Revealing mistake: The principal apprehends the two younger and bigger guys at once (and for some reason they don't gang up on him and kick his butt). The other guys in the Chevy decide to get back in and drive away. You can already see on the dirt the path they will follow, which is logical for the bit in reverse but not so much for the part when they turn left and go forward, which is not how the car could arrive to that point. And when later the car circles around, it moves also on a path that was not showing in the first shot. (00:11:50)
Sammo
19th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
19th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
Continuity mistake: The purple Chevy Impala rams the net White Zac was climbing. The net falls all over the car and starts covering the kid too, but in the next shot he is on top of the net. (00:10:30)
18th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
Continuity mistake: Rick is pacing behind his ex and the lawyer. He goes past a man in a grey suit in a shot, another man in a grey suit coupled with a woman in a second one, and the next one shows him in the room without either of those people behind him. (00:03:15)
18th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Rick jumps on the bar counter to grab the bat, the beers mugs in front of his friends to his left change quantity of liquid and direction the handle points at. (00:03:10)
18th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
Continuity mistake: The protagonist just flushed down the drugs a girl was selling in a bathroom stall. She threatens him saying "Someone's gonna come lookin' for you." In the next shot, the shadow she and the other poofy-haired girl by the stall project on the door tripled in size. (00:33:30)
18th Sep 2020
The Principal (1987)
Continuity mistake: Rick Latimer is at the bar with his buddies. He spots his ex-wife on a date with the divorce attorney and begins rambling. "This kind of sh. Happens", one of his friends says. The friend next to him, rightmost position, is smoking, and his hand is suddenly raised at the cut. (00:02:45)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Continuity mistake: After bathing with Olga, Susan answers the phone and talks with her husband. At the cut following the moment she says "I can hardly wait" Olga playing with her towel changes position. (00:10:50)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Continuity mistake: Susan reaches Jack at the consulate. She hugs him and he introduces the other people in the room. As he says "This is Mr. Rodier", the other person in the room has suddenly his hands in his pockets at the cut. (00:12:05)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Continuity mistake: Jack's sister invites Susan to give her a kiss. She has her elbow on the sheets. She giggles and there's a reverse shot, and the sheets now go up to her armpit. (00:09:20)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Other mistake: Susan gets upstairs as Iris shows her the room. She manages to miss the naked woman lounging in bed - watching the scene, it's an impossibility. It might not be the proverbial elephant, but it's just something so very unusual and conspicuous in the room, in a spot perfectly in line of sight that it makes no sense Susan would miss it and be surprised by that later. (00:08:20)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Audio problem: In the initial narration, just after the voiceover mentions the gods and "protect men from their own weakness" you can see the singer moving his mouth without any voice being heard, and in the next shot the flute player peeking at the camera laughing to himself instead of playing - but the sound we hear is just perfect anyway. (00:02:00)
18th Sep 2020
Voodoo Passion (1977)
Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the whole intro, most bandmembers, in particular the second drummer from the left, are more focused on peeking at the camera than on anything else.
17th Sep 2020
The King of Fighters All Star
Other mistake: When you pull Terry Bogard in his King of Fighters XII version, his quote says "I don't know about 'legendary' means."
17th Sep 2020
The King of Fighters All Star
Other mistake: The quote you get when you pull Benimaru '99 from the gacha summon is "Don't go too rough on a beautiful lady." Benimaru is a cisgender man.
17th Sep 2020
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Continuity mistake: Mr. Stillwell limps his way into the parking lot after work, his jacket on his shoulder. He gets blindsided by an ugly dude who punches him away and...the jacket is gone, lost forever, not on the ground, just vanished. (01:08:00)
17th Sep 2020
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Van Damme flies out of the ring (handspringing like a pro-wrestler), the surprise and cheer from Ian's cornerpeople is different across the two shots (for instance, Dean leans in to look at two very different times). (01:35:40)
17th Sep 2020
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Jason does his backflipping move that wins him the match...you can actually see it's Corey Yuen dressed as him that does it. (01:35:25)
17th Sep 2020
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Continuity mistake: Van Damme rips his shirt off and drops the gloves. Starts circling his young opponent. You can see the items he drops but a couple of shots later they are in the corner in different position, which will change again when he brutalizes the opponent against the ropes. (01:34:00)
17th Sep 2020
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Revealing mistake: During the final fight, Ivan the Russian forgets completely how to fight and never, ever pulls guard. Look no further than the moment when right at the beginning Jason charges at him; Van Damme blatantly drops the arms on purpose to be hit. (01:32:30)
17th Sep 2020
Common mistakes
Stupidity: In several martial arts-themed movies or TV episodes, the fight advertised on the poster is not just the main event. It's the ONLY event. So people drive en masse and pay good money to get a seat for an event with no preliminaries, undercard...just watch with no warm-up something that potentially lasts 5 seconds.
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