Factual error: Showing the exterior of Healy's apartment, it is established that he lives above the famous stand-up club "The Comedy Store." Showing the entrance though, they show also the board above it which is composed of signatures of famous comedians - most of them who never appeared on it in 1977, when the movie is set. For instance you can see Roseanne (Barr) 's signature on the bottom right corner, and also Pauly Shore's. (00:10:55)
Sammo
3rd Apr 2022
The Nice Guys (2016)
3rd Apr 2022
The Nice Guys (2016)
Continuity mistake: When March nearly kills himself punching the door, the hole in the glass changes between shots; there's next to no glass left at the top of the panel he punched, then it grows back a couple inches. (00:09:50)
3rd Apr 2022
The Nice Guys (2016)
Continuity mistake: Jackson Healy takes the envelope from Amelia and begins counting the money. She eases the grip on the wheel in the side view, but she's again clenching it tight in the frontal view. Moreover, when he tells her she's short, she has just one hand on it; cut away a second, and she's again with the same grip as the previous part of the scene, showing two separate takes edited together. (00:07:50)
3rd Apr 2022
The Nice Guys (2016)
Factual error: The movie is set in October 1977, but Holland March is waiting in a line to fill his gas tank on an "even" day. The 'even/odd' rationing was instituted in California during the second oil crisis of 1979, in May. (00:06:30)
3rd Apr 2022
The Nice Guys (2016)
Continuity mistake: The 'big boy' goes to check the car that crashed through his house. He leans against a plain spot on the car's door, but in the next shot he does it gripping the bottom tray. (00:02:25)
2nd Apr 2022
The Tiger Mask (2013)
Continuity mistake: In the opening, one of Tiger Mask's first moves involves him doing a somersault off his big opponent. He lands at a different distance in the two shots, however. (00:02:20)
1st Apr 2022
Ghostbusters (1984)
Character mistake: Meeting Dana at the Lincoln Center fountain, Venkman tells her that Gozer was a deity worshipped in 6,000 BC by Hittites, Mesopotamians and Sumerians. There are no historical accounts of those specific populations dating back to that ancient of a date, or writing of any form for that matter. (00:43:40)
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Suggested correction: Venkman said Mesopotamians, not Babylonians. The Mesopotamian civilization existed in 6500 BC so his information would be accurate in that aspect.
You are absolutely right, I have misquoted the movie there and I just fixed it thanks to your correction. "Mesopotamians" is just a generic denomination, though, so saying that Gozer would be worshipped by the Hittites in 6000 BC, and then list a generic name for the inhabitants of the area and then the Sumerians (generally accepted as the first organized civilization of the area, still much after the proposed date) doesn't seem to be quite accurate.
A valid point of view from both of you, however, it's established that Dr. Venkman is the least knowledgeable in paranormal history so it's possible he listed the groups out of order. As is rightly pointed out, Mesopotamia was a generic listing, like saying Americans, so maybe if he said Mesopotamians first, then the other groups, the quote would make sense?
I completely agree that he's the least knowledgeable of the bunch by far and it is well-established and reinforced in the same scene since he needs Dana's help to read "Hittites." Read, because he's not quoting from memory; he's reading (presumably something Egon or Ray had to write down for him). As you say, "if" he said Mesopotamians first, maybe it would have made sense (but it's not what he says), and even then, using your example, saying "in 1000 BC, Manitou was worshipped by the Sioux, the Americans and the Apache" just sounds wrong. (I know that by 'Americans' we mean generally the US population and feel free to add 'native' to it, then again Hittites established their civilization when the Sumerians were wiped out already, and that's 4 millennia past the date - it is what happens making a word salad in a small sentence that has to register just superficially for the audience).
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Tuba 'possessed' by Rambo sprints towards the bad guy for the final clash, the items on the desk in the room with the money change placement between shots (look at the green jar, for instance, or when Tuba gets knocked down again and jumps over the desk, which at that point has on it just a book that turns and shifts in the reverse shot). (01:24:00 - 01:25:10)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the battle against the opponent armed with a hook, Cheung tries to jump on him when he's on the ground, but the guy sends him back with both feet into a bunch of fruit boxes. Cheung knocks most of them down, but in the POV shot of the villain when he looks for him, a few boxes are back where they were. (01:23:15)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: During 'part 2' of his fight, Cheung gets grabbed by his opponent by the jacket; he holds him in a different spot between shots. (01:22:40)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Tuba musters some courage and rushes to help Cheung, he tackles the villain in two completely different trajectories in the two shots. (01:20:25)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: A fight ensues inside the market; Tuba watches the two baddies ganging up on Cheung and kicking him through a stack of baskets and some boxes of fruits. Cheung in the first shot is crashing on a box of apples which becomes a box of oranges in the next one. It does not add up. (01:20:20)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: When the gang member puts the citrus on top of the money, the box he uses as a lid has an orange band on it, and it's on the left half. When the boss grabs the box, the orange line is on the other half. When he bumps into Tuba, he's carrying a different box without the orange band. (01:19:25)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: At the food market, the henchman brings the suitcase to his accomplice, who touches the suitcase towards the corner. In the reverse shot, his hand is in a different position more towards the center. (01:18:55)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: The combative henchman who had the shootout with Cheung throws the suitcase on the speedboat and then throws himself on it; in the first shot he jumps facing the ship and holding to it with his left arm, in the reverse shot he's facing the other way and using his right arm. (01:18:00)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: When the businessman parks the car to bring the blackmail money, several bystanders crowd the sidewalk and stare at the camera crew. (01:13:00)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: During the dinner shenanigans, the mischievous ghost grabs Tuba's hand and forces him to do bad things with the cake. In the close-up when he picks the cake up though, there are not just Tuba and Rambo's hand, but a third hand too. (01:09:15)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Joanne's father sits down with Tuba, in the closer shots his tie creases very in the middle, but wasn't that way in the wide angle. (01:04:35)
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Other mistake: When Tuba argues with Rambo in his room and Cheung can't see him, the calendar on the wall is a June 1986 calendar. While it's not specified how long Joanne and Tuba have been dating and it is hinted by the different clothes in each vignette that they certainly have been going out a while, the events of the movie don't take a whole year (the blackmail that caused Rambo's death is attempted again in a later scene, and Rambo wouldn't just let Tuba alone without visiting him for months). Later in the warehouse fight the calendar shows January 1986.
1st Apr 2022
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the montage of the dates, when Cheung handcuffs Joanne and Tuba they are standing at the railing in a different spot between shots. (00:54:10)
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