Sammo

29th May 2020

Saint Seiya: Awakening

Other mistake: The description of Siren Sorrento keeps using female pronouns ("she", "her"), but the character is unambiguously male. Of course Sirens in mythology were female, but it's simply the creature his Cloth is dedicated to.

Sammo

27th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Letter to a Duchess - S4-E6

Other mistake: Magnum and Vivian are not listening to the TV at loud volume (they have a quiet time watching and talking without raising their voice), but Higgins, all of a sudden hears it all the way from the main house and is greatly bothered by it.

Sammo

27th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Limited Engagement - S4-E5

Other mistake: Magnum rewinds the answering machine tape hitting the opportune button just once, and it plays on its own the exact bit he needs to listen to, without any intervention on his part. (00:36:20)

Sammo

27th May 2020

Saint Seiya: Awakening

Other mistake: The special boss for Legion fights that can be summoned through the Star Portal item is called Lord of the Stars, but the item description says "Thane of Stars"

Sammo

26th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Limited Engagement - S4-E5

Other mistake: The opening sequence featuring a blonde in an orange bikini showering on the beach is recognizable as reused from a kidnapping scene in one of the early episodes of the series, 4 years before; China Doll. (00:01:50)

Sammo

26th May 2020

Saint Seiya: Awakening

Other mistake: When Hyoga faces Milo, the dialogue features retorts rather unbecoming of the solemnity of the event ("Zing!"), and Hyoga's dialogue is written as if he he did not know it was his master who froze him in the coffin - he did, but the 'reveal' is that it was done to protect him.

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Distant Relative - S4-E4

Other mistake: Rick enters Wendy's room shouting like a madman, and then reaches the bedroom door trying to turn and pull the knob. He bangs the door, calls for Magnum's help, and both then bust the door open. In all that, the guy going through Wendy's underwear and bed sheets is still unfazed and stops what he's doing merely when they almost fall on him. (00:18:00)

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Distant Relative - S4-E4

Other mistake: Magnum wakes up because Agatha and Higgins are playing with their model planes that loudly buzz in the air. He opens his bedroom window and here they are, by the guesthouse, with a direct view and Higgins waving at him. He then gets out to give them a verbal beating, and he's coming from the main house area. (00:02:15)

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Other mistake: When Magnum makes a typo with the "Torpo Corporation" name, he types "Torbo"; B and P are nowhere near. And to fix it he types a B, and backspaces. That's not how it worked, ever. (00:27:40)

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Other mistake: Higgins is outraged about a precious 1923 sketch being stolen by Rick's friend. Then again, that invaluable (as he puts it) piece of paper was stored in an open rack, rolled up with a rubber band. That's hardly how such an antiquity would be preserved by someone who finds it this valuable.

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Other mistake: The guy rummaging through Waldo's stuff in the room does not get alerted by their loud chat outside the room, nor the door unlocking, not even their steps; he just turns around suddenly when they both are in the room, standing still in silence and looking at him, who has his back turned to them. Must have had eyes on the back of his head. (00:09:10)

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: Luther decks one of the old ladies with a punch. When he strolls past them after slipping Magnum a mickey, he looks back at them, and one in particular, who is sporting a patch. It is not the same lady he punched earlier. (00:17:35 - 00:21:30)

Sammo

25th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: The guesthouse scene with Magnum and Luther opens with a prolonged gag about Magnum "finally" getting an answering machine. It is said that it's the first time he gets one. But in the season 1 finale, "Beauty Knows No Pain", Magnum's client Barbara Terranova commented that the message on Magnum's answering machine mentioned the club. (00:03:25 - 00:18:00)

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: For the first 2/3 of the episode (up until their second prison visit) Magnum is wearing the same watch he had been wearing for the previous three seasons, with a leather strap. For the last part of the episode he wears the pepsi bezel watch with a metal bracelet that he inherited from his father and was the focus of the previous episode and will be his regular watch for the rest of the show, in kind of a retcon.

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: The policeman opens the closet door in the most transparent "a corpse is going to fall off from here and I know it" way, stepping away from it and even looking down where the body will drop. (00:05:45)

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Home from the Sea - S4-E1

Other mistake: Magnum is 5 years old when his dad leaves for Korea, and is 6 by the time he's dead, coming back in a coffin on July 4th 1951. That does not work with the birthdate that appeared on the driver license in Memories Are Forever, episode 2-5, which is even abundantly referenced here with footage being re-used (Magnum's wedding party with bombs, and making love to his wife years later in the guest house). He was born January 5th 1946 in the document shown in close-up there.

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Home from the Sea - S4-E1

Other mistake: Rick breaks off his hot date and goes searching for Magnum driving his boat for a long while -before- contacting Higgins to see if Magnum is missing at all. It also is the middle of the night and close to dawn (Magnum has to wait just one hour before the sun comes up) but Rick is still drinking wine (but not drunk) and hasn't even touched second base with the girl despite the fact that they were mixing wine and going below when the sun was still up.

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Home from the Sea - S4-E1

Other mistake: Higgins says he hasn't seen Magnum (or his surf ski) "for two days", but Magnum left on the morning of the 4th, and has been in the ocean for 20 hours total. He spends the 4th on his own, but on the 3rd his friends and the ever-seeing majordomo of the estate should have gotten any sign of his presence.

Sammo

24th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Home from the Sea - S4-E1

Other mistake: Rick mentions "It'll take us half the night to limp home and I don't want to go through the reef in the dark with one engine." He's lying because he wants to spend the night with her, but even considering that, the fact that there are islands behind him as he speaks, but through all the rest of the scene both act as if they were in the middle of the ocean (she does not object, he looks out to sea with his binoculars), is a spoiler. (00:30:30)

Sammo

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