Continuity mistake: When Dorsey pops pills in the tub with Magnum, he puts the bottle to the left, off frame. Mrs. Greeley arrives, and now the pills are on the opposite side, between Magnum and him. (00:24:25)
Sammo
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the locker room, Dorsey gets his cortisone shot to the shoulder while he talks to Magnum. His hand is between the legs under one angle, on top of the thigh in the reverse shot. (00:10:10)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When it cuts back from the sub to the star at the party, the woman is fanning him, but in the background it was him the one waving the dainty little fan. (00:04:35)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Pat Morita gets dunked in the pool (twice) and he is dripping wet, you can even see his black underwear through the shorts when he gets pulled up from it. Still, a couple of shots later he's nice and dry poolside with the exact same clothes and hat. (00:03:05)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Coach Bell is talking to Dorsey's substitute and his wife at the party, the couple is in a different position in the two different camera angles mainly used; she casts a shadow on him in a different spot, with sunlight on his arms when the camera is over Bill Edwards' shoulder, and not in the other angle. (00:04:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The coach is talking to the number two QB, saying he's worried about the star. "I am too, sir", he replies. A blonde with a black swimsuit walks past him, but 5 seconds later she's doing the same. (00:04:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Mrs. Greeley turns around and watches Dorsey Bramlett on the hammock with a girl. He is gripping the net with his hand around the middle, but in the next shot and rest of the scene he is clinging to the top. (00:03:15)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the title of the episode appears in the credits, there are 4 girls passing in front of the pool bar. One of them is very recognisable for her circlet in her hair, sporting purple and gold bikini and a ripped physique. That same girl, with or without the others, passes in front of the same bar several other times (at least 3) during the scene. (00:01:35)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene the position of the girl in the inflatable chair is not coherent in the various views. In the establishing shot of the pool, she is in the corner of the part opposite the house, but then she is in a diagonally opposite spot, and later when Morita is clearing his throat to give his speech she has two different guys (not too far apart from each other but still in distinct position) by her feet. (00:01:40)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After his speech, the guys toss Jack Metro (Pat Morita) in the pool. Mrs. Eleanor Greeley is present in the faraway shot, and she has her shades in her right hand, but it cuts to a close-up of her going through her sexy chewing schtick holding them in her left hand. (00:02:50)
22nd May 2020
Saint Seiya: Awakening
Other mistake: One of the trivia questions asks "Which one of the following skills is not used by the Ikki brothers?", but it is wrong. The possible choices are 3 skills not used by Ikki or Shun, and the 4th is a skill from Shun, Ikki's brother.
22nd May 2020
The Upside Of Anger (2005)
Continuity mistake: Joan Allen is on the couch with Kevin Costner, watching TV. Her daughter come back from school and tells her "You're gonna get her yourself tomorrow." Joan Allen lowers the hand with the cigarette, but it's still up in the next shot as if nothing happened. (00:07:00)
21st May 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Other mistake: Inevitably the officers have to concisely give to the quirky inspector a quick profile of the suspect. For their "background checks" they read from profile sheets. It is unclear if they wrote them themselves or not; sometimes especially in earlier seasons they seem to receive them. These sheets contain sentences often written in a rather informal tone that does not fit the format, and in fact often you can see that whatever the officer is saying in casual tone as if it were part of the dialogue is written verbatim on the sheet itself. Example; 6-8, when Florence says "He's big on family values and promoting education in the community", with her line already readable word for word on the sheet in Jack's hand in the previous shot.
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Italian Ice - S2-E15
Revealing mistake: The 'mysterious stalker' is looking at Magnum opening the door of Ferrari for Margo, through a camera lens. When later we see the photo developed, it does not match that angle at all. (00:24:20 - 00:32:40)
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Italian Ice - S2-E15
Factual error: Magnum drives off in the night with the damsel in distress; a mafioso shoots at him with his 'lupara' double-barrel shotgun...3 times in rapid succession. (00:07:15)
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Italian Ice - S2-E15
Factual error: The bad guy is called "Marchese di Como", the Marquis of Como, but as perhaps it is more known internationally now than in the 80s, Como is at the very North of Italy and nowhere near Sicily. The Marquis/Marchese's henchman is called "Segundo" (pronounced as such and written in the credits), but it's a Spanish name, not an Italian one.
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Italian Ice - S2-E15
Factual error: When Magnum first approaches the Ferrari of the mobster, the front license plate is ZZG A 532. When he drives off, the back license plate can be seen, and it's 574572. Neither is a valid Italian license plate for the time period, it should also be noted. (00:02:35 - 00:07:10)
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Italian Ice - S2-E15
Plot hole: Magnum leaves the estate on the Ferrari leaving Katrina behind. He joins Margo at the drama lesson. Somehow, Katrina manages to be there at the same time as he is - without really knowing where he is in fact going, and it is her first day in Hawaii - and scratches his car in a temper tantrum.
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Italian Ice - S2-E15
Revealing mistake: Magnum finds the unpleasant surprise of a large scratch on Robin's Ferrari. In close-up he runs his hand along the "bloody gouge", as Higgins later calls it, but it's a badly constructed prop; look at the turn signal, tiny and circular, nothing like the larger rectangular one of the car. (00:23:40)
21st May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Italian Ice - S2-E15
Visible crew/equipment: Magnum drives his girlfriend back to the estate after they seemingly made peace. As the Ferrari stops and just before she opens the door, set lights are reflected in it. (00:24:45)
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