Factual error: The real bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto only takes about 2 hours, rather than all night like the movie depicts.
Sanguis
9th Oct 2022
Bullet Train (2022)
2nd Apr 2019
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Factual error: When Elastigirl receives her new bike she discovers it's electric. Later, when she is rescuing the train, the bike hits a mountain and is destroyed in a fireball. What is making the fireball? It's electric so there is no gasoline/diesel to make a fireball, and a lithium explosion doesn't look like that. (00:33:30)
29th Dec 2011
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jadzia and Melora are in the runabout talking about relationships, Jadzia mentions having to go back 150 years for a Starfleet relationship; when it cuts to Melora the boom mic can be seen coming in through the front window. (00:23:05)
11th Jul 2010
Watchmen (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Veidt is explaining how he offed the Comedian and killed the fake assassin, Rorschach launches an attack behind him which Veidt blocks, the shot changes in an instant cut and Veidt is now facing Rorschach. (03:00:35)
4th Mar 2010
Watchmen (2009)
18th Jan 2010
Thundercats (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Lion-O lands after falling down the crevice after encountering the 3-Eyed monster the ThunderCat Logo on his is a red Lion on a black background, in all other shots it's a black lion on a red background. (00:07:30)
18th Jan 2010
Frasier (1993)
Sleeping with the Enemy - S3-E6
Character mistake: Noel Shempsky (the supposed Star Trek Nerd) attributes the quote "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one" to James T. Kirk, when it was Spock who said it. (00:03:50)
16th Dec 2009
9 (2009)
Other mistake: When 1 strikes off 2 (I think) from the calendar we can see that 1 is Wednesday, 2 is Thursday, 3 is Friday and that 4 is Saturday but 5 is Monday; meaning that Sunday has no date.
9th Nov 2009
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Question: When they settle on New Caprica, is (roughly) 49,000 people sufficiently genetically diverse enough to ensure survival or would the colony start to run into trouble after a few generations?
Chosen answer: 100 breeding couples would be plenty with genetic screening, which Colonial tech seems easily capable of. 50,000 would be more than sufficient even with old-fashioned random pairings.
1st Oct 2009
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Continuity mistake: When the Planet Express ship bursts into the explosion ceremony Bender is wearing a Feministas mask. When the No.9 Man talks to the encyclopod he is no longer wearing it, it reappears when the encyclopod flies off and Zapp Brannigan tries to arrest them. (01:25:00)
18th Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Fry and Lucy Liu-bot are in Dinkin Donuts, Fry has a jam doughnut with a bite taken out of it. Fry and Lucy Liu-bot talk and Lucy Liu-bot explains about her personality and it cuts back to Fry, who has a complete jam doughnut and takes a bite out of it. (00:08:00)
13th Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
Factual error: When Bender is dipped in the baptismal oil the oil level in the barrel doesn't change; which it should because of the Archimedes Principle. (00:10:20)
9th Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
I, Roommate - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When the TV first loses transmission and fills with static Fry taps it and it tunes back in, he then does his Fonz impression facing the sofa, it then cuts and he's facing the TV. (00:12:45)
9th Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Fry is trapped in the Cryo-Tube we see the buildings being destroyed and rebuilt, the final city is rebuilt, Fry unfreezes and steps out of the Cryo-Tube and the buildings out the window are completely different. (00:02:30)
9th Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
I, Roommate - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Fry uses the ship engines to dry his hair, the Planet Express ship has rotated 90 degrees from the previous shots. (00:01:45)
6th Sep 2009
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Trivia: When Zapp Brannigan tells Leela to surrender by waving her shirt in the air, there is a shot of Leela pulling her shirt off whilst the camera pans up and we see a shot of her breasts for a few frames. Confirmed on the Audio Commentary. However neither of her breasts have nipples; possibly as a result of her being a mutant. (00:59:00)
3rd Sep 2009
Futurama (1999)
Anthology of Interest I - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: When Fry asks the Professor his 'What if?' question there are two shots from behind showing Scruffy and one shot in front. From behind, Scruffy has a brown moustache and a grey hat, but from the front he has his usual grey moustache and brown hat. (00:14:20)
3rd Sep 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Revealing mistake: When The Joker destroys the hospital the windows on the second and third story don't reflect anything. This is because the day before shooting at the abandoned building vandals broke in and destroyed the windows, meaning they needed to be replaced by CGI. Confirmed in the "Making of". (01:52:35)
24th Aug 2009
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)
Continuity mistake: Gromit uses the handbrake to let the ship take off, but when travelling between the Earth and the Moon there is a shot of the control console and the handbrake has disappeared.
24th Aug 2009
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Wallace races out to get the crackers Gromit is seen spinning in his chair, to the right of the screen is the handbrake in the down position. When the ship blasts off Gromit realises he's left it on and puts it from the up position to the down position. (00:08:30 - 00:09:20)
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Chosen answer: He does, in fact, go around snooping around crime scenes. In the comic, he says "Investigated routine homicide. Found costume in Blake's wardrobe. Seems he was the Comedian."
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