topic Re: Spot the mistake in What's On

Spot the mistake

Mr+Ripley — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:07:47 GMT

Can anyone else see what's wrong with this - see screenshot below. I do wish people would check their work before submitting it.

Re: Spot the mistake

cookiemonsteruk — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:19:21 GMT

@Mr+Ripley

Thats Robert Carlyle probably from a later version but definatley not 1953

Re: Spot the mistake

SKY1992bf — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:43:56 GMT

The image of Robert Carlyle is from the 2019 British tv series version

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(British_TV_series)

Re: Spot the mistake

GD1 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:56:58 GMT

@SKY1992bf @cookiemonsteruk Didn't Guy Pearce appear in an updated version?

Re: Spot the mistake

cookiemonsteruk — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:08:20 GMT

@GD1

@GD1 wrote:

@SKY1992bf @cookiemonsteruk Didn't Guy Pearce appear in an updated version?

I think he was in another HG Wells movie adaptation of The Time Machine

Re: Spot the mistake

GD1 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:42:27 GMT

@cookiemonsteruk Yes you're right, it was Tom Cruise who was in a remake 🙂

Re: Spot the mistake

Mr+Ripley — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:36:01 GMT

Yes, that indeed is Robert Carlyle, who was born in 1961 & appeared in the 2019 TV version of WOTW, so how he could be in the 1953 film version of WOTW, I do not know. I don't even know why 1953 was added to the synopsis, it would have been correct without it. Having said that, it is still a bit of a rubbish write-up, " .... toasting the planet with heat rays. "? Really? I guess it was the regular writer's day off, and an intern was allowed to have a go.

Re: Spot the mistake

TimmyBGood — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 15:51:11 GMT

@Mr+Ripley wrote:

Having said that, it is still a bit of a rubbish write-up, " .... toasting the planet with heat rays. "? Really?

Strictly speaking they toasted Woking, Shepperton and Weybridge, so quite a small part of the planet ; )

In 1953 it was an already crispy southern California, presumably for budgetary reasons.