Continuity mistake: When the policewoman slaps Tuba for dilly-dallying during her rape, Sammo puts his hand on his cheek. In the reverse shot you can see he moves the hand away, but it's back where it was when we go back to the original camera angle. (00:48:50)
Sammo
11th May 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
11th May 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: To go to the place where he has to deliver the blackmail money, Sammo jumps on a taxi with a large round sticker on the back passenger window, and gets off a taxi without such sticker. (00:26:30)
11th May 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the gag where Joanne asks Tuba where does he live, two ladies (could be mother and daughter age-wise, the younger one wears a black and yellow vest) are walking out of frame behind Joey Wang towards Sammo Hung, but they do not show up in the matching reverse shot, only in a later shot. (00:20:45)
11th May 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: Under the stern watchful eye of the new female store manager, Sammo picks up a box of cereals. He looks at the gap he created on the shelf, and sees her. Notice that both boxes of Frosties at the side of the gap are facing him, but in the reverse shot, one box faces in, the other faces out. (00:18:20)
11th May 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the comedy scene in the kitchen, Sammo Hung crushes eggs getting yolk all over his apron. When he actually crushes them, the yolk spills also on his bright red waistcoat, which is immaculate in the rest of the scene. (00:08:00)
10th May 2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
Character mistake: The Enterprise is targeted by projectiles from the planet. Spock identifies them as "plasma torpedoes", and Captain Pike reacts with surprise; "Plasma torpedoes? That's 21st century tech" and from that they all establish that the civilization they contacted is not yet capable of warp drive. Plasma torpedoes are the main weaponry of the Romulans centuries later, and Earth itself did acquire warp drive in the 21st century, so this claim and deduction don't seem to add up. (00:22:15)
10th May 2022
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
10th May 2022
Kindaichi shônen no jiken bo (1997)
Yukiyasha Legend Murder Case: File 1 - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Akechi looks out of the window, it's dark and snowy. Simultaneously, various characters are arguing and the windows behind them show good natural light. (00:15:50)
10th May 2022
Kindaichi shônen no jiken bo (1997)
Magical Express Murder Case: File 4 - S2-E13
Plot hole: The ending twist is nonsensical; the disciples have been using the tricks in Reiko Chikamiya's notebook for over 5 years, so the 'trap' inside the notebook could, and should, have happened at any point during that time. There's nothing in the killer's actions that makes that particular magic trick happen, nor he swapped or manipulated it.
10th May 2022
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns (2014)
Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: Flashback with Togami and Busujima chatting in the cafe; in the aerial widest shot, the orange juice is on the wrong side of the table, left of the plate instead of right. (00:12:15)
10th May 2022
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns (2014)
Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22
Audio problem: Busujima screams that he's not lying when the police inspector reminds him that Marina Togami's torture happened in his apartment. Despite the scream, his jaw is totally still in that shot (camera behind him, above the shoulder). (00:10:15)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Continuity mistake: When David confronts "Ramon", at first he shoots the beast (somehow hurting him more than anyone could do throughout the whole movie, even Kelly who practically shot him in the mouth) a few times, gun in the right hand, flashlight in the left hand. He runs then away, gun in the left, flashlight in the right. They swap again later. (01:20:00)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Continuity mistake: The guy that lies dead next to the crushed car at the party has his head tucked more or less closely under the right arm depending on the camera angle. (01:17:55)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the assault on the car, the vehicle rocks violently in some shots, only to appear perfectly still when it cuts from passenger to driver and vice versa. (01:16:50)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Other mistake: In the party scene, the monster chews repeatedly on a blonde man in a white tuxedo while suspiciously humping a table. This happens while Slade locks the car. There's another shot of the partygoers running away scared, but that is recycled from the earlier bit when the alligator tail-whipped a security guard earlier; the guests that are running away are the exact same (look for instance at the woman with the brown dress and the black belt). You can even spot the security guard flying again in the air like a minute earlier. (01:16:25)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Revealing mistake: During the party, one of the security guys shoots the alligator, who then whips him with the tail. The guy flies in the air, and to the left of the screen when he falls there's a string plainly visible to help moving the tail. (01:15:45)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Other mistake: Henry Silva is interviewed by a reporter played by Sue Lyon in her last movie appearance. She holds a microphone with the familiar peacock symbol of NBC on it, but in the end credits she is "ABC Reporter." (00:50:10 - 01:25:45)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the large mudprint of "Ramon" has been found, David has to make his way back from the lake through a crowd of street vendors and weirdos in general spurred by the presence of the big animal. Just before he meets a bald guy that is carting several plush crocodiles, there's some young fella in a blue and red checkered shirt. David walks past this group and in the next shot after a while he runs in the shirt guy again. (00:49:25)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Revealing mistake: A policeman hilariously crashes his car because he was coming in too fast when the kids escaped the molegator. The car that explodes has square, all red emergency lights, but the car that was speeding through the street had red and blue lights of a different shape. (00:44:50)
10th May 2022
Alligator (1980)
Revealing mistake: Obvious B-movie special effect when the alligator breaks through the sidewalk, supposedly creating earthquake-like tremors that are simply someone shaking the camera up and down and the cement bends and deforms like cardboard. (00:44:00)
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