What’s wrong with this Picture? (Plus John Fitch Bonus!)

OK, so it isn’t a picture, it is a movie.

I don’t know if it is my design training or perhaps an innate ability, but I spot these things all the time. In fact I am likely one of the most prolific contributors to IMDB in this respect. This isn’t a movie, so I won’t be heading over to IMDB now… but do you have any idea what I’m talking about?

On a more obvious note, I never watch Jay Leno on TV really, but I do visit his website from time-to-time*, as he shares amazing stuff like this:

*I just wish his website had an RSS feed for new content. (Get with the program Jay!)

6 thoughts on “What’s wrong with this Picture? (Plus John Fitch Bonus!)”

  1. Looks like something wrong with the shift to me. A 2nd to 3rd can’t be accomplished that quickly with a Ford manual gearbox. This looks like a kit car with an auto box and the driver faking a manual shift (and with the wrong kind of clicking sound overlaid). Do I get a cookie…?

  2. YES. JohnH got it. Continuity errors. I see them all the time in movies and TV and they drive me nuts. For some reason they jump out at me all the time. I ask people I’m with “did you see that?” and they never do so I guess I’m unusual. Perhaps it is because I see the whole frame and not just the “main character”?? I don’t know.

  3. Like the famous scen, from the 70s show, “Adam 12?” Where the squad cr screams into a depression ona road, *single* bubblegum flashing on top…the car goes into the dpression, then *leaps* out the other side…with TWO flashing beacons on top?

    I’ll have to re-watch it at home…slo o o owly! John Fitch was also a safety go-to guy for Jackie Stewart, who almost single-handedly made F1 racing MUCH safer in the late 60s – mid 70s. Fitch was essentially laughed at in his time, especially by the guys in USAC and NASCAR. SCCA wasn’t much better.

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