# Odd things you notice in movies after the zillionth viewing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672 "2005-10-11T01:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/21 "2005-10-11T13:31:32Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > The freemasons had Common nails. They kept the secret safe for centuries. They also were shiny new, so they had non rusting iron. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/22 "2005-10-11T13:49:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I had to stop that scene several times, just to be sure that I heard someone say, “Churches.” ONE more thing from me on this film before I’m labeled some kind of Python geek. When Galahad is rescued from Castle Anthrax by Lancelot, he’s arguing that he should go back and face the peril. Lancelot keeps telling him no as they walk away from the castle. Right before the scene cuts, Galahad says, “I bet you’re gay!” Not exactly hidden, but I never noticed it until Harborwolf and I watched the movie recently. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/23 "2005-10-11T13:52:18Z")
Have you seen the dice hanging from the “rear view mirror” of the Millenium Falcon? They’re not fuzzy, but close enough. You see them in the first **Star Wars** movie the very first time you see the cockpit of the MF. Chewbacca bumps his head against them. They’re small and metallic, and you never see them again. There’s also a miniature R2D2 attached to the Mother Ship at the end of **Close Encounters**. It’s upside-down and only seen in silhouette, but it’s there. I never noticed either of these – someone had to point them out to me. In the original **King Kong** , just after the T. Rex first appears, it scratches its ear. It’s a pretty cute movement, as it seems so natural, and isn’t necessary to the plot. I hope Peter Jackson uses it in his remake. Ray Harryhausen had his Phororacus do the same thing in **Mysterious Island**. At the end f **Raiders of the Lost Ark** Marion is trying to talk with a clean-shaven Iny as they walk up and down the stairs in Washington D.C. in the penultimate scene, where they’re discussing the fate of the Ark. There’s a weird little ballet as Marion moves up and down the steps as Indy swivels back and forth so she can stay in his line of sight, so she has to keep going up and down the stairs. I never noticed any of these, either. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/24 "2005-10-11T13:59:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > When watching **The Wizard of Oz** on a big screen for the first time, I noticed that, just before the attack of the flying monkeys, the Scarecrow is carrying a pistol. And the Scarecrow is carrying a bug-sprayer. But when the camera cuts to the next shot, the pistol and bug-sprayer are gone. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/25 "2005-10-11T14:08:13Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > ONE more thing from me on this film before I’m labeled some kind of Python geek. > > When Galahad is rescued from Castle Anthrax by Lancelot, he’s arguing that he should go back and face the peril. Lancelot keeps telling him no as they walk away from the castle. Right before the scene cuts, Galahad says, “I bet you’re gay!” > > Not exactly hidden, but I never noticed it until Harborwolf and I watched the movie recently. The reply, even more _sotto voce_ “No I’m not!” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/26 "2005-10-11T14:23:02Z")
I’ve always thought this was funny: In “The Outlaw Josie Wales” the one guy is trying to sell Clint some snake oil. He’s got a list of claims he’s pitching Clint. So Clint says to him, “how’s it work on stains?” and spits a big glob of tobacco juice onto the guy’s lapel. The funny part: later they show him working on the stain with the snake oil. Next time you see him, the stain is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/27 "2005-10-11T15:35:58Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > After watching X-Men a bunch of times, my friend and I realized that at the end during Xavier’s and Magneto’s chess game, they aren’t even pretending to play an actual game. They are just moving pieces around. > > -D.W. > I love humanity, but I hate people. This is more the rule than the exception when chess features in movies or photography. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/28 "2005-10-11T16:00:45Z")
> [@Baggins111](#): > > I was watching “Master and Commander” last night for the nth time. Saw this for the third time a few weeks ago. At the part where they’re reloading the ship at some Polyniesian island, there’s a seen where Jack makes eye contact with a local beauty, the camera frames her face for a few seconds and then looks away, she never figures anywhere else in the film. I never got this scene till last night when I realized that she is basically the only women in the entire movie, and that M&C has to be one of the very few movies I’ve seen where no women has a speaking roll whatsoever, even as an extra. Presumably the scene is there to make the audience realize this. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/29 "2005-10-11T16:00:49Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > When Galahad is rescued from Castle Anthrax by Lancelot, he’s arguing that he should go back and face the peril. Lancelot keeps telling him no as they walk away from the castle. Right before the scene cuts, Galahad says, “I bet you’re gay!” > > Not exactly hidden, but I never noticed it until Harborwolf and I watched the movie recently. Wasn’t that originally cut from the film, and then reinstated, along with the ladies of Anthrax chanting “Oral Sex! Oral Sex!”? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/30 "2005-10-11T16:54:04Z")
In the 1995 BBC version of _Pride and Prejudice_, I finally picked up on the dorky middle sister Mary’s reactions to Mr. Collins, the dorky clergyman. She’s too shy and graceless to make much of an effort in society, but she clearly thinks she has a chance with him: she is seen patting her hair when he arrives, and she appears to look as if she expects him to ask her to dance with him when they attend the Netherfield Ball. She has no lines in these scenes and she’s not the focus of attention, so you’ll miss these little bits of business if you’re not looking at her. I sometimes like to watch the other actors in a scene to see how well they stay in character or to see how they deliberately try not to draw attention to themselves when the main characters are speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/31 "2005-10-11T17:17:19Z")
I was amazed, after watching _Star Wars_ dozens of times in the 80’s, when I watched my new copy a few years ago, Han shot first! I could have sworn… nah. ---
**Author:** ![Tech\_Sass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Tech\_Sass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tech_Sass)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/32 "2005-10-11T17:38:09Z")
In Fellowship of the Ring, when the hobbits are hiding in the tree roots by the road, and the wraith’s horse’s face is shown, the horse unmistakably says “Hi”. Something I never noticed after who-knows-how-many watchings, and someone else pointed it out but I will never look at that scene that same way again. Seriously. He says “Hi”. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/33 "2005-10-11T18:36:49Z")
In _Dazed And Confused_, the scene where Pink, Wooderson, Micth, and I think Don are hanging outside the rec center (when Wooderson explains his partiality to high school girls) Pink unhooks his belt buckle bowl (just like my brothers cool friend had!) fires it up, takes a hit, then puts it back on his belt. It’s while other characters are talking, and nobody comments on it. I don’t know how I missed it, but I did. Someone had to point it out to my around the sixteenth time I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/34 "2005-10-11T18:52:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In the first Back to the Future movie, Marty mets Doc at the “Twin Pines Mall.” When Marty goes back in time, he drives into a pine tree. When he comes back, it’s the “Lone Pine Mall.” And in the third movie, the ravine that the train crashes into (formally called Shawnash ravine, was first called Clayton Ravine in 1985 because Ms. Clara Clayton fell down it, but then Marty and Doc saved her) is now called Eastwood Ravine. You can see the sign right after the DeLorean arrives back in 1985. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/35 "2005-10-11T19:13:50Z")
**October Sky** Homer is sitting in the back seat of a car with Valentine, and they both look very awkward and nervous, like they want to make out but don’t know how to make the first move. Homer says “You ever see that movie Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman?” I thought he was just making polite conversation. Earlier in the movie, Roy Lee is telling Homer how to score with the ladies. He tells him to take a girl to a real scary movie, like Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. During a scary part, put your arm around her then grab her breast. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/36 "2005-10-11T20:02:30Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > And the Scarecrow is carrying a bug-sprayer. But when the camera cuts to the next shot, the pistol and bug-sprayer are gone. It doesn’t exactly explain why his equipment would change, but at some point in this scene, originally there was a song called Jitterbug, which was cut before the final release. If you pay attention right BEFORE this scene, you’ll hear the witch telling the Flying Monkeys “I’ve sent a little bug on ahead to take the fight out of them” (or something like this; I can’t remember the exact words.) I learned this on a little specially produced feature for the re-release of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/37 "2005-10-11T20:45:40Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > and that M&C has to be one of the very few movies I’ve seen where no women has a speaking roll whatsoever, even as an extra. Presumably the scene is there to make the audience realize this. _Lawrence of Arabia_. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/38 "2005-10-11T20:55:18Z")
A while back I was watching _Star Trek V_, the scene where Kirk, Spock and McCoy are locked in the brig while Sybock has taken over the ship. Kirk is pacing the floor, then he smacks a button on the wall and a little stool pops out, which he sits on. I just suddenly realized that this was a _toilet_. I had never noticed that before. There was even a little sign next to it that said (IIRC) “Do not operate in spaceport.” ---
**Author:** ![Foaming\_Cleanser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Foaming\_Cleanser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foaming_Cleanser)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/39 "2005-10-11T21:07:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In the first Back to the Future movie, Marty mets Doc at the “Twin Pines Mall.” When Marty goes back in time, he drives into a pine tree. When he comes back, it’s the “Lone Pine Mall.” > > > [@bouv](#): > > > > And in the third movie, the ravine that the train crashes into (formally called Shawnash ravine, was first called Clayton Ravine in 1985 because Ms. Clara Clayton fell down it, but then Marty and Doc saved her) is now called Eastwood Ravine. You can see the sign right after the DeLorean arrives back in 1985. I saw The Searchers with John Wayne, made in 1956, on the tube the other night. Lo and behold, in a few scenes, is the cave Marty McFly backed the DeLorean into to escape the Indians. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672/40 "2005-10-11T21:17:34Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > The other night I was channel surfing and came across _Grease_. It was at the part where they have the dance contest. I noticed how incredibly dorky-looking the non-star dancers were. Especially the guys. > > They were even dorkier looking at the end (during “We Go Together”). > > What things have you noticed? Another one from _Grease_ – in the Summer Nights musical number, the girls are all singing around the picnic tables, and the boys are in the bleachers. However, there is one lone guy in the background during the girls’ portions of the song, he’s … lurking or something. He really looks like someone who wandered in off the street – he’s standing alone while most everyone else is singing and dancing in a big group. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-notice-in-movies-after-the-zillionth-viewing/325672.md?page=3)