Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Trivia: In the clips from the episode played before the opening, Nancy Nakamura has a comeback line ("Don't be too sure") that she does not get to say in the episode, where she just smiles and looks at Goto.
Sammo
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: Magnum approaches the Nakamura house getting out of the car with light beige shoes. The young and pretty granddaughter of the deceased walks him around the corner, to her father. In the scene with Russell Nakamura, Nancy's Father, Magnum suddenly has dark brown moccasins, which you can see when he walks towards him and then away. And then when Nancy walks him back to his car, the beige shoes are back. (00:20:10)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Revealing mistake: After the savage beating, the two other prisoners go check out what happened inside the restroom. The take of Kirin Nakamura lying face down begins with the actor stretching his finger before he has to play corpse for a while not moving a muscle. (00:04:25)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: Nancy Nakamura steps away from Magnum telling him she "did not have to decide." Her hair is fully combed back. She is briefly out of frame, and Magnum walks back to her without her moving, but her hair is now cascading all over her shoulders. (00:39:00)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Other mistake: Hank Palmer appears in the closing credits as "Hank Sorenso", but his last name is pronounced by everyone (and logically so) as "Sorenson", and Rick says his first name is Fred. (00:31:00 - 00:48:00)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: Magnum sits down with Saichi Goto leaving the girl on the pier. He asks him "what do you remember about 'em?", and holds his left hand with his right. Reverse shot and it's the other way around. (00:26:10)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Revealing mistake: Magnum usurped Higgins' desk while he's at the hospital. He is checking out of the article about Enoka running for Senate. If you look at the first article on the left, it begins with "The facts regarding the situation remain the same, state the authorities", the famous filler text that appears in dozens of props made by Earl Hayes Press. (00:16:35)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: In the flashback, the one who supports Mr. Nakamura's head does it with the thumb raised above a cone of shadow and clear of his chin in close-up, not matching the previous and following shot. (00:04:30)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Character mistake: Bickering with his pretend wife after risking his neck with the falling crates, Magnums says "we can stop playing house, I can go back to being a private detective, which is exactly what I should have been in the first place." Magnum has a verbal tic during the series and he fiercely corrects everyone when they call him a private eye, or detective, as he goes only by "investigator" (the I in P.I, after all). He's using the wrong word here. (00:22:35)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: In the confrontation at the pier at the end, wind blows through Andy's hair more when he is shot from behind, less from the front. (00:40:30)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Revealing mistake: When Magnum rolls slowly in pain after being hit by the first box, and then when he rolls quickly to 'avoid' the others, his lab coat appears to have protective padding; there's a rectangular shape sticking out. (00:21:25)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Forty Years from Sand Island - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: Magnum's wife makes him lie down again on the office couch. His tie runs down his left side with both ends when the camera is behind his head, one to the side and one straight in the other view. (00:23:20)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum encounters his secretary and he just won't let go of her hand, in the frontal views of Tom Selleck he has his fingertips curled, while in the reverse shots the fingers are straight and don't rise above the side of her hand. (00:19:00)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: Marsha Mackenzie is supposed to be competent with certain aspects of men care; she comes from a wealthy family and she has been taking care of the men in her family all her life. And Magnum does show up at the Kamehameha club with a nicely done knot on his tie. When we actually see the actress tie that same not metaphorical knot though, it's very clumsy, crooked and differs in between shots (it's also done on an unbuttoned shirt).
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Harry MacKenzie gets two big splotches of cake on his suit. Dances with his niece, and then comes back to the buffet table taunting his nephew. No (or at least, very little) splotches at first, but in the closer view his suit is all soiled again. (00:06:20)
26th Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rick and TC are at the wedding buffet. Behind them as they toast in memoriam of Magnum there is a dancing couple. She has a pink hat and her date has a yellow jacket. There's also a black guy in a brown jacket busting some groovy moves of dad dance. Both are also behind Higgins as he arrives, though. The couple also walks back and forth padding the background in the rest of the scene. (00:03:50)
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