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What makes this movie
goofs site different from the others?
1. Most movie
spoilers are eliminated or warned about.
2. Goof-contributors are
always credited with desired web or e-mail address.
4. The biggest difference
between this site and other sites is that visitors are encouraged
to add comments, corrections and explanations to goofs.
Why would one point of view be enough?
When and why did you start this
site?
I started this site sometime in 1997. I saw some movie
goofs in a magazine and thought it would be a nice idea
to make a web site about them. And now, here I am after
all this time, still collecting goofs, and I don't see
an end to it. Without you, the visitors, this site would
have died years ago. I want to thank you all.
I submitted
a goof (or comment), but it was never added. Why
There are 5 reasons for why your goof was not added:
1. The goof was already listed.
2. The goof was totally and utterly false.
3. You submitted movie trivia to the movie goofs
site. Go to the movie trivia
site.
4. You did not specify which exact goof you commented
on, your post was not added. (I will not read through
hundreds of goofs to find find out which exact goof you
commented on.) Always specify what you comment/correct.
5. The goof got lost in my mail box (very rare).
Why does
it take such a long time before submitted goofs are added?
1. I am one person
maintaining this site (as a hobby). I do everything manually.
I have a life, which includes studying.
2. The process: first I copy the goof from my mail
box, then I paste it on the correct page on the correct
place. Then I read quickly through the goof and correct
the spelling/grammar. After that I copy/paste the name of
the goof-submitter and link his/her name to desired e-mail
or website address. I also have to include what type of
goof it is and what movie format is (TV, DVD, VHS or Theatre).
Then I make a link from the index page to the page, where
the new goof is added. Finally, if necessary, I place my
own comment or correction after the goof.
3. Often people forget to mention what specific goof
they are referring to when adding a comment or correction.
Then I have to read through all the goofs of a movie and
try to find out which of them the comment or correction
is referring to. I am not Sherlock Holmes.
4. Sometimes I have to find out which year a specific
movie is made or what the correct title of the movie is.
I have to do research to get the facts right.
5. When the amount of goofs
for a movie exceeds 8, I make a separate page for that movie.
Making a page for one movie takes a while: adding director,
cast and links to posters and shopping possibilities.
Why are some goofs censored? For
example like this:
"When <blank> gets shot..."
To prevent spoiling someone's
movie watching. I would be pretty annoyed if I read a goof
where the plot is revealed. Well-known movies are not censored.
E.g. The Titanic, Star Wars and the like.
What's that blue-ish text all about?
Oh, text colored like
this? That's my, the webmaster's, comments/ thoughts/
additions/ point of view.
Do you check the accuracy of the
goofs?
No, I put all goofs I receive on the site
and let the visitors correct them. If I am sure of the inaccuracy
of a goof, I won't add it, or I will add it and explain
why it is false.
What are gaffes, flaws, flubs,
blunders, and slip-ups?
They are synonyms to goofs. In other words: they mean
the same thing as the word "goof" does. They
are mistakes.
How do
I post comments/corrections/explanations to existing
goofs.
First you go to the goof submitting
page and choose correct subject. Then you copy the text
of the goof you want to comment on into the biggest
text field. After that you place your comments under
the original text and hit the submit button.
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