Sammo

28th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Continuity mistake: The rookie holds at gunpoint the Mad Bomber; in close-up John Lisbon Wood's shoulder is bare, but in the wider angles the shirt is still up and the collar is in place. (00:19:20)

Sammo

28th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Continuity mistake: In the scene with the crazy guy and his exploding breast apparatus, the shirt and the position of his hands and the bomb keep changing depending on the camera angle. (00:18:25)

Sammo

28th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Revealing mistake: After the press conference, there's a close-up of a newspaper ("The National Probe") which features obvious repetition of the same paragraphs over and over. (00:16:55)

Sammo

27th Mar 2022

Medieval II: Total War

Factual error: In the kingdom selection screen, the section about the Venetians mentions the "Ri'Alto Islands." The name of the islands is Rialto, without apostrophes, and at no point in history (despite etymologically deriving from two separate words, Rivus Altus, "deep canal") it has been spelled that way.

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Continuity mistake: David helps the coroner put away in the large plastic bag a chewed human arm. A policeman calls him; he places his right hand flat on the railing, gripping it, but in the reverse shot he's leaning the closed fist on it, and tilted at an angle. (00:05:55)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Continuity mistake: David asks for advice to the store owner. The man points at him with his hand turned in a different way between shots. (00:05:15)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Alligator (1980)

Visible crew/equipment: In the opening shot of the movie, several people (presumably the film crew) are reflected in the eye of the titular reptile. (00:00:15)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Lupin the 3rd (1971)

Audio problem: Hassan runs away, chased by Dr. King. A wild Lady Westholme appears and says a line that does not match her lips. (Peter Ustinov's lips move without a sound as well, but in his case Poirot is self-censoring an expletive). (01:15:15)

Sammo

Dio the Invader - S1-E1

Factual error: Dario Brando dies in 1880 (date on the gravestone) but when he was screaming at his son from his bed, Dio was reading "The Rise of Silas Lapham", which while being appropriate for his character, would be published only 5 years laters (started serialization in 1884).

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Other mistake: June 28 was a Monday in 1999. Jenny McCarthy was killed the day before, so on a Sunday. The scene takes places the evening (there's sunlight when it begins) after the night scene with Sidney; it is however uncertain if it is actually supposed to be the same day, or the day before, a Saturday. Therefore, Cotton, murdered a day earlier, was killed on either a Friday or a Saturday, but when he was killed there was a promo on TV about "tomorrow's" episode of his talk show, which is on during weekdays and so wouldn't be on for the weekend.

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Revealing mistake: The two faxes Jennifer reads are a single document that arrives with a timestamp of 21:05 at page 1, and of 21:07 for page 2. They arrive less than thirty seconds apart, and same for page 3, printed at 21:09. (00:44:20 - 00:44:50)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Other mistake: You can read the date of the event at Jennifer's house on the fax; it's June 28 1999. However, if you look at the director's office in the scene with Sarah, June was a very light month with according to the post-its mostly scouting for locations and such, and no shoots were scheduled in that month, as opposed to August that is full of those. All the previous scenes at the studio involved the actors on set for their scenes, and the news voiceover says that Cotton shot his cameo role the day he was killed.

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Jennifer's house, the door just opened on its own. For some reason, Angelina and Tom don't shout back at Dewey and ask what's up, but rather jumpscare him. With Dewey's gun pointed at him, Tom has both hands in the air. In the same shot he lowers the right hand, but in the next he's with both hands up again. (00:43:20)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Audio problem: To dispel Jennifer's suspicions that he's still in love with Gale, Dewey adds that Gale is cruel, etc. David Arquette's lips are not moving, though. Noticed also by the crew on the DVD commentary track. (00:39:40)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Look at the shirt David Arquette is wearing when he's out at lunch with Gale, heading then to Jennifer's house for the first time. They learn about Sarah's murder and head to the crime scene, and Arquette is wearing a different shirt he'll wear for the party later. Admitted by Wes Craven himself in the DVD commentary track. (00:33:40)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: When at the diner's Gale answers "Well, I have written the definitive book about the Woodsboro murders", her arms are open; her hands were joined earlier. (00:28:30)

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Stupidity: For Sarah's murder to work, a lot of coincidences and unpredictable, convenient behaviour from the victim have to happen; she has to Miss the security guard and not hear them, she has to seek shelter of all places right in the costume room full of effigies of the killer, where the killer himself happens to be posing, she has to be completely inefficient at calling help with her cell phone.

Sammo

26th Mar 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: When fake-Gale mentions "your private self-loathing", an extra exits the frame to the left side. Over five seconds pass before the extra walks into another shot of the dialogue. And there she is again, but this time redoing her walk from the beginning, when Dewey embarrassed repeats "Little girl inside." (00:17:05)

Sammo

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