Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Dum Dum Dugan is about to stand up and get in Iron Man's face, the control panel in front of him goes all the way up to his chest, whereas it only went as high as the middle of his stomach in all previous shots. (00:05:13 - 00:05:55)
Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Dum Dum Dugan is showing Iron Man the footage of the school being set on fire, he sets his mug of coffee down on the control panel. A couple of shots later, the mug has disappeared. (00:05:14)
Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man picks up Arthur Dearborn by his collar, the left side of Dearborn's head is just outside the spotlight. When the shot changes, his entire head is in the spotlight. (00:10:54)
Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin's hands first appear at the top of the cliff, he's not wearing any rings. A few shots later, he is suddenly wearing a ring on his right-hand ring finger. The ring then alternates between being on his finger and off for the remainder of the scene. (00:20:35)
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man says "Stealth One out," Nick Fury has a toothpick in his mouth. When the shot changes, the toothpick is gone. (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: When Rhodey is saying that A.I.M. has dispatched four choppers after them, Nick Fury is standing directly next to him. When the shot changes, Fury has moved away several feet. (00:02:11)
Continuity mistake: When Howard Stark is saying he doesn't remember how he ended up being a captive of A.I.M., his head and pillow are closer to the top of the bed than they were in all previous and subsequent shots. (00:07:19 - 00:08:01)
Continuity mistake: When Walter Stark is first shown in the hospital bed, his pillow is brown, and looks to be made from a hard material, judging from the light reflection coming off it. When the shot changes, the pillow is beige and looks soft like a pillow should. (00:07:19)
Continuity mistake: When the reporter is talking about Walter Stark being rushed to the hospital, the emergency vehicle behind her changes in appearance when the shot changes. (00:08:09)
Continuity mistake: When Tony walks in on his father talking to H.O.M.E.R, his father has a gold clip on his tie. When the shot changes, the clip is gone. (00:10:19)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is asking his father if he remembers anything about Nick Fury, he leans up against a control panel, there is a large monitor behind him, and he is standing with his left profile to his father. When the shot changes, it is now a bare wall behind Tony, and he is directly facing his father. A couple of shots later, Tony is suddenly standing several feet away from his father, nowhere near the control panel. (00:10:41)
Continuity mistake: When Tony first wakes up after being knocked out by Crimson Dynamo, you can tell by the angle of the light on the ceiling and Crimson Dynamo and the clone of his father leaning over him that he is lying down. When the shot changes, he is shackled in an upright position. A couple of shots later, he is lying down again. (00:18:09)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is shackled to the platform, the distance between the top of his head and the top of the platform, and his feet from the floor vary throughout the scene. (00:18:19 - 00:18:52)
Continuity mistake: When Crimson Dynamo is tossing Tony around, Tony opens up his armory by placing his hand on a biometric scanner on the right of the door. The scanner is then missing for the rest of the scene. (00:19:23)
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is dodging the collapsing statues, at one point, the floor has gone from being golden tiles to an earthly terrain. (00:12:35)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is telling Madam Masque that her craving for power tore them apart, they are standing on the right side of her vanity. When she calls him a liar, they are suddenly standing on a blue rug, several feet away from the vanity. (00:14:18)
Continuity mistake: When War Machine and Spider-Woman are standing underneath the hole Madam Masque created, in certain shots Spider-Woman is standing on War Machine's left, and in others, she is standing directly in front of him. (00:15:45)
Iron Man, on the Inside - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When Tony and Julia are leaving Stark Enterprises, the window next to the entrance is suddenly larger than it was when Clint entered the building moments earlier. (00:01:23 - 00:02:01)
Iron Man, on the Inside - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When the airplane wing lands on Hawkeye, it only crushes his lower half. When Iron Man lifts the wing off him, his entire body is suddenly under it. (00:04:58)
Iron Man, on the Inside - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When the Hacker is preparing to watch Iron Man shrink down, Iron Man is standing roughly in the center of the platform. A couple of shots later, he has moved back several steps. (00:08:09)
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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