Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: TC and Magnum incapacitate a yoyo with a net, then make a hasty escape. The camera cuts when Selleck's stuntman has the camera hand on the window frame, but Selleck himself in the next one has his legs already out and simply has to hop off the sill. (00:31:30)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the car chase, Rick is in a bit of a jam. There's a close-up with the actors in between two wide shots with the stuntpeople in the car; in that close-up the sunlight is different, as it can be easily seen on the backseats. (00:26:00)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Magnum grabs Bridget by the arm and drags her to the Ferrari. When she says peeved "He was my father, Magnum!" she puts her hand on her hip, but the reverse shot does not acknowledge this change of stance, and she is still standing with her arms down her body like in the earlier matching angle. It happens again with the same angles a moment later. (00:17:20)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Magnum and his client go to Mrs. Iko Tamura's house. Bridget leans against the fence right by the post, and in every front view of her she has her right hand to the right of the post, or on top of it. When the camera is behind Magnum, she is nowhere to be seen. (00:15:50)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Magnum gets up after specifying that 'generals' in the Navy are called 'admirals'. He puts the towel by the side of the plate he has In front of him, a plate with a fork and a leftover bit of his sandwich. In the wider angle though, there are two plates, one with his fork and leftovers, the other with more food. (00:08:45)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Having breakfast with his client, Magnum asks her "Why did the Navy arrest you?" He starts asking while she has the left hand raised, but ends up doing it while she has her right hand raised and chewing on it. (00:08:25)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Agatha is cutting a piece of wood; she is almost done in close-up, the top part of the board is vibrating and about to come off. In the wider angle that follows, Agatha has yet to do a lot of work on it, the cut path is inconsistent with the one previously seen, almost mirrors it. (00:04:15)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: Magnum goes to the archives, back home and then to Earl' son wearing khaki shirt and shorts and his Detroit Tigers cap. When he rushes his Ferrari back home, he's wearing jeans, a purple sweater and his Da Nang cap. (00:28:40)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When Higgins brings Earl at the airport, the same extras can be seen walking back and forth over and over - some instantaneously recognizable like the dark haired woman with the long azure patterned dress, or the woman with short hair, white top and khaki shorts, wearing a purple lei. (00:42:30)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I. mistake picture

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: Magnum walks back to the car after spending 4 hours at the archives. A woman with a brown dress with a red belt crosses his path and walks away. Magnum then stands in front of the parkometer (and the parking tickets), but the woman is just then passing him by. (00:23:00)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: Once Higgins sends away Zeus and Apollo, Magnum looks down briefly at his own feet, which are one in front of the other. A close-up on Higgins happens then, and then another on Magnum, who only then is looking down at his feet and realizing he's standing on the prized soil, and in the following close-up steps away from it, having both feet together at the same level. (00:16:00)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: During Earl's story about the dead sumo wrestler, Ernst Borgnine and Tom Selleck's hands have inconsistent positions between cuts. Magnum's hands hold the chopsticks at or well below the table level, and White Death's hand is closed first, then open. (00:09:20)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: Magnum chirps "Hey, we can talk about this!" as a guy grabs him from behind and Rick is on the ground holding a hand on his cheek. But in the close-up, Larry Manetti's hand is noticeably lower on the jaw. (00:06:20)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: The first time we see Mr. White Death in the ring, he gets pushed into the corner by his opponent but he shoulder-tackles him to the ground. So when Rick talks to Harry, makes sense that both wrestlers are rolling on the canvas. Less sense though that after they cut to footage of the two wrestlers trading blow standing, Rick and Harry are still talking with the two big guys downed and tumbling around. (00:04:40)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mixed Doubles - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, TC receives the bags and basket from Higgins' ladies; in the transition across the "Evelyn gets a teensy bit airsick." line, the two women behind Agatha have different hand positions - in particular the one with the maroon dress is adjusting her cleavage in the first shot, but has both hands supporting the camera in the next. The position of the bag and goggles on Agatha's arm change too, noticeably as the bag'strap is off/on the sleeve all of a sudden. (00:45:25)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mixed Doubles - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: Magnum, defeated, receives the racket from TC and makes his way to the court. In the scene in the locker room, his injured finger was not taped. When he talks to his insidious double partner before the match, the index is fully taped. (00:35:00)

Sammo

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Mixed Doubles - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When an annoyed Magnum tells TC in the locker room "Well then you can play!", the coach, mentor and potential killer is holding the racket turned towards a different direction (by the flat or by the side). (00:34:05)

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