Transformers mistakes..

[trashcollector]

When Michaela ditches Sam to fix his car by himself after he asks her why she hangs out with Trent, both of the doors and the hood were open. But when Sam succeeds in starting the car back up, the door that Michaela left open was closed. Did anybody catch that?

[uraydo]

When Michaela ditches Sam to fix his car by himself after he asks her why she hangs out with Trent, both of the doors and the hood were open. But when Sam succeeds in starting the car back up, the door that Michaela left open was closed. Did anybody catch that?

Bumblebee shut it.

[Bumblebee1983]

I actually caught a lot, but the one thing that bugs me:

Is Archibald Witwicky Sam's grandfather or great-grandfather? I'm thinking great-grandfather because that's what he first refers to him as, but then when OP mentions Archibald in the alley, Sam says "My grandfather."

*shakes head*

That just bugs me, I don't know why.

And where in the heck was Jazz at the beginning of the scene in Sam's backyard? He disappeared, then reappeared. Weird.

[Mech_1000]

When Sam was at school leaving class--his teacher said there might be a pop quiz tomorrow. They forgot about his school obligations

"Ok your out of jail, take the rest of the day off and think about what you've done."
....
"Ok your out of jail now get your *** to school and we will deal with this afterwards."

[autobot2007]

editing aside, Id like to inform of some things that could of been better in my view... after watching TF a few times.


1. Frenzy walking off the aircraft without being spotted was kind of dont know, could of been directed better..

2. Bumblebee leaving barricade after the battle? someone would notice a robot mustang, this could be explained by sec7 getting rid of it i guess

3. action man commando taking the bike down and sliding to knock blackout to the ground without any injury? They should of let the humans use a construction crane or whatever to knock him out or let the dude run under and do a luke skywalker, throw a thermal detonator at blackout while navigating through with the bike, to get up from that without your skin tearing off is a bit miraculous

4. Brute force attack mentioned by the hacker? breaking in would not be so simple as a supercomputer with brute force, brute force is quite a primitive tool. I'd say NSA systems would only grant 3 passwords anyway before being locked out, and along with that some form of hardware authentication. thumbprint /retina scanning security authentication. Ive worked in high security areas before your not going to even be able to run a tool to hack the network, should of left no mention of that, in my view. But I guess we get the point,

all in all film is good compared to other new films and does stand out more then the crap out there, Bay was a match for this project, The music works well, using the similar composing from The Rock? Hans Zimmer or Steve Jablonsky, awesome for soundtracks. I know bay is known as a popcorn director from some, but he can improve in my opinion, the film is good, just giving constructive criticism of things that can be improved.

[Double]

Something I noticed, that's not so much a mistake, it just doesn't make sense, is when Archibald Discovers Megatron in the ice, Megatron's Wrist is on fire. Doesn't really make sense since he crashed there 10,000 years ago.

[Double]

Here is another mistake, when Sam was in the room looking for the glasses, the power was supposed to be out because rachet knocked out the cable in the neighborhood, but when the parents are in his room and the father looks outside and the autobots hide, all the lights for the house is on, even the hanging china balls! It was magic!

If you listen closely you can hear Sam's Mom say "Hey, the lights are back on"

[Shadow]

Whats funny is when they scramble the f-22 Raptors at the end they show two f-16's taking off instead. WTF*&%^#????? Big screw up right there!

Also, why didnt they use f-35 lightning? Those bad bitches bury the f-22 in EVERY way!!!

F-35 Lightning II:-

(1) Clear Superiority in A2A missions over all existing fighter aircrafts.
(2) Ultimate penetration strike capability.
(3) Better range than the F-22.
(4) Good payload and bomb trucking ability when stealth is not needed.
(5) Best overall sensor and networking package than any fighter including the F-22.
(6) Most advanced next generation pilot interface and situational awareness aids in the world.
(7) $45~60 million unit cost.
(8 ) Lower maintenance and logistics footprint than ALL existing fighter aircrafts.

F-22 Raptor:-

(1) Absolute Dominance in A2A missions over all existing fighter aircrafts.
(2) Limited penetration strike capability.
(3) Worse range than the F-35.
(4) Similar payloads, but more limited ordnance selection in bomb trucking missions.
(5) Larger aperture radar than the F-35 with adequate supporting sensors and networking package.
(6) Current generation pilot interface and situational awareness aids.
(7) $120~330 million unit cost
(8 ) Reasonable maintenance and logistics foot print for a stealth aircraft.

I would say the only reason they didnt use the F-35 is because there arnt any out yet. At least any that the military is going to let anyone get close to just yet. Besides if Bay can use the F-35 in any way in TF2 that would be a good idea for Jetfire. That would be the only other Fighter that could keep up with the F-22(Starscream) next to another F-22 that is.

[autobot2007]

Thought it would be interesting to post.

• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sam says his Great-great-grandfather made his expedition in 1897. However, when Frenzy finds the article about the expedition on Air Force One, the newspaper article had a date of 1895.
• Factual errors: Glenn Morshower's character is referred to in the closing credits as 'SOCCENT Sergeant'. However, when we actually see him (in the film's opening scenes), he is clearly a Colonel: he wears the rank insignia of a Colonel, and is referred to as Colonel by his subordinates.
• Continuity: In the beginning of the film when Captain Lennox is talking with his wife over the computer, the exact type of computer changes between shots.

• Continuity: When Sam is running from Barricade and hits Mikaela who is riding a moped they fall on the ground and the moped is clearly visible laying next to them on the ground. In the next shot they zoom out and the moped is nowhere to be seen.
• Miscellaneous: When the helicopter 4500X is contacted by the military it is told to "squawk, ident and proceed..." though no squawk number is assigned. With civilian aircraft a squawk command is normally followed by a 4 digit transponder number assigned by air traffic control to uniquely identify the aircraft on radar.
• Crew or equipment visible: When Sam is running away from his car on the girl's bike and hits the broken sidewalk you can clearly see his double is the one that actually falls over the front of the bike.
• Continuity: When Optimus Prime and Bonecrusher are fighting, they fall from a bridge onto a highway. A car with a mother and child swerves in order to avoid hitting the Transformers, and ends up at an angle, so that in order for the mother and son to see the Transformers they would have to look out of the passenger window. After the cut scene of them swerving to the side, the camera (from inside the vehicle) shows the Transformers fighting right in front of the front windshield.
• Crew or equipment visible: When Sam Witwicky arrives at the party, the camera crane can be briefly seen as a shadow.
• Continuity: When Sam and Mikaela are in the older version of the Bumblebee/Camaro, there are insert shots of the odometer and gages/dashboard which are actually from the updated Camaro.
• Revealing mistakes: During the first ride that Mikaela takes in Sam's car, both windows are obviously down during their conversation. Yet, neither one has any wind blowing on them. Their hair never moves.
• Errors in geography: In the beginning, during the Qatar scenes, you can see mountains in the background. The country of Qatar has no mountains and the highest elevation is 295 feet above sea level.
• Factual errors: The uniforms worn by Captain Lennox's team have patches on their right shoulders from the 82nd Airborne "All Americans" Division, indicating they served with the 82nd in combat. The "Airborne" tab has been incorrectly replaced with a "Ranger" tab. The "Ranger" tab is worn above the "Airborne" tab on the left shoulder when deployed with the unit and it is not used on the right shoulder.
• Crew or equipment visible: As Ron drives Sam past the Porsche dealership, the reflection of the camera car filming them is briefly visible on the dealership's windows.
• Continuity: When in the air, Air Force One is a 747. On the ground, however, it is suddenly a KC-135 painted to look like Air Force One. You can see the refueling boom when Barricade pulls up.
• Revealing mistakes: In the city fight scene, a large piece of a building falls onto the left side of the street, yet when a citizen passes by (and probably accidentally kicks it) the piece appears to move as if it weighed nothing.
• Factual errors: Twice in the movie, the soldiers radio aircraft that they are releasing smoke of a given color. This is contrary to standard military practice which is for people on the ground to release colored smoke without saying what color it is and for the aircraft to state the color of the smoke. The people releasing the smoke then confirm that they have indeed released the specified color of smoke. This is done to avoid having an enemy listening in deceive the aircraft by releasing smoke of the same color in a different location.
• Crew or equipment visible: When they go to the lake party a cameraman is visible in Mikaela's boyfriend's truck's mirror.
• Continuity: After all landlines and cell phones are to be shutdown, people in the background of the fight scene in the city are seen using their cellphones.
• Continuity: Mikaela's nail polish appears and disappears.
• Continuity: When Bumblebee locks in Sam and Mikaela, the locks are seen to lower so that they are almost flush with the top of the door frame. However, in the next shot of Sam, the door lock is sticking up above the door quite a bit.
• Continuity: When Sam leaves his house with the Transformers he is carrying his brown jumper. The scene then changes to him talking with the Transformers and he has his brown jumper on. Then the angle changes, and he has his jumper over his shoulder again.
• Continuity: The amount of donut on Glen's plate while he and Maggie were in the interrogation room keeps changing. After Glen eats the donuts and finishes, only half of a donut remains. But when the FBI agents walk in, it can clearly be seen that there is one and a half donuts on the plate. And when the agent slides the plate to the center of the table, there is only a half donut on the plate again.
• Revealing mistakes: In the scene in Qatar where the scorpion-like robot is attacking the soldiers, there are two main explosions. Closer examination reveals that it is the exact same explosion used twice.
• Continuity: At Hoover Dam when Sam is talking to Simmons about how he wants his car, his parents, and Mikaela's record erased, the giant clock behind Simmons skips about 5-7 minutes in a matter of seconds indicating several takes.
• Factual errors: When the SpecOps team calls in the gunship during the battle with Scorponok, they use the call sign "Spooky Three Two". "Spooky" is a designation given only to AC-130U gunships. The gunship shown was an AC-130H Pave Spectre, which should have gone by "Spectre".
• Factual errors: When the gunship rolls in on Scorponok, the special effects show gunfire coming from the forward part of the gunship. The aircraft shown is an AC-130H Pave Spectre, which has not carried armament in the forward compartments for many years now. Further to that the request was for 105mm howitzer shells, the rate of fire from both weapons is more indicative of the 25mm cannon from an AC-130U interlaced with the occasional 40mm Bofors round.
• Continuity: In the scene where Sam's Camaro is stalking him and he is fleeing on his bike, he ultimately flips his bike and crashes. Soon thereafter you see the black and white Decepticon police cruiser. On the side of the black and white police car, the lettering "POLICE" is in stencil format. In a following scene the stencil lettering is now completely filled-in in gold.
• Crew or equipment visible: During the footage of the Autobots and the Military heading toward the city, the camera vehicle can be glimpsed reflected in the front bumper of Optimus Prime.
• Continuity: After Sam chases Bumblebee to the dumpster area, he is recording himself using his cell phone. When looking closely, it is clear that the cell phone is on the welcome page and not in camera mode.
• Factual errors: The Volkswagen Beetle at Bobby Bolivia's car lot has a year model tag saying 71. However, the Beetle has a curved windshield which was not introduced until 1973.
• Continuity: After the power goes out when Sam and his parents are talking in his bedroom, you can see a desk light, a bathroom/closet light and the computer are all on.
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the F-22 intercepts the helicopter 4500X the audio pronounces the tail number as "forty five hundred x-ray." Aviation standards require most numbers be pronounced individually and should have been pronounced "four five zero zero x-ray."
• Continuity: In the initial fight scenes between Bumblebee and Barricade. There will be a time when Barricade is backed up against the camera (facing away from the camera.) Notice the gap of the wheel well. It's huge! There is no rear right wheel. Director's commentary stated they had some problems with the mustangs.
• Continuity: When driving the tow truck in the final scene, Mikaela dramatically hits a garbage can which disappears when she stops the vehicle.
• Crew or equipment visible: When the Special Forces squad is fighting against the scorpion robot during the second aerial attack with "105 shells" the camera pans across the squad, and the shadow of the camera can be seen.

• Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: In the fight between Megatron and Optimus Prime, there is a yellow Pontiac GTO shown for a second before it is torn in half. Before its destruction, the GTO's rocker panel is clearly already in two pieces which are not properly attached to the vehicle.
• Continuity: SPOILER: At the big fight scene where the Autobots and the Decepticons are fighting in the street. Mikaela hot wires a truck to transport BumbleBee. When she hot wires the car, it clearly has an automatic gearshift. Later in the scene where Mikaela is driving and bumblebee is shooting, the car has manual gears. Seen where she gears down to drive faster.
• Continuity: SPOILER: When Bumblebee takes the car over, after Sam picks up Mikaela and parks, she opens the door to go look under the hood. You can clearly see in the foreground of the shot that there's a black mark on the passenger side door/fender. It disappears in the next shot and is never seen again.
• Factual errors: SPOILER: The corpses of defeated Decepticons are dropped into the Laurentian Abyss (27,651 ft) by the U.S. Armed Forces. However, the film erroneously states that the abyss is the deepest point on Earth; the actual deepest point is the Marianas Trench (35,798 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
• Continuity: SPOILER: When Mikaela Banes runs to Sam Witwicky before he runs to the building to pass the cube off to the helicopter. When she is telling Sam that she is glad she got in the car with him, Bumble Bee is no longer harnessed down on the tow truck.
• Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: During the chase on the highway, one tourist bus is hit by Bonecrusher and splits in two, revealing that there are no seats.

[Mech_1000]

I cant for the life of me find any of the "Crew or Equipment Visible" mistakes.

[Bumblebee1983]

Most of those are just too technical that I could care less about.

Like the Air Force One bit, the Military logos, etc.

All in all, the movie is just friggin' awesome and I could care less about those mistakes.

[brAnd7onX]

all i really have to say is wowwwwwwwwwww................. get a life.... please??? all of if not most of those mistakes are so minimal that I think anyone besides you could care less.

[r-type]

To his credit, it appears that they were cut and pasted from IMDB's goofs section.

[xXRavenXx]

Well some of those things are just not right. The Abyss vs Mariana is simple. The abyss is a large almost deep water lake... easy target to drop something in other than a trench that is about as wide as the grand canyon. In the long run I'm with R-type it's IMDB... crazy stuff. We need to run a tab of their errors... that would take too long though .

[Bumblebee1983]

To his credit, it appears that they were cut and pasted from IMDB's goofs section.

Yup. Different viewers compile the mistakes and put them on IMDB. However, I don't think IMDB checks for their verification, so a lot of it may be speculation.

[autobot2007]

it was from Imdb , not me,

[Bumblebee1983]

it was from Imdb , not me,

I figured that.

Interesting nonetheless though.

[Z28 Autobot]

Continuity: When Sam and Mikaela are in the older version of the Bumblebee/Camaro, there are insert shots of the odometer and gages/dashboard which are actually from the updated Camaro.

Would like to know where this one is???

[megatron42]

I cant for the life of me find any of the "Crew or Equipment Visible" mistakes.

watch where samand his dad are gonna get sam a car.. when they drive
past a glass you'll see the light they used you can't miss it

[yoco]

@magatron42 I'm looking for that mistake always, but I don't see it.

[megatron42]

does anyone have a pic

[megatron42]

yoco here's from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOLHu061F00
at 13 or 14 second look closely at the glass you'll see the camera light

[Bumblebee1983]

where in the hell was Jazz in the backyard scene? He came in a little later, but wasn't there immediately.

Did he pull into the wrong driveway? Was he even in the caravan? Damnit, I've only watched this movie 10 times... You think I would have noticed it.

Ah, well, just another excuse to watch it again.

And where were the Autobots hiding when Sector 7's guys came into the picture? In the novel, it says they're behind some trees, but it's hard for giant robots to hide, unless in car form.

[xXRavenXx]

where in the hell was Jazz in the backyard scene? He came in a little later, but wasn't there immediately.

Did he pull into the wrong driveway? Was he even in the caravan? Damnit, I've only watched this movie 10 times... You think I would have noticed it.

Ah, well, just another excuse to watch it again.

And where were the Autobots hiding when Sector 7's guys came into the picture? In the novel, it says they're behind some trees, but it's hard for giant robots to hide, unless in car form.

My dear, ya gots to understand that these boys just wanted to make some extra cash on a book... But, yea you're right... I can't seen it either. They must have changed it.

[Bumblebee1983]

My dear, ya gots to understand that these boys just wanted to make some extra cash on a book... But, yea you're right... I can't seen it either. They must have changed it.

Yeah....the editing has it's problems with the film.