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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.40,0:00:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I will continue to analyze the goofs in the movie Kong: Skull Island,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.30,0:00:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for entertainment purposes, not criticism,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.62,0:00:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's obvious that the big monsters appearing in the movie are fictional already.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.22,0:00:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition, I am not the one who found these mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.38,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just picked out from the opinions of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ok, not introduce anymore, let's get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.16,0:00:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anachronisms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.73,0:00:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, the film is set in 1973.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.07,0:00:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The graphics on the seismic devices are far beyond the capabilities of computers in 1973,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.65,0:00:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone portable computers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.12,0:00:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film depicts an anti-Vietnam War protest in 1973
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.02,0:00:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and treats President Richard Nixon's troop withdrawal announcement as a surprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.48,0:01:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the Paris Accords had been signed in December 1972
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.02,0:01:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anti-war demonstrations petered out after Nixon accepted cease-fire terms the previous May.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.03,0:01:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was no secret to anyone in January 1973 that U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.40,0:01:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early in the movie, Packard reaches for a box of cigars, with a Rocky Patel cigar label,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.66,0:01:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which contains his medals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.66,0:01:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky Patel Cigar Company has only been around since 2002.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.60,0:01:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cargo ship displays a giant "no smoking" sign in red letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.62,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smoking bans on general merchant vessels became effective only in 2009.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.64,0:02:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No ship in the 70's would have had such instructions prominently painted on the deck.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.28,0:02:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weaver is inspecting B&W film in her darkroom by holding it up to the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.15,0:02:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The edge marking says Kodak 400TX, a 2007 model.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she is detailing her military experience
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.14,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mason mentions she was "...embedded with MACV-SOG".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice of embedding journalists with military units during wartime
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.31,0:02:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a formal practice until the Iraq War of 2003.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.24,0:02:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to that many journalists during the Vietnam War,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.05,0:02:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Joseph L. Galloway who was with the 7th Cavalry at the Ia Drang Valley,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.23,0:02:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to find their own way to the battlefield.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.24,0:02:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Athena cargo ship used to carry the team to the island wasn't built until 2003.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.97,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ka-Bar combat knife carried by one of the soldiers had serrations on the back edge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.78,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The serrations shown are a copyrighted pattern of the Spyderco company
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.44,0:03:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that did not exist before 1981.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.16,0:03:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the technical staff is referred to as a "data wrangler," a 21st century job title.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.66,0:03:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The satellite that produced the imagery is called Landsat in the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.96,0:03:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The satellite launched in 1972 was called Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS).
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.82,0:03:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its name was changed to Landsat in 1975, two years after the film was set.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.48,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Character error
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.12,0:03:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Japanese soldier carried his sword in a wooden scabbard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.54,0:03:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This type of case is called a shira saya (resting scabbard).
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.40,0:03:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is used to store a Japanese sword, not carry it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.43,0:03:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a former SAS operator,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.89,0:04:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is highly unlikely that Conrad would lead a jungle mission
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.48,0:04:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipped only with a tight t-shirt and a shoulder holster.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.22,0:04:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite being an alleged former SAS member,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.90,0:04:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James Conrad not only "sweeps"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.29,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passes the muzzle of his weapon across the bodies of someone he doesn't want to shoot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several people, he clearly fires directly over the head of Mason Weaver
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.61,0:04:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while she is standing within five feet of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.34,0:04:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any trained professional would avoid both of these
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.81,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they could easily result in the friendly fire injury or death of a team member.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several of the helicopters get swatted out of the air when they get too close to Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.20,0:04:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These flight crews have had sufficient time to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.67,0:04:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and evaluate the giant ape standing in front of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.70,0:04:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are at that time a safe distance away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.58,0:04:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There would be absolutely no reason to fly within the ape's reach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.33,0:04:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while attacking him with their helicopter based weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.20,0:04:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No pilot, either experienced or inexperienced, would do such a thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.98,0:05:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lose eight or ten aircraft simply because they are flying at low altitude right next to Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.35,0:05:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Continuity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.76,0:05:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The establishing shot of the Athena shows a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the bow,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.90,0:05:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four UH-1 Hueys amidships,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.02,0:05:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one CH-53 Sea Stallion on the stern.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.57,0:05:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the helicopter battle with Kong later, at least 10 Hueys are shown.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.93,0:05:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the helicopters versus Kong fight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.62,0:05:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time of day changes multiple times, from sunset to bright sunlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.88,0:05:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Packard uses an M14 throughout the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.50,0:05:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point you see him looking though a scope on his rifle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.53,0:05:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on you see him holding the rifle and the scope is nowhere to be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.38,0:06:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Randa and Brooks are speaking with Senator Willis in the corridor outside his office,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.97,0:06:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a female extra approaches them from behind and enters a room.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.38,0:06:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few seconds later, the same extra again approaches them from behind
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reenters the same room.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.23,0:06:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Weaver climbs the hill to fire the flare at the end of the movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.94,0:06:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the surface of the hill changes substantially between shots.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.64,0:06:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one, it's a series of rock columns with cuts, then it becomes a rounded rock hilltop,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.04,0:06:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's covered in vegetation, then it's back to a rounded rock hilltop.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.28,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Kong slices the skullcrawler with a boat propeller there is a gaping cut on its neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.70,0:06:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet a couple seconds later the wound is gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.36,0:06:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Kong saves Weaver from drowning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.93,0:06:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is lying in his hand upside down when she should have been upright.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.49,0:06:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is shown when Kong reaches into the river and grabs her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.02,0:06:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Kong saves her from the alpha Skullcrawler,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.86,0:07:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weaver's position in Kong's hand changes as he puts her down.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.01,0:07:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She goes from being inverted to being sideways then returns to her original position.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.39,0:07:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Errors in geography
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.34,0:07:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opening scene starts on the beach, followed by a short foot chase through the woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.77,0:07:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly they come to the edge of a cliff that is several hundred feet above a valley below.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.87,0:07:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since they started out on the beach at sea level,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.82,0:07:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during their short run through the woods they obviously did not climb a mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.62,0:07:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is impossible for them to come to a valley lower than sea level
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.28,0:07:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that close to shore that is not filled with water (aka a lagoon).
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.88,0:07:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Factual errors
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.12,0:07:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After sitting (and breaking down) for almost 30 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.12,0:07:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is doubtful the aviation fuel would cause the home made boat's engine to turn over,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.70,0:07:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone run.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:07:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Packard looks in his box of medals,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.41,0:08:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are a couple dog tags in there with black rubber "silencers" around their edges.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.17,0:08:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were used extensively in Vietnam to keep the two tags from rubbing together
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.54,0:08:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.10,0:08:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet later when the dead men's dog tags are collected, not a single one has a silencer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.73,0:08:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the several helicopter crashes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.28,0:08:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pilots are shown slogging through the jungle in regular infantry "steel pot" helmets
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.37,0:08:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fatigues.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.69,0:08:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pilots don't carry "backup helmets" and they would have had only their flight helmet
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.63,0:08:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe a rolled up cap in their flight suit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.26,0:08:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't bring infantry gear to change into in case they crash.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.84,0:08:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she is detailing her military experience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.93,0:08:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mason mentions she was "...embedded with MACV-SOG".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.07,0:08:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MACV-SOG stood for Military Assistance Command Vietnam
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.53,0:08:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special Operations/Studies and Observations Group.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.69,0:08:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was comprised of Vietnamese and American troops
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.08,0:09:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Special Operations Forces like the Green Berets and SEALs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.69,0:09:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was a joint operation with the CIA concerned with behind the lines operations,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.67,0:09:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it highly unlikely that a journalist, especially a female photojournalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.24,0:09:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be attached to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.89,0:09:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning when the American pilot shoots at the Japanese pilot
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.54,0:09:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and empties his 45 a clicking is heard as he continues to pull the trigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.78,0:09:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a 45 is empty
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.14,0:09:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the slide is locked back the trigger is also locked out so there is no way it would be clicking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.38,0:09:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One pilot is shown carrying and using an AK-47.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.66,0:09:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While this MAY have been acceptable on a combat mission in Vietnam,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.94,0:09:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a situation where there are no other troops similarly armed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.57,0:09:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be unacceptable and rather foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.19,0:09:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shooter would be unable to either receive additional ammunition
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.41,0:09:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a teammate in a crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.23,0:09:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the dog tags of the dead soldiers are collected, they are shown on their "long" chains.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.36,0:10:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In actuality, whenever tags are collected,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.13,0:10:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tag on the short chain is taken
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.60,0:10:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the tag on the long chain is left of the body to aid future identification.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.29,0:10:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a common mistake made in many movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.37,0:10:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the ship approaches Skull Island, it's said they are fifty miles away.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.49,0:10:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be well over the horizon so not visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.27,0:10:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Randa inadvertently snaps a picture of the skull crawler
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.68,0:10:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it kills him he flips the camera over and reacts to his impending doom
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.90,0:10:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however no camera from this era would had that feature like a smart phone or digital camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.43,0:10:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James Conrad says "Sure you could load up on the Atabrine for the malaria...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.48,0:10:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what about the other bacteria?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.79,0:11:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite, not a bacterium.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.96,0:11:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Admittedly this is about an imaginary species
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.12,0:11:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it defies physics that the flying reptile creature could have carried off Nieves.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.79,0:11:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The maximum carry load for most flying predators is around half their own body weight
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.35,0:11:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although a bald eagle was observed carrying a deer fawn that was near its own weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.96,0:11:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nieves is 5' 8" and probably weighs around 165 lbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.84,0:11:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The movie creature didn't look much bigger than a Stellar's sea eagle
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.37,0:11:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is one of the largest raptors that carries its prey
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.55,0:11:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose body weight range maxes out around 20 lbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.92,0:11:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plot holes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.90,0:11:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems strange that as at least 2 members of the team are carrying grenade launchers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.20,0:12:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not one is fired at any of the beasts they encounter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.33,0:12:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As bullets appear to be doing pretty much nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.28,0:12:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a change of ordnance would probably have made sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.10,0:12:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revealing mistakes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.82,0:12:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After filling his canteen, Jack ends up hiding behind a rock as Kong approaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.64,0:12:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kong tends wounds in the water, but a giant squid attacks him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.79,0:12:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, despite all the violent activity and water splashing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.35,0:12:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no waves reach shore nor Jack, for that matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.40,0:12:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My video is over.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.08,0:12:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for watching, see you later.