Inconsistencies or plot holes in films

[matticus]

The bit in bold i actually read with that stuttering "acting style" of shatner where you put the emphasis in strange places. You see I can't act neither! But I can at least "sing" as well as Shatner.

... whilst I couldn't help reading this bold bit in a Welsh accent. (I've just come off the phone to a colleague in Newport, so I think the accent was pretty good if I do say so myself).

Just me? ...

 

[captain nemo1701]

As mentioned a couple of months ago.

In Gerry Andersons UFO, SHADO is top secret....which is why the mobiles have 'SHADO' written on them

 

[Dogtrousers]

In Gerry Andersons UFO, SHADO is top secret....which is why the mobiles have 'SHADO' written on them

I loved UFO when I was a kid. I remember I was in hospital for a week and from somewhere or other I had a load of UFO annuals to read.

 

[Chris S]

Here's a few more from 'This Town'.

1) A lot of outdoor shots show LED street lighting. It hadn't been invented in 1981.

2) Virgil has been in the army for three years and is already a sergeant. He'd have been lucky to have made Lance Corporal (the lowest NCO rank) in that time.

3) Bardon and his father kidnap the man who burgled his mother's flat. She was unconscious throughout the robbery. How did she know who had done it?

There is also a panoramic shot of Birmingham that shows the new Bull Ring center instead of the 1960's monstrosity, the Rotunda with full length windows instead of its half length originals and a huge patch of land cleared for HS2.

 

[Drago]

Coventry is part of the West Midlands county and has been since its creation in 1974

I'm pretty sure Cov pre dates 1974 by some margin. The Nazzies weren't flying bombing raids by the seventies.

 

[Drago]

2) Virgil has been in the army for three years and is already a sergeant. He'd have been lucky to have made Lance Corporal (the lowest NCO rank) in that time.

More likely back then as there was no junior NCO command course for lance corporal or corporal like today, or senior NCO command course for sergeants, so progression could be a little more compressed. Even so, three years would indeed be going some outside of wartime.

I was in four years and was only given my first tape close to the end.

 

[Chris S]

Braveheart shows Scots wearing kilts in the 13th century. However they didn't start wearing them until the 16th century.

Mel Gibson also paints his face blue and white, the colours of the modern Scottish flag. It's first recorded use was also in the 16th century.

 

[stephec]

Next you'll be saying he's not even Scottish.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Wallace - from De Walys, the Welshman

 

[Chris S]

Wallace - from De Walys, the Welshman

That may actually be true. 'Wylisc' was an Old English term meaning 'foreigner' or 'Welsh'.

 

[matticus]

Next you'll be saying he's not even Scottish.

He clearly was. He spoke English with a very clear Scottish accent - are you deaf?!?

 

[Hover Fly]

More likely back then as there was no junior NCO command course for lance corporal or corporal like today, or senior NCO command course for sergeants, so progression could be a little more compressed. Even so, three years would indeed be going some outside of wartime.

I was in four years and was only given my first tape close to the end.

Father’s uncle was a sergeant by 19 (1930s)

 

[stephec]

He clearly was. He spoke English with a very clear Scottish accent - are you deaf?!?

I'm sure he was just putting it on.

 

[Chris S]

 

[classic33]

In Die Hard II when John McClane calls Holly early in the movie, the payphone is branded "Pacific Bell" but Washington Dulles was covered by Bell Atlantic.