Revealing mistake: At the King Kamehameha Club, while Joan Gibson is sitting at the table, there are at least two wires crudely attached to the bottom of the tablecloth preventing the wind from blowing it upward, and disrupting filming of the outdoor scene.
Super Grover
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In the opening shot, while Carol Ann is calmly jogging, moving along right beside her is the filming vehicle's shadow, visible at the bottom of the screen, then Carol Ann exits the park. (00:01:30)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
All Roads Lead to Floyd - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: While Magnum is a passenger in Floyd's car, in the closeups of both of them with Floyd at the steering wheel, there is black cloth over the door beside Floyd (presumably covering the device that secures the side camera to the door), which does not exist in wide shots.
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Laura is wearing a swimsuit, the bulging rectangular outline of a hidden mic transmitter is visible at her right side, while she's with Magnum on the beach at Robin's Nest. (00:07:00)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii - S1-E8
Revealing mistake: While Magnum is driving the Jimmy along with Sharon and Algie, in the shots facing only Sharon there's a bar (device to secure second camera onto that side window) with duct tape attached to the passenger door. (00:18:30)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Never Again... Never Again - S1-E7
Revealing mistake: While Magnum and Rick are driving to Greenberg's house, as Magnum shouts that they're not meddling, in this shot there's a bar with duct tape (device to secure side camera) over the Ferrari door beside Magnum's left arm, where the camera is located at this particular angle. (00:10:25)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: When Higgins threatens to phone the police to report Linda, Lesli stands up beside Linda and asserts, "If she goes, we go," but in this shot the person wearing Linda's clothes is actually the body double, who quickly shifts her face offscreen. (00:26:30)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
China Doll - S1-E3
Revealing mistake: During the drive to Uncle Han, when Magnum asks about the vase's worth there's something with duct tape on the Ferrari door near Magnum's left shoulder, where the camera is located at this particular angle. (00:27:05)
5th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Atlantis SquarePantis - S5-E12
Revealing mistake: Atlantis SquarePantis: After the Atlantis van crashes through the museum's ceiling, Squidward is surprised that it's the magical path to Atlantis, and while Krabs says, "Nice hot rod flames," note how only the disembodied tip of Patrick's arm is in front of SpongeBob's body (it even moves as Patrick moves), due to an animation error in this shot. (00:09:55)
19th Apr 2020
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Revealing mistake: When Tony goes to the bathroom and scans his blood toxicity, the Tony who faces the camera is supposed to be his reflection in the mirror, but the problem is the reflection is not reversed because it's not a mirror image, note Tony's clothing. Also, note how he scanned his right hand's finger, but then in the "mirror" he's sucking on his left hand's pricked finger. (00:28:30)
2nd Apr 2020
Bad Boys II (2003)
Revealing mistake: After Mike starts shooting at the KKK meeting he rolls on the ground as he's firing at klansmen, and when it cuts to shots facing those klansmen, the stunt springboard is visible in two consecutive shots. (00:08:30)
29th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Heaven is in Your Genes - S3-E6
Revealing mistake: While Ralph is in mid-air, en route to the airport cafe, something dips into view at the top left corner of the screen. Then when Ralph takes off from that cafe, two shots later as he's in mid-air, we can see the shadow of the helicopter filming the background stock footage, but it's been flipped so the helicopter is flying backwards, and when more background footage is shown again the helicopter shadow is flying properly. (00:13:15)
29th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
It's All Downhill From Here - S2-E16
Revealing mistake: While Ralph is invisible and eavesdropping on Klein's conversation, when Ralph picks up a pencil and taps it on the desk, we can see the stiff wire attached to the pencil moving up and down, at the left side of the screen. (00:27:35)
29th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
There's Just No Accounting... - S2-E18
Revealing mistake: After Ralph tells Bill that the kidnappers are planning to take another child, when Bigsby walks out of the Sherwin house, in the next shot just as Ralph flies off we can see the stunt's springboard between the bush and the tree. (00:31:05)
27th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Revealing mistake: When Ralph stops the hijacked train before it reaches the city of Bakersfield, due to the close proximity of the camera it's too obvious that Ralph's footwear has been altered for the stunt, as he glides across the tracks. (00:44:30)
27th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Revealing mistake: When Ralph blocks Hydra's rocket from its target, in the closeup as the rocket hits Ralph's abdomen the thin stunt wire is visible at the rocket tail. Then while Bill is fighting with Hydra, when Ralph is in mid-air heading to Bill the stunt apparatus is visible at Ralph's waist. (00:40:00)
19th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Don't Mess Around With Jim - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: While they're on Beck's jet Ralph uses the suit's telekinetic powers on the ice-filled cup, and Ralph tells Bill he'll do it again with a magazine, then when it cuts to the first closeup of the magazines the stunt wire attached to the book is visible. (00:15:45)
19th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fastball - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: During Ralph's tryout for the team, when the catcher yells, "Come on, skinny bones, try to put one right there...," the stunt wire is visible behind the catcher in this shot as well as the following shot, when he flips over. (00:10:10)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Revealing mistake: At the paramilitary base, after Bill tells Bunker he has "a real cute bivouac goin'," it cuts to a shot of Ralph searching for Bill's location, and the stunt apparatus is visible at Ralph's waist area. (00:21:30)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The Shock Will Kill You - S2-E13
Revealing mistake: While Ralph, Pam, and Bill are at the motel, Ralph wraps up all the metal plate covers and cutlery inside the bedspread, then when Ralph walks back and forth we can see the wires attached to the bedspread bundle as it moves. (00:18:15)
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