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What are the most obvious blunders in films you've seen lately? I remember seeing a 8 page thing in Empire about it a couple of years back and it shown a shot of Gladiator with tractor tracks in the fields.:clap:
I never really notice blunders in movies. I'm never sure if they are a hoax most of the time as I have never noticed the apparently 'famous' car spotting scene in Ben Hur and there were apparently loads in lord of the rings.
Oh, come to think of it, I did spot the one in LotR where the Uruk Hai lifts his head as Aragorn is running over to Boromir as he lies on the floor.
I think thats the only one I remember
Gladiator has several
Scene where the the houses in the back gorund have double glazing. One of the crew wearing jeans and t shirt during a fight and the gas cylinder used to turn over the chariots
First knight (I think) has the lead riding across a field with telegraph poles
i never see them, possibly because im watching the movie, not looking for mistakes in it.
I remember seeing a microphone hanging over the side of a wall in American Pie.
My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
Loads more listed here for those who don't know the site:
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/top.php
Originally posted by tk421138
My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
Loads more listed here for those who don't know the site:
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/top.php
I've never been convinced that that was a blooper because it's so obvious and there is a dialogue reaction to it. (Of course I acknowledge that it could have been an attempt to cover it up in post production.)
The only one I've ever noticed without reading about it was the dent on C3-PO's head flipping from side to side in the Death Star battle sequence.
A.
Originally posted by tk421138
My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
My dad used to work with the son of the actor who played that very Stormtrooper. Hows that for a tenuous connection, eh?
Originally posted by Dr Derek Doctors
... the actor who played that very Stormtrooper.Who is also the milkman on Eastenders.
"EastEnders actor keeps afloat" (http://www.thisisbrighton.co.uk/brighton__hove/archive/2001/11/16/NEWS350ZM.html)
I think it's the right man.
There was a mini driving across screen in Ben Hur and nobody noticed untill it hit the cinema's. i know mini's are small, but i think id notice one :confused:
Most recent one for me was in Die Another Day, when Halle Berry walks out of the sea she is dripping wet, next shot about 2 seconds later she is as dry as a bone :lol:
That's cos all the blokes letching at her is causing such heat that all the water evaporates instantly. :norty:
The magazine DVD Monthly has a regular feature revealing some mistakes - mainly continuity errors - in films.
It's funny how you don't often notice these blunders until they're pointed out, then you can't see how you ever missed some of them...
The only one I've ever noticed was in See No Evil, Hear No Evil where Gene Wilder gets his hands cuffed behind his back - in the following scene where Richard Pryor cuts them off with an axe his hands are cuffed in front of his body not behind.
Unless they are glaringly ovbious like a big boom mic coming into shot or a bad continuity thing I never notice them either.
I remember Gone in 60 Seconds (remake) was particularly bad for continuety though, I remember noticing that after Cage rips the wing mirror off it reappears later during the car chase.
Gary A
I remember the scene in Stand By Me just after the 1st train dodge - you can see the radio mic trailing behind Vern's (Jerry O'Connell) left leg as he steps over the train tracks. It's mentioned in the commentary.
I've watched this movie at least 9 times over the years and only noticed the mistake last week.
Originally posted by Dr Derek Doctors
My dad used to work with the son of the actor who played that very Stormtrooper. Hows that for a tenuous connection, eh?
tell jim hes a dufus.
I still love the one in my favourite movie Blade Runner, when Harrison Ford is 'lifting air'. I watched the movie 40 times and never noticed it until it was pointed out to me..its the scene where he's at the table facing Sean Young in Tyrells and Tyrell is standing beside him. Its a long shot, the VK machine is already on the table, then Harrison 'mimes' lifting the machine onto the table, effectively lifting nothing. Ridley must have shot it for a different angle but left that shot in the movie.
In Angel Heart Mickey Rourkes glasses appear and disappear off his face depending on the camera angle at one point in the movie..
I noticed over Christmas there's a blunders in movies show on T.V. Think it was channel 5 (or UKTits and Nazi's as it's now known.)
Reservoir Dogs - When the boss is giving out the names, u can see the microphone shadow on the wall in the background..
Ronin...the Audi gets bashed in the front and is perfect in the next scene.
The one that always makes me smile is the actual poster for 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' with Helena Bonham Carter. The original UK poster had a scene of Bonham Carter in front of some kind of waterway (I think it was Venice). In the background is clearly visible a top-of-the-range speedboat - not bad for a scene supposedly set in the 1930s. :dork:
Pulp Fiction - Jack Rt Slim's - Mia Wallace's cigarette leaping from hand to hand every time the POV changes :nuts:
Drew Barrymore's amazing regenerating burger in <i>E.T.</i>
There are at least fifty in Jurassic Park - I remember seeing a site about it. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit!
Here ye go! (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/goofs/jurassic.htm)
Originally posted by Pike Bishop
Most recent one for me was in Die Another Day, when Halle Berry walks out of the sea she is dripping wet, next shot about 2 seconds later she is as dry as a bone :lol:
funny you mention that one cos I was really looking fwd to when she turned round and there she was bone dry :mad:
I've a mate who can spot almost every mistake, it would totally spoil the movie for me as I prefer just to enjoy the movie!
Originally posted by raymondlin
What are the most obvious blunders in films you've seen lately? I remember seeing a 8 page thing in Empire about it a couple of years back and it shown a shot of Gladiator with tractor tracks in the fields.:clap:
Get over it, its a film no-ones perfect....
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/
Jesus.. how anal is this site?!! Written by geeks with way too much time on their hands. I don't mind genuine movie mistakes but.. In Goldmember "During the fight scene between Austin and Mini-me, M-m is thrown against the mini bar fridge. You can clearly see the glitch in editing when Mini-me replaces the mannequin that hit the ground"
Uugh.. WHATEVER!!
In 1 Million Years BC, you see vapor trails in the sky!
And there are so many in T2.
Originally posted by floyd
Jesus.. how anal is this site?!!
Very. From T2
In the scene where John is on his bike and is being chased by T-1000 in the semi, if you listen very closely that bike has over 15 gears. :dork:
Originally posted by Paul Bennison
The one that always makes me smile is the actual poster for 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' with Helena Bonham Carter. The original UK poster had a scene of Bonham Carter in front of some kind of waterway (I think it was Venice). In the background is clearly visible a top-of-the-range speedboat - not bad for a scene supposedly set in the 1930s. :dork:
Surely you mean "The Wings Of The Dove" .... how ironic ;)
theres is a classic in Rocky 4 that once you spot it you cant believe you missed it all these years!
when apollo fights drago, before the fight in his corner he is wearing gloves, then next shot he is pointing his finger, then next shot back to wearing gloves!
there is also commando, when they crash sollys car, it is scratched down one side , then seconds later it is spotless
Most obvious one Ive noticed in a film, is in Predator, when Carl Weathers arm is blown off, but in the next bit when hes shooting the machine gun, you can see him trying to hold it behind his back.
Originally posted by Michael Sullivan
There are at least fifty in Jurassic Park - I remember seeing a site about it. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit!
Here ye go! (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/goofs/jurassic.htm) The most obvious is the T-Rex enclosure, which is level with the road during the day and when the T-Rex appears, but magically turns into a 100ft drop when the car goes over the edge.
Originally posted by Dan Druff
I still love the one in my favourite movie Blade Runner,
Or the disembodied hand on Rutger Hauers shoulder when he's supposedly alone in the phone box.
Originally posted by RDNZL
Surely you mean "The Wings Of The Dove" .... how ironic ;) You're bloomin' right you know. That's why I couldn't find an image of the poster. *goes to have a lie down* :thumbs:
Here's one I read in a newspaper, in Die another day hiding behind his invisible car somehow makes Bond invisible to the bad guys as well.
Originally posted by RT
Or the disembodied hand on Rutger Hauers shoulder when he's supposedly alone in the phone box.
Yes..thats a reversed moment from later on in the movie when he goes to meet his 'father'..it's Tyrells hand. :)
Dog drowning ants in the carnival chase scene in Thunderball.
:lol:
In Die Hard With A Vengeance when John Maclane turns his steering wheel left to go into the park when driving the cab, the cab turns right.
Originally posted by saminwigton
In Die Hard With A Vengeance when John Maclane turns his steering wheel left to go into the park when driving the cab, the cab turns right.
That's because the truck's a left hand drive :D
and i suspect a significant proportion of all those anal 'mistakes' have been mistakenly identified themselves.
the only one I've ever noticed fully was in Havard Man, where two people walk out a door. Go to a different camera on the other side of the door, and the characters walk out in the wrong order.
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Originally posted by KAC
Here's one I read in a newspaper, in Die another day hiding behind his invisible car somehow makes Bond invisible to the bad guys as well.
Well he is behind it
Dumb and Dumber:
When harry is carpping him self on the video version you can clearly see the dolly rail for the camera.
Well he is behind it
behind it on the outside? in which case he should be projected through to the other side, or inside it? in which case he would be invisible.
I tend not to notice these sort of bloopers, I'm too busy suspending my disbelief ;)
Originally posted by sigur
Well he is behind it
Q walks behind the car:
http://www.kt.eclipse.co.uk/Pics/bond.jpg
Originally posted by Hex
Well he is behind it
behind it on the outside? in which case he should be projected through to the other side, or inside it? in which case he would be invisible.
I thought Q's description was centred around cameras on the outside of the car? Therefore if you are on the wrong side yoy wont be seen
The cameras are supposed to pick up what's on one side (or end) of the car and project it onto the other.
The cameras at the rear of the car have captured Q's leg and it's being projected over the front of the car in the pic.
Jees I never knew that there was so many mistakes in films. I mean 179 mistakes in the Matrix. I must be blind. ;)
Originally posted by GAmbrose
I remember Gone in 60 Seconds (remake) was particularly bad for continuety though, I remember noticing that after Cage rips the wing mirror off it reappears later during the car chase.
Gary A
I don't normally notice but that one I did...to be honest though I normally notice the stretches of imagination or downright wrongness that some films have.
Like PC's running Mac OS's or the classic picture zooming to amazing clarity cockups.
kinda related but if an advert has an obvious lie in it, like the Sony minidisk advert, the progress bar goes 10x faster than it actually does in real life...isn't this false advertising and therefore wrong???
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I never really notice blunders in movies. I'm never sure if they are a hoax most of the time as I have never noticed the apparently 'famous' car spotting scene in Ben Hur and there were apparently loads in lord of the rings.
Oh, come to think of it, I did spot the one in LotR where the Uruk Hai lifts his head as Aragorn is running over to Boromir as he lies on the floor.
I think thats the only one I remember
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Gladiator has several
Scene where the the houses in the back gorund have double glazing. One of the crew wearing jeans and t shirt during a fight and the gas cylinder used to turn over the chariots
First knight (I think) has the lead riding across a field with telegraph poles
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i never see them, possibly because im watching the movie, not looking for mistakes in it.
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I remember seeing a microphone hanging over the side of a wall in American Pie.
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My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
Loads more listed here for those who don't know the site:
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/top.php
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Originally posted by tk421138
My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
Loads more listed here for those who don't know the site:
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/top.php
I've never been convinced that that was a blooper because it's so obvious and there is a dialogue reaction to it. (Of course I acknowledge that it could have been an attempt to cover it up in post production.)
The only one I've ever noticed without reading about it was the dent on C3-PO's head flipping from side to side in the Death Star battle sequence.
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Originally posted by tk421138
My favourite has to be the Stormtrooper hitting his head on the door in Star Wars.
My dad used to work with the son of the actor who played that very Stormtrooper. Hows that for a tenuous connection, eh?
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Originally posted by Dr Derek Doctors
... the actor who played that very Stormtrooper.Who is also the milkman on Eastenders.
"EastEnders actor keeps afloat" (http://www.thisisbrighton.co.uk/brighton__hove/archive/2001/11/16/NEWS350ZM.html)
I think it's the right man.
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There was a mini driving across screen in Ben Hur and nobody noticed untill it hit the cinema's. i know mini's are small, but i think id notice one :confused:
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Most recent one for me was in Die Another Day, when Halle Berry walks out of the sea she is dripping wet, next shot about 2 seconds later she is as dry as a bone :lol:
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That's cos all the blokes letching at her is causing such heat that all the water evaporates instantly. :norty:
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The magazine DVD Monthly has a regular feature revealing some mistakes - mainly continuity errors - in films.
It's funny how you don't often notice these blunders until they're pointed out, then you can't see how you ever missed some of them...
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The only one I've ever noticed was in See No Evil, Hear No Evil where Gene Wilder gets his hands cuffed behind his back - in the following scene where Richard Pryor cuts them off with an axe his hands are cuffed in front of his body not behind.
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Unless they are glaringly ovbious like a big boom mic coming into shot or a bad continuity thing I never notice them either.
I remember Gone in 60 Seconds (remake) was particularly bad for continuety though, I remember noticing that after Cage rips the wing mirror off it reappears later during the car chase.
Gary A
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I remember the scene in Stand By Me just after the 1st train dodge - you can see the radio mic trailing behind Vern's (Jerry O'Connell) left leg as he steps over the train tracks. It's mentioned in the commentary.
I've watched this movie at least 9 times over the years and only noticed the mistake last week.
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Originally posted by Dr Derek Doctors
My dad used to work with the son of the actor who played that very Stormtrooper. Hows that for a tenuous connection, eh?
tell jim hes a dufus.
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I still love the one in my favourite movie Blade Runner, when Harrison Ford is 'lifting air'. I watched the movie 40 times and never noticed it until it was pointed out to me..its the scene where he's at the table facing Sean Young in Tyrells and Tyrell is standing beside him. Its a long shot, the VK machine is already on the table, then Harrison 'mimes' lifting the machine onto the table, effectively lifting nothing. Ridley must have shot it for a different angle but left that shot in the movie.
In Angel Heart Mickey Rourkes glasses appear and disappear off his face depending on the camera angle at one point in the movie..
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I noticed over Christmas there's a blunders in movies show on T.V. Think it was channel 5 (or UKTits and Nazi's as it's now known.)
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Reservoir Dogs - When the boss is giving out the names, u can see the microphone shadow on the wall in the background..
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Ronin...the Audi gets bashed in the front and is perfect in the next scene.
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The one that always makes me smile is the actual poster for 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' with Helena Bonham Carter. The original UK poster had a scene of Bonham Carter in front of some kind of waterway (I think it was Venice). In the background is clearly visible a top-of-the-range speedboat - not bad for a scene supposedly set in the 1930s. :dork:
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Pulp Fiction - Jack Rt Slim's - Mia Wallace's cigarette leaping from hand to hand every time the POV changes :nuts:
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Drew Barrymore's amazing regenerating burger in <i>E.T.</i>
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There are at least fifty in Jurassic Park - I remember seeing a site about it. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit!
Here ye go! (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/goofs/jurassic.htm)
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Originally posted by Pike Bishop
Most recent one for me was in Die Another Day, when Halle Berry walks out of the sea she is dripping wet, next shot about 2 seconds later she is as dry as a bone :lol:
funny you mention that one cos I was really looking fwd to when she turned round and there she was bone dry :mad:
I've a mate who can spot almost every mistake, it would totally spoil the movie for me as I prefer just to enjoy the movie!
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Originally posted by raymondlin
What are the most obvious blunders in films you've seen lately? I remember seeing a 8 page thing in Empire about it a couple of years back and it shown a shot of Gladiator with tractor tracks in the fields.:clap:
Get over it, its a film no-ones perfect....
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http://www.movie-mistakes.com/
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Jesus.. how anal is this site?!! Written by geeks with way too much time on their hands. I don't mind genuine movie mistakes but.. In Goldmember "During the fight scene between Austin and Mini-me, M-m is thrown against the mini bar fridge. You can clearly see the glitch in editing when Mini-me replaces the mannequin that hit the ground"
Uugh.. WHATEVER!!
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In 1 Million Years BC, you see vapor trails in the sky!
And there are so many in T2.
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Originally posted by floyd
Jesus.. how anal is this site?!!
Very. From T2
In the scene where John is on his bike and is being chased by T-1000 in the semi, if you listen very closely that bike has over 15 gears. :dork:
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Originally posted by Paul Bennison
The one that always makes me smile is the actual poster for 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' with Helena Bonham Carter. The original UK poster had a scene of Bonham Carter in front of some kind of waterway (I think it was Venice). In the background is clearly visible a top-of-the-range speedboat - not bad for a scene supposedly set in the 1930s. :dork:
Surely you mean "The Wings Of The Dove" .... how ironic ;)
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theres is a classic in Rocky 4 that once you spot it you cant believe you missed it all these years!
when apollo fights drago, before the fight in his corner he is wearing gloves, then next shot he is pointing his finger, then next shot back to wearing gloves!
there is also commando, when they crash sollys car, it is scratched down one side , then seconds later it is spotless
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Most obvious one Ive noticed in a film, is in Predator, when Carl Weathers arm is blown off, but in the next bit when hes shooting the machine gun, you can see him trying to hold it behind his back.
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Originally posted by Michael Sullivan
There are at least fifty in Jurassic Park - I remember seeing a site about it. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit!
Here ye go! (http://www.dlc.fi/~frog/goofs/jurassic.htm) The most obvious is the T-Rex enclosure, which is level with the road during the day and when the T-Rex appears, but magically turns into a 100ft drop when the car goes over the edge.
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Originally posted by Dan Druff
I still love the one in my favourite movie Blade Runner,
Or the disembodied hand on Rutger Hauers shoulder when he's supposedly alone in the phone box.
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Originally posted by RDNZL
Surely you mean "The Wings Of The Dove" .... how ironic ;) You're bloomin' right you know. That's why I couldn't find an image of the poster. *goes to have a lie down* :thumbs:
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Here's one I read in a newspaper, in Die another day hiding behind his invisible car somehow makes Bond invisible to the bad guys as well.
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Originally posted by RT
Or the disembodied hand on Rutger Hauers shoulder when he's supposedly alone in the phone box.
Yes..thats a reversed moment from later on in the movie when he goes to meet his 'father'..it's Tyrells hand. :)
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Dog drowning ants in the carnival chase scene in Thunderball.
:lol:
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In Die Hard With A Vengeance when John Maclane turns his steering wheel left to go into the park when driving the cab, the cab turns right.
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Originally posted by saminwigton
In Die Hard With A Vengeance when John Maclane turns his steering wheel left to go into the park when driving the cab, the cab turns right.
That's because the truck's a left hand drive :D
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and i suspect a significant proportion of all those anal 'mistakes' have been mistakenly identified themselves.
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the only one I've ever noticed fully was in Havard Man, where two people walk out a door. Go to a different camera on the other side of the door, and the characters walk out in the wrong order.
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Originally posted by KAC
Here's one I read in a newspaper, in Die another day hiding behind his invisible car somehow makes Bond invisible to the bad guys as well.
Well he is behind it
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Dumb and Dumber:
When harry is carpping him self on the video version you can clearly see the dolly rail for the camera.
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Well he is behind it
behind it on the outside? in which case he should be projected through to the other side, or inside it? in which case he would be invisible.
I tend not to notice these sort of bloopers, I'm too busy suspending my disbelief ;)
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Originally posted by sigur
Well he is behind it
Q walks behind the car:
http://www.kt.eclipse.co.uk/Pics/bond.jpg
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Originally posted by Hex
Well he is behind it
behind it on the outside? in which case he should be projected through to the other side, or inside it? in which case he would be invisible.
I thought Q's description was centred around cameras on the outside of the car? Therefore if you are on the wrong side yoy wont be seen
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The cameras are supposed to pick up what's on one side (or end) of the car and project it onto the other.
The cameras at the rear of the car have captured Q's leg and it's being projected over the front of the car in the pic.
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Jees I never knew that there was so many mistakes in films. I mean 179 mistakes in the Matrix. I must be blind. ;)
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Originally posted by GAmbrose
I remember Gone in 60 Seconds (remake) was particularly bad for continuety though, I remember noticing that after Cage rips the wing mirror off it reappears later during the car chase.
Gary A
I don't normally notice but that one I did...to be honest though I normally notice the stretches of imagination or downright wrongness that some films have.
Like PC's running Mac OS's or the classic picture zooming to amazing clarity cockups.
kinda related but if an advert has an obvious lie in it, like the Sony minidisk advert, the progress bar goes 10x faster than it actually does in real life...isn't this false advertising and therefore wrong???
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