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Michael Brown
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posted 07-26-2001 05:30 AM

So the Jurassic park movies (the first in particular) are known for containing many continuity goofs. So I was start to nitpick Jurassic park 3.

Tea Leoni and William H macy find their digital camcorder and Tea states that the batteries are flat. That guide bloke (the guy with the moustach) then unscrews his flashlight suggesting he will put those batteries in the camcorder. There is a cut away and then we are back watching the camcorder. Now WHAT KIND OF CAMCORDER USES THE SAME BATTERIES THAT ARE USEED IN A FLASHLIGHT.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 07-26-2001 07:18 AM

I noticed this as well. Jurassic Park 3 is AWESOME and you should not question it. How dare you! People who make movies are super intelligent and simply DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES! And when they do, they are NEVER STUPID MISTAKES! Just who do you think you are?

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Jerry Chase
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posted 07-26-2001 09:44 AM

"Tea Leoni and William H macy find their digital camcorder and Tea states that the batteries are flat. That guide bloke (the guy with the moustach) then unscrews his flashlight suggesting he will put those batteries in the camcorder. There is a cut away and then we are back watching the camcorder. Now WHAT KIND OF CAMCORDER USES THE SAME BATTERIES THAT ARE USEED IN A FLASHLIGHT."

Perhaps she secretly had brought another high-tech device with more compatible batteries?... (think "personal appliances")

Anyone remember the address of the website that has all the continuity errors of various films listed?

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Greg Mueller
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posted 07-26-2001 09:53 AM

And would this "personal appliance" look somewhat like a flashlight?
http://www.movie-mistakes.com/

There's number of mistakes listed for JP3

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Michael Brown
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posted 07-26-2001 01:40 PM

www.nitpickers.com is a good site of movie goofs.

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Christopher K. Williams
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posted 07-26-2001 06:45 PM

I, too, thought that the battery thing was pretty funny, and made a remark about it during the screening. But apparently, according to my fellow projectionist who was watching it with me at the time, it is possible to do that. He went to film school for several years, and I guess they had to do that a few times, though I think you'd need an adaptor (which I doubt they would have brought along to the island). He also said that the batteries would not last long at all, especially if the LCD screen is used. I will ask him for more info when I see him tonight.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 07-26-2001 07:43 PM

Film School? What kind of film school teaches you anything about camcorders? Camcorders do not use film. Perhaps he went to video school or camcorder school, or perhaps a hybrid video/film school?

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Steven Pickles
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posted 07-27-2001 05:28 AM

I wonder if it is possible to use C or D cell batteries to power a camcorder. My guess would be no because there wouldn't be enough electric potential (voltage) or ampereage. It would definitely drain the battery very quickly if it could work out.

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John Pytlak
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posted 07-27-2001 07:14 AM

Some consumer video camcorders have the ability to run off an auxillary power supply or battery pack. As long as the voltage is correct, and there is sufficient current capacity, it shouldn't matter where the power comes from.

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Jerry Chase
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posted 07-27-2001 07:18 AM

My newest camcorder takes 6 volts. The charger can power the thing though use of a cable with bayonette plug. If they had 4 D cells and duct tape, ripping off the charger cord and attaching it to the batteries would work. D cells would give plenty of power. Now I suppose I'll have to sit down and see the movie. I feel a furball coming up.

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Barry Floyd
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posted 07-27-2001 11:09 AM

I've got a Sony TRV-43 Hi-8mm camcorder that came standard with a Lithium-Ion Battery. One of the accessories I can get for the camera is a battery pack that you can insert (I think) 8 standard AA batteries into it. It attaches to the back of the camcorder just like the regular battery pack - although the useful "run-time" for the auxillary battery pack is minimal.

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Christopher K. Williams
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posted 07-27-2001 03:10 PM

Joe,

You're right, actually. My friend went to some type of school up in Vancouver, B.C. which teaches not only filmmaking but other types of media as well. I guess its sort of a whole package thing, so you could call it film/video school. I just get lazy and call it film school.

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Randy Stankey
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posted 07-27-2001 10:59 PM

I would say that they can get away with this one because the guide says, "I have an idea..." and then starts unscrewing his flashlight. In other words he is going to try a tricky solution that may or may not work. Of course it does work. If it hadn't then Mom and Dad would have no reason to keep searching for their son, thereby keeping the plot of the movie going.

No, what really made ME go, "Hmmm!" was the fact that the flashlight (torch) the guide used was a Maglite. He proceeds to unscrew the TOP of the light. Now, unless he was going to preform some funky trick by removing the bulb from the light and patching it into the camcorder from the front end of the tube, he couldn't have gotten the batteries out that way. The lamp end of the Maglite is the sealed end. If you want to take the batteries out of a Maglite you have to unscrew the BACK end of the tube!

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Greg Anderson
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posted 07-29-2001 03:32 AM

I would have had an easier time believing that the camcorder's battery simply still had enough charge left in it to play a few seconds of video RATHER than believe that a guy could fashion a power supply from a flashlight in just a few seconds (with apparently no tools, spare wire or even a screwdriver to work with). I mean, if the camcorder was still mechanically sound despite 8 weeks in the mud, then the battery should be okay too.

Of course, the moment may have been an "early warning" to the audience that the movie was going to be filled with implausible stuff.

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