Revealing mistake: In the first shot with Magnum on his surf ski, Tom Selleck is replaced by a body double whose face can be seen distinctly behind the large wave. (00:02:40)
Sammo
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: TC and Higgins look into the guest house. From the top of the stairs looking down, there's a newspaper that is perfectly perched on top of the lamp shade. When they get downstairs and Higgins muses about abhorrent acts of perversion involving lizards, the sheet got limp. (00:37:45)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum's dad says on tape "I'll be home by the 4th." Both Magnum and his mom cheer. In close-up on Mrs. Magnum as the tape says "I hope so", Mini-Magnum is casting a shadow on her, but he was at greater distance in the previous shot, no shadow. (00:36:50)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
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)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: TC gets anxious after passing by "She-Magnum" and honks at the cars in front of him at the traffic lights. It's obvious from the light and the buildings that the traffic lights shot is not matching the other views. (00:29:10)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When TC looks at a passing Ferrari and thinks about Magnum, the woman in close-up has her hair heavily windblown, while it's mostly still in the wider angle. (00:29:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the chess game, Higgins does a Magnum on Agatha with his "I know what you're thinking...", causing her to raise her hands already at the very end of that specific shot. She will start the action all over again only later in a subsequent shot. (00:27:35)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Agatha is consoling Higgins for the loss at polo. She tells him that it was good strategy as she puts the pot down and puts her hand on the teacup. Next shot and as she elaborates she is holding nothing and putting her hand down to get the cup just then. (00:19:35)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When TC and the kids are watching the game live at the stadium, the film is much grainier making excessively obvious the usage of stock footage. (00:17:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Factual error: In the flashback of 6 years-old Magnum paddling with his dad before he leaves for the war in Korea, Mr. Magnum is wearing a Rolex GMT Master with the Pepsi bezel, a model designed in 1955, well after the war. (00:12:05)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: TC is driving his team of youngsters for the 4th of July game; in the aerial shot of the van, it is driving a different road than the one shown in the interior view, and it's driving on the leftmost lane while it had cars on both sides of it and the right railing has been closer. (00:08:00)
24th May 2020
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Continuity mistake: Bo is waiting for Luke's escapade with Laurie, and meanwhile listens to Al Unser Jr.'s story narrated by Laurence Fishburne. He checks out of the case of the tape propping it against the left or the right of the steering wheel depending on the camera angle. (00:02:40)
24th May 2020
Scoob! (2020)
Continuity mistake: Scooby and Shaggy just met; during their first encounter, the sandwich changes position without being touched, multiple times. (00:03:30)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: A plastic bag with a wallet and a watch, placed right next to a claymore mine when it explodes with a whole car, would hardly stay perfectly intact, and completely untouched by the police when they already towed the car to the impound lot.
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: Magnum spots a patrol car inside the impound lot. He and TC duck down, and they are at the side of the car. The same side the camera is at, when it gives us a view of the patrol car passing by. It's plain daylight, and they officers have to be completely blind to Miss those two big dudes lying by the side of the car in a spot they have a clean eyesight on. (00:36:20)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The whole Ferrari/pick-up truck shenanigans of this episode conveniently forget Higgins having usage of a perfectly good Mercedes. (00:47:00)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: During Magnum's fight with the security guard, the guard sells the punch a mile before it hits, and in the end supposedly goes KO, but is still breathing hard and moving. (00:42:30)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Audio problem: When Ox punches Magnum in the final act, the one oonf!-ing in pain is seemingly Denny Miller and not Tom Selleck. The canned sound when he goes KO a few seconds later is equally disjointed. (00:42:10)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Plot hole: Magnum is defending his client from the detective's interview, and doing so he says "The bomb that blew up Lindsey's car could've been planted at any time yesterday." Now, Magnum had no way to know that the murder happened through a car bomb; he just learned of Bart Lindsey's death from Higgins, and he rushed to the beach without getting additional info, nor seemingly this info was given by the police crew in the first place. but he knows! Magnum is obviously the murderer. Not really, but it's the kind of statement that gives a murderer away in traditional whodunits, generally. (00:31:00)
23rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is eating a banana and asking Rick to do his job for him. Rick says "Then you're not sure that this Lindsey guy knocked his partner off" and folds his arms, which are again extended as before after the cut. (00:27:25)
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