Goofs
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Character error (1) |
Continuity (2) |
Factual errors (1) |
Incorrectly regarded as goofs (1) |
Revealing mistakes (2) |
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Character error
When Charlie is describing the civilizations that provided the clues and star maps leading them to the distant moon, he explains that these civilizations were all separated by centuries and had no contact. In this list he includes Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians (among others). The Babylonian Empire rose out of the city-states of the Sumerians, borrowing heavily from their language, culture, and religions. It is also well known that the people of Sumer/Babylon had much contact with the ancient Egyptians via trade and war.
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Continuity
When Meredith Vickers finishes her push-ups, just after 'waking up', she is wearing cloth around her chest. After the shot where she puts on her bathrobe, she wears no cloth under the robe.
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When the surgical claw is lowering into Elizabeth Shaw's belly to remove the life form, it is expanding as it lowers. However, when it reaches her abdomen, it is once again closed all the way.
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Factual errors
The CO2 concentration of 3% is still not the lethal for the human being. Only after 7% the suffocation and unconsciousness begin.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs
When Vickers asks David how long they've been in hyper sleep, he replies, "2 years, 4 months, 18 days, 36 hours, 15 minutes." It is unclear why a day would be longer than the standard 24 hours, or why he wouldn't have said, "19 days, 12 hours." However, as this film is science fiction, this is not necessarily a goof and may have been deliberately done by the filmmakers.
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Revealing mistakes
All EKG monitors of the expedition party's HUD shows the same heartbeat pattern and rate regardless of individual or stress.
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Just before Dr Holloway points out the area to land, he unstraps himself from his chair. While leaving the chair he bumps it and you can clearly see the chair is loose on the floor.
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Spoilers
Continuity
When Vickers is standing and facing Weyland while she talks to him about why he made the journey, her hands change position several times. In one shot, they are in front of her while in the next shot, they are behind her.Share this
Revealing mistakes
The film is flipped when Shaw picks up David's head to place into a bag. This can be most clearly seen by Shaw's camera on her left shoulder changing to her right shoulder.Share this
