July 18, 2025In Saving Private Ryan (1998), Caparzo is targeted by the sniper for appearing to give orders, foreshadowed by an earlier scene warning Upham not to salute the Captain for this reason.
July 18, 2025In Star Wars, Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Obi-Wan nearly attacks Anakin when Anakin surprises him in the elevator, alluding to Anakin’s turn towards the dark side. The near friendly-fire is disguised by the fact that two droids were nearby only an instant before Anakin appears.
July 18, 2025In the Japanese version of Pokemon the first movie (1999), Mewtwo was characterized as a complex villain. But in the English dub, he was characterized as a Saturday morning cartoon villain.
July 16, 2025In Ocean’s 12 (2004), Yen was criticize by his then girlfriend that he couldn’t penetrate the Chinese Cellphone market even with his connections (in a sarcastic tone). In Ocean’s 13 (2007), Yen proved that he has his ‘connections’ when he was able to deliver the ‘one you couldn’t get’ from Samsung.
July 16, 2025In Slingshot (2024) Two characters are named John and Nash. This is likely a reference to the mathematician John Forbes Nash – explanation in comments
July 16, 2025In Legally Blonde (2001) during the costume party Enid gives the word “semester” as an example of semen-focused language. However the word actually derives from the Latin sex “six” and mesnsis “month”. It shares a root word with “menstruation”!
July 15, 2025Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – did they know the Nazis were aiming for the car?