Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Factual error: The continents on the world map seen in Iron Man's lab are so crudely drawn that they shouldn't pass for an actual map a superhero team would legitimately use. South America looks more like Australia, and what appears to be Madagascar is too big in relation to Africa, and is also on the wrong side of the continent. (00:12:42)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: The size and quantity of the spikes on the walls that begin to close in on Iron Man and Rachel vary from shot to shot. (00:13:07)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man rescues Rachel from the fall, he begins to set her down on a large pipe-like structure. When the shot changes, the two of them are suddenly closer to the T-joint. (00:14:13)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man and Rachel are teleported into the cave, they are standing next to each other. When the shot changes, she is suddenly several steps in front of him. (00:14:53)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is cradling Iron Man and lamenting not going to her piano lesson, she has a cassette player attached to her hip that wasn't there in previously. Given the state of despair she's in, it's unlikely she would have pulled it from out of her pockets (if it would even fit) just to put it on her hip. (00:16:09)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Other mistake: When Iron Man is saying "sound energy, that's it," the mouth hole on his mask can be seen moving in sync with the dialogue. The mouth hole is not designed to move when he talks. Any other time he talks, it remains motionless. (00:16:42)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is using Rachel's tape player to surge energy into his suit, he connects to it using a green cable from one of his fingers. At one point a closeup of the cable is shown connected to the tape player, but when the shot changes, Iron Man is suddenly no longer connected to the tape player. (00:17:15)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: After Mandarin takes control of one of Stark Industries' tanks and turns it around, the yellow devices on top of it disappear. (00:17:57)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Other mistake: When MODOK and Mandarin are watching Iron Man fire the missiles at Mandarin's henchmen, they can both be seen floating up and down. MODOK floats up and down due to his use of a hover-chair. Mandarin, however, does not have this ability. (00:18:50)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is calling MODOK a stupid head, he is on MODOK's left, and MODOK is facing forward. When the shot changes, the two are suddenly looking at each other face to face. (00:19:00)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Blizzard is freezing the whirlwind, the whirlwind is perpendicular to the ground. When the shot changes, the whirlwind is now at a slanted angle. (00:19:21)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the air traffic controller that is standing up has a mustache, and his tie is solid black. When the shot changes, he is clean-shaven, and his tie has orange stripes on it. (00:01:03)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Audio problem: When Tony Stark is saying "The Reaper is guarded by trusted employees," his mouth movement is not in sync with the dialogue. (00:01:47)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Factual error: The U.S. flag hanging in the House Chambers has 21 stripes and 20 stars, 8 too many and 30 too few, respectively. (00:04:34)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the committee chairman is pounding his gavel in the wideshot, the block is white. When the shot changes, the block is the same brown color as the gavel. (00:04:35)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Character mistake: When the mob is protesting Tony Stark, one of the signs is supposed to say "Fraud," but instead says "Eraud." (00:05:13)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When the mob is throwing bottles at Stark Industries, the second bottle breaks in midair without actually hitting anything. (00:05:21)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Audio problem: When Century is telling Tony that the facility was attacked by Mandarin's forces, his mouth movement is not in sync with the dialogue. (00:06:00)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When MODOK is approaching the village in the Grim Reaper, in the second shot, the area of the control stick between his index and middle fingers is the same purple color as his hands. (00:09:05)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: For the first few episodes of this show, Rhodey is voiced by James Avery. However, there are two scenes in this episode with Rhodey providing voiceover, and you can tell he is voiced by Jim Cummings. Presumably Avery wasn't available to record the dialogue for these parts, so they just went with Cummings instead. (00:10:36 - 00:18:06)
Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Some critics criticized the premise of so many one-off battles that were introduced and concluded within one or two episodes. Others felt the first-season plot lines were overly simplistic and never progressed or developed through the season. Also, the rivalry between Iron Man and the Mandarin also failed to capture viewer's attention.
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