Corrected entry: The Decepticons want to restore their supply of Energon by destroying the Earth's sun. The problem is, the resulting explosion (or supernova, or whatever), would almost instantly destroy the Earth and everything, including the Decepticons, on it.
Tailkinker
30th Jun 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
1st Jul 2009
Star Trek (2009)
Corrected entry: Kirk quickly locates Uhura and runs to find her to question her about the Klingon transmission. From there he runs to the bridge. Uhura is already there when he enters the bridge.
26th Jun 2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Corrected entry: When Wolverine is checking out his new adamantium claws in the bathroom of the old couple's home, sparks fly out as he keeps clashing the claws together. Technically, a spark is a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction. In this case this would not be possible as adamantium is supposedly indestructible, so sparks would not come out.
Correction: Adamantium is not indestructible - if it were, it could not have been rendered molten to embed into Logan's skeleton. It's simply an incredibly hard substance, far harder than any known real-world material, and therefore could potentially be damaged by a similarly hard substance. Rubbing his claws together would produce sparks.
26th Jun 2009
Wanted (2008)
Corrected entry: For Wesley's second kill, he didn't have to go through the trouble of flipping his car over the limo to get a shot. He could just simply make a curved bullet shot to make the bullet go through the sunroof and hit his target. Guess there's no wow factor in seeing one curved bullet kill after another.
Correction: We don't know what limitations lie on the bullet curving. It may well be that a shot like that, requiring the bullet to curve upwards, then make a very sharp turn downwards to go through the sunroof straight downwards, is not possible - certainly no shot seen in the film is that complex. Choosing to flip the car over the top to get a direct line-of-sight gives Wesley a simple shot. Not unreasonable that he would choose that.
25th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: A little time paradox: It is stated that Kyle Reese is on top of the list of people marked for death. This would mean that his importance for the future is already known by SkyNet. However, it's highly unlikely that John Connor notified SkyNet of what role Kyle Reese is going to play in the future.
Correction: It doesn't mean anything of the sort. It's entirely plausible that Skynet could discover that Connor is interested in Reese, by, say, interrogating a captured resistance fighter. Connor's interest alone would be enough to put Reese on Skynet's priority target list, without it having to have any foreknowledge of his destiny. No paradox there.
26th Jun 2009
The Last Samurai (2003)
Corrected entry: In the final battle scene when Katsumoto and Algren have just spoken to the enemy commanders and are returning to the Japanese army, there is a shot of Algren getting off his horse. To his left you can see a soldier stumble backwards clutching his leg. If you look closely (slow motion helps), you can see Algren's horse kick him. The horse's leg is only visible for a frame or so.
Correction: This isn't a movie mistake. Horses do this in real life, therefore it can hardly be considered an error if one does it in a film.
22nd Jun 2009
Aliens (1986)
Corrected entry: After they escape the planet, the nuke goes off, and they are back on the spaceship, where they should all be weightless, including the alien, and would be floating around on the ship, not walking around like they were on solid ground. This totally unscientific approach to the movie is annoying.
Correction: Well, you must just hate science fiction, then. Practically every sci-fi film set in space features a ship or station with artificial gravity. This is a fictional technology, as are faster-than-light drives, hibernation pods and androids made in human form, all of which feature in the Alien series of films, all of which are unscientific and all of which presumably annoy you as well. Unfortunately for your sense of scientific indignation, the use of a fictional technology in a science fiction film is not only not a mistake, it's practically a requirement.
20th Jun 2009
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Corrected entry: Sector 001 is the Solar System, and the location of Earth, the Federation's capital world. For such an important location, it doesn't seem to be heavily guarded and no ships are seen establishing a perimeter defense around the planet, or even orbiting it. Earth is the Borg's target. With the threat of a Borg invasion, one would expect Starfleet Command to mobilize every ship they could, alert their allies and recall the ships not in-system, yet only 10-20 ships are shown attacking the Cube (not counting the ones destroyed prior to the the Enterprise's arrival).
Correction: Too much supposition. We don't know how many ships defending Earth have already been destroyed, how many were close enough to get there in time, how many might have encountered the Borg en route and fallen without ever reaching the defensive line at Earth. Earth isn't a fortress, requiring a huge defensive fleet at all times - Starfleet ships will generally be out on assignment, so all they have at Earth is what they can pull together in time. Certainly we don't have remotely enough information to consider this a valid error.
20th Jun 2009
Angels & Demons (2009)
Corrected entry: The Camerlengo takes the antimatter up in a helicopter to save others from the explosion. However, if the blast is large enough to destroy Vatican City, it could have stretched vertically far enough to reach the ground. It would also certainly destroy any aircraft in the blast radius. It is unlikely that a religious man would choose to move the canister, and therefore "playing God" by choosing who lives and dies.
Correction: What, the same "religious man" who killed the Pope, arranged the deaths of a scientist and four senior cardinals, then finally killed the assassin that he brought in to do the other executions? At what point in the film did you get the impression that he's deeply concerned about the sanctity of human life? The Camerlengo's done his research, he knows what the bomb's capable of and he's intelligent enough to ensure that a great enough altitude is reached for those on the ground to survive. If a few people do end up dying in the blast, on the ground or in an aircraft, he'd regard it as a small price to pay to restore the Catholic Church to his vision of what it should be, given what he's done already.
7th Jun 2009
Star Trek (2009)
Corrected entry: Upon hearing that Vulcan is going to be destroyed within minutes Spock goes into the turbo lift to take him to the transporter. Within seconds Nero orders the space drill up to his ship where Sulu falls off the device and Kirk has to sky dive to rescue him. Chekov, who is aware of a way of beaming these two to the Enterprise races out of the bridge, opposite to the turbo lift, down the corridor to the transporter room. Where he then beams both Sulu and Kirk aboard the ship. Spock then enters the room to be beamed down to Vulcan. Why did Spock go in the turbo lift to the transporter, when it was on the same deck as the bridge, since he had only seconds to save his family? (00:57:15 - 00:58:25)
Correction: When Spock leaves the bridge, he's empty-handed. When he arrives in the transporter room, he's carrying a full equipment belt with a phaser, communicator and so forth. He took the turbolift to go and get the belt before beaming down.
20th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: A little problem concerning a time paradox: We learn that Kyle Reese is on the top of the list of people marked for death. This would mean that his importance is already known by the terminators at this time. However, only Sarah and John Connor could possibly know that Kyle Reese will eventually become John's father.
Correction: Incorrect. It's never stated in the film that Skynet knows that Reese is Connor's father, just that they've established that Connor is interested in him, something that they could have easily learned by interrogating a captured resistance fighter. Given their desire to eliminate Connor, it's entirely reasonable that they would put Reese on their target list, on the assumption that, if they grab Reese, they can use him to lure Connor, their main target, in.
20th Jun 2009
Angels & Demons (2009)
Corrected entry: The first Cardinal is supposed to be executed at 8 p.m. However, the setting is light, and does not look at all like evening.
Correction: It can easily still be fully light at 8pm at the right time of the year.
14th Jun 2009
Torchwood (2006)
Corrected entry: The death sentence for cowardice was abolished in 1917, a year before Tommy gets executed.
Correction: The last real-life execution for cowardice took place in 1917, but it was not officially abolished at that point. The death penalty for cowardice remained on the British statute books until 1930 when it was finally, after a couple of previous failures, abolished after years of campaigning by MP (and former soldier) Ernest Thurtle. As such it is entirely reasonable that a fictional character like Tommy could have been executed for the crime in 1918.
Corrected entry: When Elizabeth has burned all the barrels of rum, she tells Jack, "That signal is over 1000 feet high", but the problem is it's the 1700's, she's British and the British don't use English measurements, they use metric. (01:39:15)
Correction: (1) The metric system was introduced in France in 1791, a mere half-century after the setting of the films. (2) Even today, the UK uses Imperial measurements just as much as metric. (3) If you think about your submissions in advance, you might be able to avoid statements as ludicrous as "the British don't use English measurements".
9th Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: During the first Jeep scene at the observatory, before the actual ride Kyle addresses Marcus by his name. However, he has not introduced his name yet.
Correction: At that point, it's been hours since they met up. Marcus simply mentioned his name off-screen during that time.
9th Jun 2009
Star Trek (2009)
Corrected entry: If Nero changed the future of the original Star Trek universe when he attacked, and the subsequent destruction of the USS Kelvin, how could Spock appear in the same universe 25 years later? Both the Narada and the Jellyfish were sucked back into the past. However, the Narada was taken back in time first. Any changes made would make a new "alternate reality" that would have been separate from Spock's when he appeared, as they both left the same future around the same time. Spock's ship would have appeared without a Narada being in existence. (00:01:00 - 00:25:00)
Correction: As time travel doesn't actually exist, there are no definitive rules that state precisely how any film that involves time travel must proceed. Spock's ship and the Narada fell into the same wormhole, therefore it hardly seems unreasonable that they would reappear in the same reality, regardless of opinions that it should be otherwise.
6th Jun 2009
Die Hard (1988)
Corrected entry: At the end of the film, Karl suddenly jumps up, gun in hand, from the trolley to try one last attempt to "get" John. Even though it was assumed he was dead (I guess no-one really checked that too well, either), why on earth would they have put the gun on the trolley with him?
Correction: Karl wasn't on a trolley - he's simply covered himself with a blanket or something (just as many of the hostages have in order to keep warm in the cold conditions), which allows him to conceal his gun while he attempts to get close to John.
2nd Jun 2009
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: When Kyle Reese is captured and taken to Skynet Headquarters, once inside, the camera pans around as if we're seeing things through his eyes. While he's looking "upwards," near the top middle of the screen you can see the shadow outlines of four people behind the white glass. Almost as if "humans" where in charge and overseeing Skynet's business.
Correction: So what are you proposing as the mistake? Terminators are established as being humanoid, therefore a sighting of humanoid figures within the Skynet facility cannot be considered a mistake. Your suggestion that these are humans is purely an assumption, with nothing to back it up, and thus cannot be considered as valid grounds for an error. Without something more concrete, this cannot possibly be acceptable as an error.
3rd Jun 2009
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Corrected entry: Several characters, including the snake expert, Jackson and the FBI guy with him, repeatedly refer to antivenom instead of antivenin. It is acceptable that the others would make this mistake, but surely the expert should have known better.
Correction: The terms are interchangeable. In the early 1980's, the World Health Authority decided that "antivenom" was the preferred English language terminology. As such, "antivenin", while still accurate, is now considered somewhat archaic among English speakers. The use of "antivenom", as seen in the film, is entirely correct.
3rd Jun 2009
Angels & Demons (2009)
Corrected entry: If the illuminati were not truly still active, then the Camerlengo would have had to solve the same puzzle as Langdon. Not Likely. And an extreme cover to get the nuances correct if it were a cover story. If the illuminati were still active, the Camerlengo would have to be a member. Why at the end of the film was no one therefore concerned to go after them as well?
Correction: This is an opinion, which is not generally a solid grounding for a mistake. The Camerlengo has full access to the Vatican archives which would give him all the information he would need to work out the Path of Illumination. According to the book, he finds the brands in a classified section of the archive, plus a great deal of other information, which could simply have included the locations of the Altars. Even if not, he has everything he needs and a lot more time than Langdon had to research it.
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Correction: They never state exactly what will happen to the Sun, just that it will be destroyed in order to create Energon. Presumably the sun's energies will be siphoned in some way to extract the energy required - they're not just going to blow it up.
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