Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
I've spoken with showrunners who HATE that the fans notice the screwups. It really really pisses them off.
But as I said before, DVRs and the like have enabled us, the fans, to see the mess ups. Like wandering levels in beverages during the course of a scene (I love it when they pop up and down like the tides, don't you?), moving pins, hair styles (keep an eye on those bits of hair that wander down onto a forehead. They can move up and down, depending on the camera angle), etc.
We should probably have a general thread somewhere with a title along the lines of "What Did The Continuity Department Miss THIS Time?"
Sometimes it's a minor error and other times it's downright insulting, like Generations, where they basically threw the entire history right out the airlock so they can make their senseless hodgepodge.