Continuity mistake: David Norman is being loud at the King Kamehameha club. There's a cut to a table of 4 people looking at him; the leftmost person of that group is holding his drink, while in the wide angle the glass was untouched in the sun. (00:10:45)
Sammo
4th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
4th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
4th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
China Doll - S1-E3
Revealing mistake: When Higgins tells Magnum that he has to get into the safe first, Tom Selleck turns around and does a cheeky eyebrow-wiggle thing so well executed that will stay as the end shot for the opening of the whole series. A minute later, Higgins commands the lads to kill (!), and the turn and waggle are shown back in an obvious mirror shot. (00:47:45 - 00:48:40)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: There's a neat and funny transition between the moment Rick tosses in the bin the orange juice bill that he knows Magnum will never pay, and a sponge being thrown into a bucket as Higgins polishes Robin Masters' Audi. The sponge though comes in from the right, way off Higgins' position. It's not John Hillerman that tossed it, but some stagehand. (00:16:40)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum works on picking the lock to his own home, the plant next to the door is the characteristic Swiss cheese plant; it has 'holes' in the leaves. The dogs arrive and scratch at the door, and the plant is now a different one. The table and chair appear also to have moved - probably it's footage from a totally different moment or location. (00:05:00)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Plot hole: Towards the beginning of the episode a peculiar arrangement is presented; Magnum has to share the guest house with two stewardesses, Mandy and Suzie. The night of the party, they both go for a swim. Mandy is involved in a shooting, and following scenes include her resting at the guest house. Suzie is never heard from since. She does not have a place to sleep; it is made clear that the main house has not been arranged yet for that purpose, the Brigadier and his escort have to leave first. She is not there in the morning. She just vanishes.
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: As he does his Hooker bargain, Magnum takes a sip of beer, held in his right hand. Hooker agrees saying "All right, all right" and the bottle is popping in frame from the left. (00:15:45)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The photographer takes shots of the Brigadier on the balcony. The Brigadier is wearing a shirt and pants, fairly casual as expected. When Hooker is left alone in the dark room of the terrorist, he is looking at pictures of the Brigadier wearing a white jacket and bowtie, which is the outfit he will wear at the party several hours later. (00:12:30 - 00:25:35)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The creepy photographer guy is taking pictures throughout the episode. His camera somehow reaches everywhere on the estate; front gates, lawn, the Brigadier's balcony, with extreme close-ups and disregard to walls and structures in the way. It's one of those magic movie cameras.
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum jumps in the Ferrari to stop the bomb. He is wearing his blue Lacoste and beige pants. The car sprints out of the gates...and Magnum lost his pants. But it's nothing compared to the interior shot of the Ferrari that follows; he's wearing now blue jeans, and shifting gears wearing his team ring on that hand - but it was on the left hand earlier. (00:42:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Rick smacks the cork on top of the wine bottle after he poured for Magnum and himself. In the next shot of the table following TC's messy arrival, the cork is almost all out. (00:46:25)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rick serves special Sarduci-style sauce and wine to Magnum, set lights are reflected in Tom Selleck's shades. (00:46:10)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum approaches the Audi in a spot where the road is straight in longshot, but in the perspective with the camera just in front of Higgins, they are coming off a curve. (00:44:20)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The IRA operative puts the bomb into the Audi with a timer rigged for 5:00. Three minutes and a half of time that cannot be compressed (no cuts to any other scene that happens simultaneously - and if anything, more time than that should have realistically elapsed) pass before Magnum even gets on the Ferrari and drives out of the Nest. The way it is shown in the episode, Magnum could never make the heroic save. It gets even worse at the ending; 15 seconds remain on the timer and Magnum has yet to force the Audi down the beach road, the car has to reach the end of said road, Magnum runs, on foot, to their point, convinces them that there is indeed a bomb, and they run for cover.taking cover and waiting for the thing to explode! A minute could have been spent for that task alone. (00:39:20 - 00:42:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Factual error: The villain holds Magnum at gunpoint with a weapon with a silencer. Which is useless, the gun being a revolver. (00:41:20)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Mandy is leaning against the Audi chatting with Higgins, her towel changes position (its end pops in front of her arm, or is tucked underneath). (00:39:35)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Deliberate mistake: In the scene that sets up the climax involving the car, both the trunk and the gas cap are unlocked to make the filming smooth. (00:38:50)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum tells the Brigadier "I don't believe you have a...", the Brit's shoulder is casting a shadow on his chest. Neither of them moves, but when Magnum is back being in frame from the waist up, Richard Johnson's shadow has moved significantly off. (00:31:55)
3rd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The Brigadier gets up after drink and cigars; on the couch, Mandy is sitting with her right leg crossed over the left. The camera cuts closer to her and her colleague Suzie, and she is now sitting with the left crossed over the right. (00:28:10)
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