Corrected entry: Stone hooks the tank up to a catapult shuttle, and launches it. If it was actually the Independence (CVA-62), the cats use steam power, and if it was the Hornet (CVS-12) the cats were hydraulic. In neither case would the cats have been charged while the vessel is in port.
Sammo
1st Aug 2005
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
22nd May 2005
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Corrected entry: In the house when Ice Cube uses the microwave, the electricity had already been turned off, yet he cooked items.
Correction: When wiring a house, it is quite normal for the lighting and plugs/sockets circuits to be completely separate. So it would be possible to turn off all the lights and still operate electrical appliances that are "plugged in" like the fridge, microwave etc. It may be slightly far fetched to have Stone switch off the correct circuit breaker/s under such circumstances in an unfamiliar house, but still, technically not a mistake.
Correction: The correction is perfectly accurate; it is odd that he'd just 'knew' where it all was, but Ice Cube is in fact seen pulling down the switch from a fuse box that says "Interior lights", which is in between other two marked as being one for the exterior lights and one for all outlets, which would keep the appliances running.
9th Jul 2006
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Darius Stone is a waiter carrying glasses of champagne, the number of glasses on his tray changes - down to one and then back up to three between shots.
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Suggested correction: Incorrect; he starts with 5 glasses on the tray, 4 when Charlie picks hers. At no point (except the very end when General Jack Pettibone grabs his) he has just three, or just one. I can very much see that it looks that way when Ice Cube's head is in the way (looks like there's just one glass left) or part of the tray is off camera (it totally looks like there's just 3), but rewatching the scene is very clear and evident that the number of glasses is accurate.
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Correction: Not so. The USS Bennington CV-20 corrected to the problem of hydraulic catapults. USS Bennington had a hydraulic catapult fire in the 1950s that killed over 100 men. After that, the U.S. Navy rejected the use of hydraulic cats in favor of steam. All were swapped for steam cats.
I appreciate the added information, but the correction only specifies a marginal part of the entry and does not disprove its point which is in fact to my knowledge correct; even if we establish that the cats were 100% steam cats, still they would have not been charged.
Sammo ★