Blooper in Movie!

[twistedrabbit]

Aw, who am I kidding. This movie was riddled with "bloopers." So much it was hard to tell which were just bad fx and what were mistakes.
Anyone actually see any noticeable screw-ups?

[mctoddridesagain]

Yeah, Timothy Hines made it.

Seriously, of the doubtless hundreds, one that pops into my head is when the Writer legs it home and shelters down near a railway and a modern diesel engine goes past!

[Lensman]

I think the "stargazing in broad daylight" is the most glaring mistake. No doubt one could find dozens or scores of errors if one had the interest (and the stomach) to study the movie in detail; I most definitely do not. Here's the current list of "goofs" from the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com):

* Errors in geography: When Big Ben is destroyed, the Houses of Parliament and Parliament Square are nowhere to be seen. Instead, Big Ben is depicted as a free-standing tower on the riverbank. In actuality is part of the Parliament buildings.

* Revealing mistakes: When the Writer is showing his wife the planet Mars, the bottom half of the frame is quite obviously bathed in hot summer sunshine, and yet the top half, depicting a matted-in CGI sky, is dark and filled with stars.

* Anachronisms: CGI shots of London do not in any way reflect the actual layout of the city itself; one re-occurring mistake is to show the city filled with Tudor cottages. Very few buildings of the this kind can be found in London as the entire city was destroyed by fire in 1666, prompting a rebuild utilizing only stone and brick.

* Anachronisms: Most of the soldiers seen throughout the film have World War I uniforms on, which were not introduced for another 15-20 years after this film is set. However, some soldiers wear red tunics, which by 1898 had fallen into disuse and some soldiers wear American Civil War fatigues, which are not only of the wrong period but wrong country as well.

* Anachronisms: Much of the Architecture in the street scenes of "London" is, in fact, American; Brownstones, typical of U.S. cities (and definitely not British ones), are seen throughout the film and the in the UK, lamp posts terminating in square lanterns and topped with a hood to reflect light down upon the street have always been favored over the American-style spherical lamps seen in the film.

* Revealing mistakes: In various scenes depicting military build-ups, CGI horses and soldiers are seen walking across the battlefield. The problem is, there is no correlation between the extremely fast movements of their legs and the actual speed at which the virtual characters walk.

* Anachronisms: Modern shop fronts, litter bins and chrome outdoor seating outside a coffee shop can be seen in 1890's "London" (actually Seattle).

* Anachronisms: When the Writer is pointing out the stars to his Wife, power lines can be briefly seen in the background.

* Errors in geography: Houses in England do not have mosquito nets in front of their door frames.

* Anachronisms: The Artillery Man is wearing a modern U.S. Marines cover.

* Anachronisms: When the writer is driving the cart back to Woking after taking his wife to safety, a mobile phone mast can be seen in the background during the rainstorm.

* Revealing mistakes: There is no deck crew visible on the "Thunderchild", despite the fact that the deck guns are being fired.

* Factual errors: The artillery used in the film was never used by the British Army but is a kind in common use during the American Civil War.

* Continuity: Although in CGI long shots London is depicted as a Medieval city with dirt roads and gravel paths, in street scenes shot in Seattle clearly show the city as having concrete roads.

* Anachronisms: After the narrator flees the pit after the Martians' first attack, the train that passes in the background is a late 20th century American diesel model rather than a British steam locomotive.

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* Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When the Writer and the Artillery Man are reunited towards the end of the film, a few shots reveal that the Writer's fake mustache is peeling off on one side.

[ArmoredTrackLayer]

Being a civil war reenactor I can tell you that the cannons used were most definately NOT American Civil War cannons, the breech loading guns in the movie werent even INVENTED in the civil war (Breech loaders were, but not that kind) So uhh, chalk up a blooper for the IMDB

[Poyks]

" When the writer is driving the cart back to Woking after taking his wife to safety, a mobile phone mast can be seen in the background during the rainstorm."

I actually think this vertical line in the backgroud is a blue-screen fault.

I love the bit with the "fluctuating barometer". This in reality means that the air pressure lifts and drops very slowly indicating that stormy weather is approaching. In the film, this has been interpreted too literally, and the barometer needle waggles from side to side like a windscreen wiper!

[jeffwaynefan]

lensman said:

SPOILER: When the Writer and the Artillery Man are reunited towards the end of the film, a few shots reveal that the Writer's fake mustache is peeling off on one side.

YOU WOT!, what do you mean its a fake. How dare you come on here and inply that his furry lip slug is a fake. I don't know how you sleep at night, I honestly don't. I hope your ashamed of your utter lack of respect for the movie fan.

NB: Note I said 'fan' as apossed to fans because Im sure there must be at least one bugger out there ;D

[jeffwaynefan]

twistedrabbit said:

Anyone actually see any noticeable screw-ups?

I noted one big one in the film, it lasted 180 minutes - wait thats the same time as the entire movie - well there you go then

[FALLINGSTAR]

I wonder what Jeff Wayne would make of Pendragons film?

[mctoddridesagain]

A coaster for his coffee mug.

[Lensman]

Zing! A point for McTodd. Or maybe two!

My movie group has found the IMDb is often in error about their "errors".

[uuulllaaa]

If you watch the scene at the pit very carefully look for the fella pointing into the pit and if you study the scene that same shot is used about 8 times mostly from different angles during that scene im not kidding .See if you can count them.

[broton]

I watched the whole thing last night and I spotted a blooper. When the Writer and the Artilleryman are heading for Shepperton, they tell the officers that the Martians are "about half a mile" behind them. If that is so then how come every building they pass has been destroyed and there's red weed growing there?

[tug]

nuts happens.

[tug]

sorry I ment nuts.

[tug]

sorry I ment nuts, my keybored appears to be possesed.

[EvilNerfherder]

No, your keyboard isn't possessed. If you are trying to write 'sh!t' you will have fallen foul of the language filter on the site.

[mctoddridesagain]

Indeed, and not only is it any old profanity filter, it appears to be one designed by American puritans.

When, in 'H G Wells the builder', I tried to type that I was amused by the Fighting Machines with flat caps and 'f a g s hanging out of their mouths', it replaced 'f a g s' (English slang for 'cigarettes') with 'gays', which made it sound far more lewd...

[tug]

No my keypoard is possessed, it's eaten my hands...I'm typing this with my nose...
Oooooh I've sneezed.

[tqcincinnatus]

Hi, new here, but a huge WoTW fan, must have read the book 20+ times when I was a kid.

I have to admit, I thought the Hines movie wasn't that bad (despite the acting, cinematography, etc.). I mean, when the actors were walking through fields and whatnot, it gave me plenty of time to grab another drink from the fridge. I'm actually just glad that someone finally made a film that was even somewhat faithful to the book, instead of one that was set in New Jersey, or had floating Hoover vacuums with green paint on them.

Anywise, on to the blooper. Did anyone else notice that, even though the action is supposed to last over 16 days, and the narrator goes through the wringer, he never seems to grow any beard? Now even the least bit of stubble. In fact, none of the (male) charactres seem to. <insert fake moustache joke here>

[Thunder Child]

I love the bit with the "fluctuating barometer". This in reality means that the air pressure lifts and drops very slowly indicating that stormy weather is approaching. In the film, this has been interpreted too literally, and the barometer needle waggles from side to side like a windscreen wiper!

That's true. But I thought it could be a little tribute to the 1953 movie, just as the cylinder that falls on the writer and curate scene...

The biggest blunder must be the total lack of buildings in London, and the fact that the Martians are not troubled by Earths gravity. One of the prime reasons they build their Walking Machines in the first place...