Additional Goofs and Goof Rebuttals...

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2004)

ADDITIONAL GOOFS:
CONTINUITY: When David is opening the hatch to the Logic Memory Center, he is using his right arm, but on the close up of the hatch sign, he is using his left arm.
CONTINUITY: Sometimes HAL's eye is on the front of the pod, and sometimes it isn't. My guess... Mr. Kubrick wanted to minimize attention to the eye. But, when it is seen, it is not consistent between close and far angles.
REVEALING MISTAKES: When David enters the emergency airlock, the suspension wires can be seen behind him. You can also see that the stunt man being blasted into the compartment is wearing a mask, then they cut to the actor.
FACTUAL ERRORS: When David is blown into the emergency airlock, the pod door, explosively blown, should also have entered, along with associated debris. Also, the pod would have been thrusted away from the Discovery 1.
FACTUAL ERRORS: Velcro cannot account for the counteracting of zero-gravity, as they walk around, lean, etc.
CONTINUITY: Zippers seen on space suit on rear of legs in the dead astronaut floating sequence that are not on other suits. (For stunt suit?)
REVEALING MISTAKE: Camera track is visible as David moves from the equipment stowage compartment into the pod bay. He has to carefully step between its "rungs."
REBUTTALS TO LISTED GOOFS:
Factual errors: When Dave opens the emergency airlock ... escaping debris also should have damaged the pod. (Explosive decompression debris.)
Rebuttal: No explosive bolts were used for opening of the emergency airlock hatch. It was opened using the external controls. As to the escaping air from the airlock not happening, this can be explained by it having been previously evacuated from air ... a procedure that could have been required for all EVA.
Continuity: The sphere of the Discovery is too small for all the rooms that are shown.
Rebuttal:
The size and numbers of rooms in the sphere can be explained by the fact that wide angle lenses were used, making the rooms appear much larger than they actually were. Adding to the deception, cameras are often placed outside of the "4th wall," making the room seem much larger than it is. All of the compartments fit perfectly into the sphere when mapped out. For example... the emergency airlock is very much less longer than it appears with the wide angle lens.
Revealing mistakes: When Dr Floyd is first on the space station ... not radial to the curve of the floor. (Body position angles on space station.)
Rebuttal: The persons seen are not far enough away from each other to allow for the differentiation in body angles to read. Also, it could also be explained by social behaviour, which would call for the individuals to lean and compensate when conversing.
Continuity: The first pod that is lost ... Dave is seen emerging from the middle bay door with the third pod. (Apparent inconsistency in pod locations)
Rebuttal:
The juggling of pod positions can be explained by the fact that the astronaut would have used the pod at a later time, docking it to a different position in the pod bay.
Continuity: In the 70mm version you can see passengers ... Dr. Floyd is the sole passenger. (Number in passengers seen inside the Orion craft.)
Rebuttal:
This can be explained by considering the fact that crew members, as in other scenes of the film, could be visiting the passenger's cabin.