Continuity mistake: Rod tells Magnum the story of how he went into jail and his wife divorced him. He says that "it happens" and massages his temples. In the next shot the pose is similar but he is leaning with his forehead against the back of the hand. (00:25:30)
Sammo
28th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the run-in with Dolphie Crenshaw's men, Magnum and TC are talking with Rick. When he says "Don't worry 'bout it" his arms are crossed the opposite way than in the previous shot. Mistakes of the same nature happens later, such as when Magnum explains why he owes Rod and Rick's hands go from opposite upper arms to joined together. (00:14:35)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum tries to have TC accept the cheque, but he is adamant about 'cash and carry'. During this scene, Magnum is holding the box with his hand positioned at a level that switches between two heights as the angle changes. (00:08:40)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: For the greater part of the air duel, the jet of the bad guys has one window, but in the landing and in other shots it has two windows. (00:45:40)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: The jet plane the bad guys are taking off in keeps changing registration number. Before Sam's heli lands, it's N94J, when Sam watches it take off it's 33BK, when it asks for authorization to change course it is N464CL. Its flag also goes from US to Mexico to US again. (00:40:40)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: After landing in Waco, Samuel hugs his mom. The propeller of the plane gets in frame, and its blades are angled with the right one towards the ground. Later Sam puts his slick moves on his ex wife, and when they pass by the plane the blades are horizontal. (00:25:30 - 00:31:10)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: When Sam's reluctant ex laughs after slapping him, she has her hand in front of her mouth when she is filmed from behind, not so in the previous view. (00:31:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: The birthday boy is skygazing and talking with his dog. When he nags him for not listening, there's a cut to a close-up of Buckshot, and his floppy ear is suddenly atop his paw. (00:22:30)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: Sam Houston Hunter is ashore talking to Higgins about his Grandpa; his hair is messed up differently depending on the camera angle. (00:11:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: When the plane crash-lands in the tidal pool, it crashes with one wing and tumbles to the other side of the rocks, flopping on its belly. When Magnum dives in to the rescue, the plane has capsized and its tail is on Magnum's end of the rocks. (00:09:20)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: When Saito says to his assistant "I do not believe in accidents", the woman who was sponging his shoulder has her hands on the border of the tub. (00:14:55)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum says "Murder's never private", his left hand moves from the bottom to the side of the diary. (00:42:15)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum's face after the beating from the 80s girls in leggings and hairspray gets suddenly bloodied on both sides of the mouth at the end of the scene. (00:27:20)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum groans asking Tracy Spencer "Why didn't you pull your gun?" She has both hands joined, just one hand up in the next shot. (00:27:15)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the "policewoman" arrives and yells "Freeze! Police!" thumping her chest, Magnum at the bottom of the frame is getting up. In the next shot her hands are off her chest and Magnum is very far away from even the thought of getting up. (00:27:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum goes around the market to show around Marcus' photo. Multiple extras, such as a man with a blue Hawaiian shirt and a kid with a white jumper with red sleeves, can be seen roaming the premises multiple times in different shots. (00:24:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum takes a bottle of the infamous Coops beer from the fridge and puts it down while Higgins is doing his threatening smile routine. He puts it down with the label facing away from the camera. When he answers the phone, the bottle is again facing away from the camera, but the angle is the opposite than the earlier one. (00:13:10)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The threat about the Romanian mime troop does the trick, and Magnum stands up to go after Higgins for some begging. The cloth he's cleaning the crossbow with dangles in its length in the first shot, but it's draped over the handle in the next. (00:14:00)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum's search for clues at Marcus' is interrupted by a banshee scream from the girl with glasses. In the first few shots of the sequence, Tom Selleck's left arm is never in the correct position, being low in frontal view and raised in reverse shot, doing the same movement twice in different shots, etc. (00:09:05)
27th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum follows his inner voice and gets inside Marcus' quarters. The camera follows him and he stops in front of the desk where a picture is balanced on one side on some stacked papers. In the close-up that follows, the picture is flat on top of Marcus' appointments book. (00:08:45)
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