Trivia: One of the bad guys is playing the video game "Doom", which was released two years prior to the film for MS-DOS.
manthabeat
2nd Jan 2023
Sudden Death (1995)
2nd Jan 2023
Sudden Death (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Van Damme disarms the first bomb, he only cuts two wires. There are three wires visible (its black, and is visible to the left of the yellowish wire). In the next scene, the last wire he didn't cut is gone.
2nd Jan 2023
Sudden Death (1995)
Plot hole: Two helicopters approach the arena and one gets shot down. A huge explosion in the middle of a large city would be seen by thousands of people and police would respond, but law enforcement do not come and investigate.
2nd Jan 2023
Sudden Death (1995)
Stupidity: The secret service officer near the elevator gets shot right in the middle of his head by the Penguin mascot, and she drags his dead body into the elevator. Suddenly he's able to moan and groan and she shoots him again. The guy was very shot in the head, as in graphically. How is he suddenly alive enough to moan?
Suggested correction: A bullet to the head is not guaranteed to kill someone. Movies and video games have taught us that being shot in the head is instant death, but that just isn't the case.
Pretty sure you wouldn't wake up in seconds after a bullet to the head.
Correct. You probably would just lay there stunned while moaning and groaning... exactly like the scene depicts.
He didn't "wake up", he moaned. Which is 100% possible and actually happens quite frequently.
Someone I know shot himself in the head. He was making sounds when found and "lived" for another three months, though there was no higher brain function anymore.
28th Dec 2022
North by Northwest (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: Right before Thornhill gets shot by Eve, he's talking to Vandamm at the table. The camera moves backward. You can see its shadow on Thornhill's arm.
26th Dec 2022
Spirited (2022)
Continuity mistake: During the "Good Afternoon" number, Ferrell and Reynolds are standing in front of horses. They're fairly close to the two. The scene changes and the horses are further away.
25th Dec 2022
Doug (1991)
Continuity mistake: Patty's hair changes color many times throughout the episode. In some cases it's lighter, in other cases it's the normal color.
25th Dec 2022
Home Alone (1990)
Revealing mistake: When old man Marley hits Harry and Marv with the shovel at the end, you can see it's actually a stunt man doing the hitting motions.
24th Dec 2022
The Wrong Missy (2020)
Visible crew/equipment: On the shark boat, just before they take off without Missy, the cast is standing on the rear. To the left, near the end of the scene, the shadow of the boom mic is visible.
24th Dec 2022
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Jake is holding onto the roof of the vehicle, he sees a toddler in the back seat. When the vehicle makes a turn and Jake falls off, the toddler isn't in the back seat.
14th Dec 2022
Prancer (1989)
Continuity mistake: After the news reporter starts writing, there are shots of the paper being delivered. One is of Cloris Leachman's house. Notice that the Christmas star on her roof, just put on minutes before this, is now missing.
11th Dec 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug's Halloween Adventure - S4-E12
Continuity mistake: Skeeter, Doug, and Roger are all in line for the scary ride. There are a lot of people behind them. The park closes and the people behind them instantly disappear in a cut.
9th Dec 2022
True Lies (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: The first time we see Salim Abu Aziz on the Florida island, he has his back to the camera and turns around. The shot comes closer to him. The camera shadow becomes visible on him at that time.
8th Dec 2022
True Lies (1994)
Trivia: The hotel chase and horse in the elevator scenes were actually filmed in two hotels in Los Angeles as opposed to Washington D.C. where the film was set. The building with the elevators is the Westin hotel near downtown, and the lobby chase was filmed at the now-demolished Ambassador on Wilshire.
29th Nov 2022
Quantum Leap (2022)
Stand by Ben - S1-E8
Factual error: The Blur song "Song 2" plays during the intro escape. The episode is set in 1996. The song came out on April 7, 1997.
28th Nov 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug and the Yard of Doom / Doug's Garage Band - S3-E12
Other mistake: After the "Think Big" number, Doug writes an idea down in his journal. There are a brief couple of shots where the edge of the animation cel is visible. It is a white line that disappears.
28th Nov 2022
Quantum Leap (2022)
Factual error: Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" plays but the episode is set on October 17, 1989. The song wasn't released until May of the following year.
25th Nov 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug's Servitude / Doug Rocks the House - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Doug is building a house out of playing cards at the end. He has a deck next to him he's using. When porkchop destroys the house, the deck of cards disappears.
20th Nov 2022
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When the family is escaping in Dr. Wrightwood's car with Harry, they leave the home after popping Lafleur's tires. There is a brief shot looking at George driving. The shadow of the camera rig is left screen.
19th Nov 2022
Doug (1991)
Doug Takes the Case / Doug's Secret Song - S2-E1
Audio problem: Around 3 and a half minutes into the episode, Doug, as the Chameleon, says he has a good idea as to who would've taken BeeBe's radio. The end of this sentence is very unnaturally pitched up.
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