(at around 34 mins) Nick Fury shows his ID and says "Official S.H.I.E.L.D. activity". Also a bit later he identifies himself as Nicholas Joseph Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. But the term S.H.I.E.L.D. was not used until the events of Iron Man (2008) when Agent Phil Coulson meets Pepper during press conference & says he is from "Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division". It was only at the end of Iron Man (2008) that Phil says now they are known by S.H.I.E.L.D. Since Captain Marvel is set in 1995, there is no way this acronym could have been used.
Coulson never says that they are now known as SHIELD. When Pepper tries to say the full name, Coulson responds: "just call it SHIELD". Even if one regards that as the birth of acronym, it has been ignored since the start of the MCU. The opening montage of The Incredible Hulk (2008) shows a document, written before 2008, where the organization is identified as "Shield". Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013) (set in 1946) calls the organization "SHIELD". As does flashbacks (that take place before the events of Iron Man) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
Coulson never says that they are now known as SHIELD. When Pepper tries to say the full name, Coulson responds: "just call it SHIELD". Even if one regards that as the birth of acronym, it has been ignored since the start of the MCU. The opening montage of The Incredible Hulk (2008) shows a document, written before 2008, where the organization is identified as "Shield". Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013) (set in 1946) calls the organization "SHIELD". As does flashbacks (that take place before the events of Iron Man) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
In Pegasus headquarters, when Vers and Fury escape from the Archive level (-5) they should hit level -4 through a hole in the ceiling. As they continue to escape up the stairs and then meet Coulson, they are still on the level -4.
(at around 23 mins) The True Lies (1994) cardboard cutout (which Vers eventually blast the head off of) has Jamie Lee Curtis on the left, facing out, in the wide shot. Then, inside the store, there is no other cutout, and Jaime Lee Curtis is again on the left, now facing in.
In Iron Man, Coulson keeps referring to S.H.I.E.L.D by its full title Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Commenting that they are "working" on a new name when at the end they use S.H.I.E.L.D. In this movie set before Iron Man, both he and Fury use S.H.I.E.L.D.
(at around 1h 5 mins) When Goose is at Talos' feet, he takes a step back. Goose is then picked up from at least six feet away.
(at around 1h 40 mins) Ronan refers to the warheads being launched as "ballistic warheads". The definition of "ballistic" is that it is launched, but not propelled, and are only powered by gravity. Since the items being launched have engines, they have propulsion, and are not "ballistic".
Even if the warheads were to separate and fall independently, a "ballistic warhead" is one that follows a "ballistic path", which is arc like, being propelled up, then falling with the aid of gravity.
Even if the warheads were to separate and fall independently, a "ballistic warhead" is one that follows a "ballistic path", which is arc like, being propelled up, then falling with the aid of gravity.
As Carol Danvers and Maria "Photon" Rambeau enter their F-15 aircraft, neither are wearing anti-g suits. They are wearing flight suits, which are flame resistant, but not the pneumatic over-suit that inhibits acceleration induced loss of consciousness in pilots.
(at around 1h 5 mins) After inserting the CD into the computer it takes a long time to "load". This delay was intended to show that computers of the time were much slower than modern computers. This is complete nonsense, as this was an audio CD and not a data CD, in which case it would only take a second or so, just like in any audio CD player.
Just before the crash Carol pulls back on the joystick with both hands. This is a fly-by-wire system. There is no need to apply extra force on the stick.
Fury's pager would not work in the bunker.
The plot centers around a light-speed engine that would be of immense value to one of the alien races given how fast it will allow them to travel through space. Their method of travel, however, is already drastically faster than light speed. Utilizing this engine would actually slow them down considerably.
This could have been made clearer in the movie, but the FTL travel used by the Kree is a network of "jump points", essentially stable wormholes. This is the same method used in both Guardians films. The jump points exist in fixed locations and lead to other fixed locations, and their distribution is irregular. The lightspeed engine described in the film would presumably permit travel at lightspeed (or faster) directly rather than by means of jump points. This would enable trips to places that might not be readily reachable by jumps, and therefore would make a ship with such an engine much harder to track and follow for someone without such an engine.
This could have been made clearer in the movie, but the FTL travel used by the Kree is a network of "jump points", essentially stable wormholes. This is the same method used in both Guardians films. The jump points exist in fixed locations and lead to other fixed locations, and their distribution is irregular. The lightspeed engine described in the film would presumably permit travel at lightspeed (or faster) directly rather than by means of jump points. This would enable trips to places that might not be readily reachable by jumps, and therefore would make a ship with such an engine much harder to track and follow for someone without such an engine.
(at around 34 mins) A Skrull's power to shape-shift includes changing their clothes. But when Fury kills the Skrull impersonating Coulson, only his face changes back to normal while he is still wearing a black agent suit.
Every time that a Skrull dies, they revert back to their true form, but the clothes remain unchanged. The big question is if their abilities extend to their clothes, or if the clothes changes because of advanced technology. In the case of the latter, it'd be a separate feature from their own biological ability to change. This is inconsistent, though, as at one point a Skrull impersonates Vers in her Kree uniform but when killed the clothing changes to the nondescript black garments the Skrulls are wearing on their ship.
Every time that a Skrull dies, they revert back to their true form, but the clothes remain unchanged. The big question is if their abilities extend to their clothes, or if the clothes changes because of advanced technology. In the case of the latter, it'd be a separate feature from their own biological ability to change. This is inconsistent, though, as at one point a Skrull impersonates Vers in her Kree uniform but when killed the clothing changes to the nondescript black garments the Skrulls are wearing on their ship.
(at around 38 mins) As Carol Danvers walks through the Pancho's Bar, she's hit with a swarm of memories in front of her, including one quick shot of her celebrating after winning a round on the Street Fighter II arcade game. The Street Fighter II arcade cabinet wasn't released until 1991, two years after Carol was believed to be dead. By the time Street Fighter II was released, Carol would have already been part of Starforce and therefore unable to play the game in the years before then. In fact, the cabinet shown in Captain Marvel is Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (1992), which wasn't released until 1992.
This is incorrectly regarded as a goof. If you watch closely, you'll see that the memory is actually of her playing a pinball machine, Stern's Flight 2000, which you can see the marquee of around her head. In addition you can see the ghost of the actual machine, and that her stance and hands are correct to be playing the pinball machine, not Street Fighter. The Red carpet premiere on marvel.com shows a promotional still at 1:06:39 of Bree in costume playing Stern's Flight, which you can compare the marquee and machine ghost in the film to.
This is incorrectly regarded as a goof. If you watch closely, you'll see that the memory is actually of her playing a pinball machine, Stern's Flight 2000, which you can see the marquee of around her head. In addition you can see the ghost of the actual machine, and that her stance and hands are correct to be playing the pinball machine, not Street Fighter. The Red carpet premiere on marvel.com shows a promotional still at 1:06:39 of Bree in costume playing Stern's Flight, which you can compare the marquee and machine ghost in the film to.
(at around 1h 35 mins) The popular '90s song "Just a Girl" by No Doubt makes a prominent appearance on the Captain Marvel soundtrack towards the end of the movie. The film is set months before this song even came out (according to the Stan Lee cameo and a calendar seen in the background). However, it is just soundtrack, and not being heard "in universe."
(at around 35 mins) Vers changes out of her "scuba suit" and into clothes she takes off of a mannequin. She then rides off on a motorcycle without her suit. Yet later on when she is ready to fly into space (at around 1h 16 mins), she has the suit on again even though she left it back at the store.
There is no evidence that she left the suit at the store; the mannequin she took the clothing from is stripped bare, and the suit is not seen lying around. Given the properties demonstrated by the suit elsewhere in the movie (particularly the space helmet that forms by itself), it is probable that the entire suit uses some kind of nanoparticle construction that can re-form into different configurations. This kind of technology has been seen being used elsewhere in the Kree's sphere of influence. The suit might simply deconstruct into a small container that can be put in a pocket.
There is no evidence that she left the suit at the store; the mannequin she took the clothing from is stripped bare, and the suit is not seen lying around. Given the properties demonstrated by the suit elsewhere in the movie (particularly the space helmet that forms by itself), it is probable that the entire suit uses some kind of nanoparticle construction that can re-form into different configurations. This kind of technology has been seen being used elsewhere in the Kree's sphere of influence. The suit might simply deconstruct into a small container that can be put in a pocket.
(at around 35 mins) After Carol meets the motorcycle rider, and he goes inside, she looks at the bike before stealing it. In this shot the bike is "photo" reversed. The exhaust pipes are on the left side (which should be on the right) and the kick stand is on the right (which should be on the left) However, the store signs and other details are the correct orientation.
When Att-Lass (Algenis Perez Soto) opens The Fonz lunch box (Around 1h:26m) the light from the Tesseract does not shine until the lid is fully open.
Young Carol crashes the go-kart, flipping it off the track over a bunch of hay bales. Just as it hits the dirt, you can see a special effects air cannon blowing a column of dirt up, but it is several feet in front of the crashing go-kart.
When Goose approaches Carol and Fury after they escape confinement, the cat walks up to Carol's feet. However, when she looks at it, she is looking several feet down the hallway.
(at around 1h 6 mins) The operating system on Maria's PC is Windows Me. However, this version was not released until September 2000. This can be recognized by the trash bin icons and Internet Explorer.
(at around 38 mins) The blue striping on the Street Fighter cabinet was not usually done back in 1995, that is something that people only do these days when restoring them. Back then it would have just been solid black. Also, that is an LCD flat screen monitor in the cabinet which did not exist then. Back then it would have been a rounded CRT monitor.
(at around 38 mins) The movie is set in June 1995. It features the song "Only Happy When it Rains" by Garbage, and has it playing on a jukebox. The song was released in September 1995.
Halfway through the film, Carol Danvers and Nick Fury put a CD that contains the black box audio recording of Carol's experimental plane crash six years prior into Maria Rambeau's computer. The icons on Maria's desktop can be seen in the background as the audio plays. One of the icons is for a Microsoft Excel file called "budget2.xls". The icon used is that for the version of Excel released in 2000, yet the movie is set in 1995.
The record store Carol and Fury were at has a poster for "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by The Smashing Pumpkins, which was released on October 23, 1995. In the train sequence, Stan Lee is reading the script for Mallrats (1995), which was released on October 20, 1995, the production of which finished in the first half of the year. Lee would not be reading the "Mallrats" script in June 1995, when the film is set.
Carol and Fury meet the cat on Level 5 in the storage room, yet it manages to enter the hanger several floors above it, then board the plane by the time Carol and Fury do.
When the Pegasus aircraft is shot and on fire Carol yells "Bailout! Bailout! Bailout!l She should have said "Eject! Eject! Eject!" "Bailout" is the term used in aircraft that do not have an ejection seat and you have to jump out on your own.
Lashana Lynch's accent drops near the end of the film when she pronounces "Aunty Carol" in her native British accent, rather than American.
After catching up to Carol at the bar, Fury says that he got to watch an alien autopsy. As the root word "auto" means "self," an autopsy refers to the post-mortem surgical procedure performed on another human being; what Fury witnessed would be called a necropsy.
Nick Fury's boss (played by Ben Mendelsohn) would not have had the "Talos" voice before he was copied by Talos...so Nick Fury should have immediately noticed a difference during the Skrull autopsy scene. He does not seem to notice.