations and of the 'serious' part of the plot, which is focused on his own universe and his girlfriend. Earth-616's Avengers though? The namedropping for nerds is an absurd choice when you think about it, which the movie does not want you to do, since it makes zero jokes about it. Without that caption it was not even going to raise any objection or paradox; he could have met with the Avengers of his universe, any universe - later in the movie Wolverine says "F*** the Avengers" as if he knows them.
Two things: 1. Even if he is able to join the Avengers on Earth-616, being part of a team might give him a sense of belonging and change his whole attitude. It wasn't to impress Vanessa about being an Avenger, it was to change his attitude which had soured after the events of the second movie. 2. It cleverly explains that the Marvel characters from the Fox universe were in their own universe and, to this point, have likely not been a part of the MCU.
Maybe his universe doesn't have Avengers and he found out about them through the MCU. That's what I'm saying. It's just a gimmick in the movie and actually doesn't affect the plot that much as he was given a task by the TVA (or whatever lone wolf from the TVA) and teams up with Wolverine. Him trying to be an Avenger and talking about it is just a running gag.
16th Nov 2015
X-Men (1992)
Slave Island - S1-E7
Plot hole: After Storm's attempt to escape the Genoshan prison is thwarted, she ends up in the ocean right at the shoreline of the beach, where she is captured by a Sentinel. Aside from the fact that it makes no sense for a Sentinel to be hiding in the ocean in the event that a mutant tries to escape the prison, there is absolutely no way that a two-story tall robot could hide in the ocean right by the beach, as the water would be way too shallow. You can even see that the water level only goes up to the Sentinel's ankle area when it is standing upright in the ocean. (00:03:15)
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Suggested correction: Perception. (1) The Sentinel isn't as close as it appears. If it were close, then she would have been caught in its waves as it emerges. Also, she would be looking only at its chest circle. It's several yards away. (2) She washes ashore. She fell from the sky. She couldn't have fallen from that great height into shallow water without hitting bottom. (3) It's also a two-story tall robot. Its weight would sink it into the sand. So it could have very well been down that deep.
Sentinel never sank into sand in other episodes.
Well, it's shown here.
2nd Jan 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
Continuity mistake: During one of the scenes when Brad Pitt arrives home, he is driving a Lincoln Town Car, not his Cadillac. This is the car that he doesn't get until later, when he steals it and drives home during the scene when they crash the cars into each other at the end of the driveway.
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Suggested correction: Didn't he steal the Lincoln after the restaurant?
He did. But, the car appears before he steals it when he drives home after going to her office.
25th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Factual error: Kat morphs by calling for the Pterodactyl but she wasn't a ranger when the Pterodactyl was in use, she became the pink Ninja Ranger so her call should have been, "pink ranger power!"
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Suggested correction: It's explained in the movie. Alpha made proxie power coins, in order for them to access the dino powers. She was given the Pterodactyl coin and the dino powers to get Tommy, Jason, and Kimberly back.
25th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Plot hole: If Minh knew about the Power Rangers, their identities and their history, it makes no sense that she would expect to morph without being specifically chosen to become the Yellow Ranger.
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Suggested correction: The rebel teenager archetype. If I had a dime for every time a kid didn't listen I would be a billionaire. It's not a mistake.
It doesn't make sense at all that Minh would expect to morph just because she had a power coin in her possession; she had to have been told about how it works.
Pretend that morpher is a gun and she's a teenager in the real world. To say no teen would pick it up, disobey an adult, just try it themselves is a joke. She's a kid. Kids do stupid stuff and don't listen.
I'm sorry, but I disagree. We are talking about the daughter of a Power Ranger, not a typical teenager. Trini, being the type of person she was, would have explained how it works; it is highly unlikely that Minh would make such a careless choice.
She didn't discover her mom was a Power Ranger until after death. There was a whole scene where she walked in, and Billy and Zach accidentally revealed it to her. Also, itization. All she's done was make careless, impulsive choices.
25th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Other mistake: We hear Tommy morph by calling for the Dragonzord but the Green Ranger powers were lost forever, he should have morphed into the White Ranger with "Tigerzord!"
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Suggested correction: He has appeared multiple times as the Green Ranger since then. This is a different continuity. Just like the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
27th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Other mistake: Trini gave up her powers to attend a world peace summit, so the Yellow Ranger should have been Aisha in this movie.
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Suggested correction: It's in the title "Once and Always" and repeatedly said "once a ranger always a ranger." This is not a "mistake" of the movie. This movie is a one-off anniversary special. Not in complete line with the show's continuity. They did this with the original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger: The Movie as well. They have also historically done this with team-ups. Such as when Adam came back to be the Black Power Ranger. Same with Justin in In Space. Same with Jason most recently. Same with Tommy (RIP).
Despite that phrase, three of the original Rangers gave up their powers to attend a peace summit; we saw the powers leave their bodies and transfer to the new Rangers. The original poster is correct that those powers were lost to them, therefore, they should not have been able to morph. Jason is the exception since he was given the Gold Ranger power, that relinked him to the morphing grid.
28th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Other mistake: Technically, none of the Rangers should have been able to morph by calling for their original dinosaurs. All of those powers were lost during Zeo. As such, Billy lost his ability to morph, which was why Jason was called in to become the Gold Ranger.
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Suggested correction: It's in the title "Once and Always" and repeatedly said "once a ranger, always a ranger." This is not a "mistake" of the movie. This movie is a one-off anniversary special. Not in complete line with the show's continuity. They did this with the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie as well. They have also historically done this with team-ups, such as when Adam came back to be the Black Power Ranger, same with Justin in In Space, same with Jason most recently, same with Tommy (RIP).
Despite that phrase, three of the original Rangers gave up their powers to attend a peace summit; we saw the powers leave their bodies and transfer to the new Rangers. The original poster is correct that those powers were lost to them, therefore, they should not have been able to morph. Jason is the exception since he was given the Gold Ranger power, that relinked him to the morphing grid.
27th May 2023
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)
Other mistake: Zack transferred his powers to Adam, thus giving up his ability to be a ranger again. So technically, he should not have been able to morph into the Black Ranger.
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Suggested correction: It's in the title "Once and Always" and repeatedly said, "once a ranger, always a ranger". This is not a "mistake" of the movie. This movie is a one-off anniversary special. Not in complete line with the show's continuity. They did this with the original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger: The Movie as well. They have also historically done this with team-ups. Such as when Adam came back to be the Black Power Ranger. Same with Justin in In Space. Same with Jason most recently. Same with Tommy (RIP).
Despite that phrase, three of the original Rangers gave up their powers to attend a peace summit; we saw the powers leave their bodies and transfer to the new Rangers. The original poster is correct that those powers were lost to them, therefore, they should not have been able to morph. Jason is the exception since he was given the Gold Ranger power, that relinked him to the morphing grid.
Again, Jason has morphed into the Red Ranger for his team-up. So has Tommy. So has Adam. In this film, they even give Rocky and Kat new power coins after saying they've been experimenting with the morphing grid. It's been a decade and Zordon is dead (or lost). You can't sit here and abide by the same old rules. When almost every team-up they've had, inexplicable rangers come back and morph. You might as well flag everything in the MMPR: The Movie for taking place in the series or vice versa.
All of the Rangers you reference still have the power to morph. Zack and Trini gave up that power as seen in 'The Power Transfer' from the series. It's one thing to point out team-ups with Rangers that still have the ability to morph, but not for Zack and Trini, they surrendered their powers.
They surrendered their powers to go to a peace conference. Assuming they cannot take them back is not logical. Powers that shouldn't exist. Especially considering Rocky and Kat were given powers. Billy is able to morph...and Kimberly, who also surrendered her powers, was able to take them back. Powers that were seemingly destroyed. Along with the Dino Megazord. Billy has shown that he has been experimenting with the morphing grid and he's had some time to do it. It's not within reason.
Neither of you pointed out that Zordon said in "The Power Transfer," "the power will always be with you and protect you." Former rangers can morph back into ranger form.
5th Oct 2022
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Revealing mistake: While in the helicopter, Alan's eyes do not align with the location of the Dreadnoughtus. Alan is looking to his far right before the helicopter even approaches the dinosaur and it is shown across the front of the screen. Alan's eyes then stay fixed straight ahead (even after passing the dinosaur), giving the impression he's looking at the dinosaur, but he would have needed to keep turning his neck to the right as the helicopter flew past in order to keep it in sight. (00:35:14)
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Suggested correction: It's a common movie trope. The two things aren't happening in sequential order. They're happening at the same time. Alan isn't looking before the helicopter approaches the dinosaur...you're seeing the inside of the helicopter as it approaches and passes the dinosaur. They're happening at the same time.
30th Nov 2020
Power Rangers (2017)
Plot hole: After Rita kills Billy, why didn't any of the other rangers do something to help him? They could have very easily done CPR on him or at least called for an ambulance.
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Suggested correction: (1) they did...they took him to Zordon. (2) These are high school kids. Have you ever seen any slasher flick before? Not every HS kid knows CPR.
Every high school lifeguard that ever existed.
Suggested correction: They may have not been in range with cellphone towers to get a good enough signal. Also, they had superpowers including super strength so doing CPR on Billy would have been very dangerous and would have probably hurt him even more.
19th Jan 2023
The 100 (2014)
Plot hole: In s04e06 Clarke, Roan and Bellamy are chasing the Azgeda that stole the vehicle with the barrels, killing them all in the process. That leaves 3 drivers for 2 vehicles. S04e07 kicks off with both the rover and the yellow truck re-entering the camp. However, in later shots we see that both Roan and Clarke are at the island and only Bellamy drove home. If so, who drove the yellow truck back home since no other character returned from the island? (00:01:45)
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Suggested correction: Different truck. The goal of the mission was to get the fuel (on the yellow truck) to Abby. Early in episode 7 as Clarke and Abby are talking, Clarke mentions that Roan is unloading the fuel. Meaning they still delivered the yellow truck to Abby as intended (minus the empty barrel). So it could not be back at the camp with Bellamy.
20th Dec 2022
Black Adam (2022)
Other mistake: When everything is moving in slow motion, to indicate how fast Black Adam is supposed to be moving, one of the mercenaries throws a grenade from a distance that is shown moving faster than the lightning moving through the bodies. It reaches Adam before the truck he just ripped apart starts to fall.
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Suggested correction: The grenade isn't moving faster. Black Adam is moving towards it, he closes the distance. You see it only turns twice before he grabs it and gets to ground level, shove it in the guy's mouth, and then he's back in mid-air in the next shot.
Watch the scene again. Black Adam isn't even in the shot when the grenade is moving faster than everything else. The grenade is moving away from the guy that threw it. He's even moving as fast as the lightning.
21st Jun 2006
Liar Liar (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Fletcher takes his son to the office, they step out the lift and a woman in a purple suit is seen walking to the left. In the next shot, the same woman is walking to the right. (00:06:25)
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Suggested correction: That's a different woman with a different hairstyle. The second lady's hair is up over her ears and the first woman's suit is a darker purple.
I don't think there's enough detail in the wide shot to say it's a different woman or not. She's seems to be carrying the same clipboard in the same way. Plus, in the next shot, the first woman should still be seen somewhere in the wide shot off to the left, and she's not.
Again. In the wide the woman's hair is up. You can even see a pin in it. It's not in the first shot. Also, she would not necessarily need to be seen in the wide shot. The first shot has them in the elevator, then there's a hallway, before they cross the doorway into the lobby. She would have already walked past the desk (notice the lamp) by the time they were a few inches out of the elevator. By the time they walked to the doorway she could easily be out of frame.
Impossible. The very short distance she walks takes her almost 2 seconds, and then she's off camera for maybe a second. The distance to the hall to be out of the shot is almost twice the distance she was just seen walking.
Depth perception. She's walking directly in front of the desk. She's not in the same spot as the second lady (in front of the lobby door). She walks across the screen before Max's feet leaves the elevator. The distance between the left side of the desk and off screen is fairly short and plenty of time for her to cross before they exit the elevator. Third time...different hairstyle. I'm pretty sure the second lady is even wearing a different shirt underneath her jacket too.
27th Aug 2001
Liar Liar (1997)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Audrey is in the mini-van with Max, she has her seat belt on, then the camera cuts to Max, and when it returns to Audrey with her seat belt off.
Correction: They are in the car several times during the film. Which scene are you referring to?
Correction: This mistake doesn't exist. The only seat-belt non-seat belt was with Max and that was already mentioned. Audrey wears her seat belt in every frame in the car with Max.
19th Jul 2022
Power Rangers (2017)
Continuity mistake: When the rangers fall into the cavern they land in a pool of water, swim around some too. Yet later on when they meet Zordon they're all completely dry.
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Suggested correction: When they left the water they were never fully wet to begin with. If anything they were moderately wet. The cave was warm, and we don't know how long they had been searching the cave.
30th Aug 2004
Power Rangers in Space (1998)
Factual error: Ashley tells Andross she will teach him how to play pool, yet they are playing snooker. They are even using snooker balls.
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Suggested correction: Considering the size and color of the balls. That's pool.
29th Aug 2004
Power Rangers in Space (1998)
The Craterite Invasion - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: The entire episode, the Astro Megaship is shown orbiting the Earth, yet a few minutes after the Craterites appear, they are parachuting out of the Astro Megaships. Not only were they not shown to have grabbed parachutes when jumping out, but the Megaship wasn't even in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Suggested correction: They simulate hard hats clothes and other material to take the forms of people on Earth. Considering they're simulations themselves. They created the parachutes. It would be mass suicide otherwise. Some escape plan.
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