Visible crew/equipment: At dinner, when Tony bends down to kiss his mum, the moving boom mic's reflection becomes visible on the glass behind Livia. The reflection of the moving boom pole and mic continues to be seen during the dinner scene.
Super Grover
4th Oct 2024
The Sopranos (1999)
29th Sep 2024
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Continuity mistake: Kristofferson is wearing a shirt with a pocket at his left side, but the pocket and buttons switch to the opposite side in some shots.
29th Sep 2024
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Continuity mistake: During Kristofferson's rescue, when Kylie is on the Bean Annex roof over Kristofferson's apple crate cage, at first Kylie is at the opening's long side, but in the next shot, Kylie is at the short side of the metal bars. (01:07:50)
29th Sep 2024
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Continuity mistake: Ash wears a white knit cardigan sweater, and its buttons alternate between being sewn on its right side or left side in some shots.
30th May 2024
Twin Peaks (1990)
Visible crew/equipment: While Truman and Cooper are at the bank, when they take the safety deposit box and walk over to the table, there's a green tape mark on the floor by Truman's feet. (01:03:20)
30th May 2024
Twin Peaks (1990)
Visible crew/equipment: When Josie and Catherine are arguing at the mill, just as Pete says, "Oh Catherine, please," he moves toward the chair, and the reflection of a crew member wearing a cap is visible on the window, at the left side of the screen. (00:32:25)
26th Sep 2024
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: After Conan retrieves his father's now broken sword, it cuts to Doom's temple. In some versions the first long shot is a side view of the temple, with Doom standing alone on the balcony in front of the hanging tapestry. Then, in the next long shot facing the front of the temple, there's a crew member near Doom who is dressed in black, hunched over, standing beside the tapestry, and this person is wildly gesturing to come on up, just as a high priest walks up the long stairway (before his close-up). (01:56:35)
26th Sep 2024
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Revealing mistake: While the trio of thieves are using rope to climb up the wall of the Tower of the Serpent, we can see Valeria's and Conan's individual carabiners attached to the climbing cable apparatus (I'm providing my own screenshots for my mistake). (00:41:35)
26th Sep 2024
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Revealing mistake: At the Tower of the Serpent, after Conan and Subotai steal the Eye of the Serpent and also kill Doom's giant pet snake, Conan and Subotai make their escape; and when Valeria grabs the rope for her own escape, we can see the stunt cable used to lift her (I'm providing my own screenshots for my mistake). (00:48:05)
27th Aug 2001
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: After Conan is set free from slavery he finds a cave where he removes a sword. When he climbs out of the cave you'll notice someone's hands near his feet pushing up his shackles. (00:29:25)
24th Sep 2024
Good Times (1974)
J.J. Becomes a Man: Part 2 - S2-E3
Visible crew/equipment: While J.J. is in the police station cell with the mean prisoner who had beaten up five guys, J.J. quips, "A hundred prisoners in the jail, and I got to be in a cell with George Foreman." Then, in the next shot, the boom mic dips into view at the top right side of the screen. (00:12:25)
29th Mar 2015
Farscape (1999)
Continuity mistake: After Aeryn uses up D'Argo's Qualta blade on the Scarran who's after John and D'Argo, John grabs a huge icicle and plunges it into Plonek's chest with his right hand, but in the close-up John's using his left hand, then in the next shot the icicle's back in his right hand.
18th Apr 2015
Farscape (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: After Chiana and Jothee lie to Rygel about a pot that exploded which caused the mess, it cuts to the room where Scorpius and his men are holed up while looking at a hologram map of the clinic, and in the first shot facing Grunchlk and Kobrin the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen.
15th Mar 2020
Good Times (1974)
J.J. Becomes a Man: Part 2 - S2-E3
Visible crew/equipment: At the police station, when Florida is begging James to borrow money from the loan shark, she and James stand up; Florida is on the left, James the right. At the top of Florida's head behind her, you can see the microphone dip into view overhead, and it moves quickly out of the frame. Then it's visible again as Florida and James walk toward the loan shark. (00:18:00 - 00:33:00)
8th May 2009
Spaceballs (1987)
Character mistake: During the scene in the diner, there is a sign that reads "EMPLOYEE'S ONLY." There shouldn't be an apostrophe.
22nd Sep 2024
Doug (1991)
Doug Gets His Ears Lowered / Doug On The Wild Side - S1-E8
Other mistake: Doug Gets His Ears Lowered: Doug tells Porkchop about his old barber, Big Al. In the flashback, Big Al wears a smock with his name patch and a pocket containing scissors, but the problem is Al's reflection is not reversed in the mirror. (00:01:50)
22nd Sep 2024
Frequency (2000)
Visible crew/equipment: When 1969 Frank overhears 1999 Shepard on the ham radio telling John, "Time to die, Sullivan," in two following shots of the same angle the actor's white T-mark is visible on the rug, between 1969 Shepard's feet. First, we see it just as Julia leaps onto Shepard, and then after Frank shouts for Johnny to run, we see it again just as Johnny runs toward the camera (before Shepard's hand is blown off). (01:49:35)
22nd Sep 2024
Frequency (2000)
Visible crew/equipment: After Jules tells Frank to give the radio a rest, Frank heads upstairs to Johnny at his bedtime. It then intercuts between 1969 Frank and adult John simultaneously singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," and just as Frank sings, "Cause it's root, root, root for the home team," a crew member's hand appears between the bed and dresser in order to settle the rambunctious pup, Elvis. (00:21:35)
22nd Sep 2024
Frequency (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Shepard pulls Johnny down the stairs, then seizes the boy menacingly, Frank points a shotgun at Shepard and tells him to let Johnny go. In the three close-ups of Frank, note the handcuff around his wrist. When Shepard tells Frank that he'll snap Johnny's neck, in the next medium shot facing Frank, the handcuff is around his wrist the opposite way, and then it reverts back to the original way. (01:48:55)
21st Sep 2024
Doug (1991)
Doug En Vogue / Doug's Mail Order Mania - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Doug En Vogue: While Doug is at the store, he tries to attain a new original look for himself. When he's looking at his reflection dressed as a rapper, the necklace with the word "RAP" is not a reversed image, but a moment later Doug's reflection is properly backwards as it should be. (00:07:55)
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