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)
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
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: 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
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 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: 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 Justin Hammer is giving Tony and company the ransom demands, the top of his chair is higher than his shoulders in one shot, and then lower than his shoulders in the next shot. (00:09:44)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is zapped by the arcade game joysticks, the shapeshifter pretending to be her friend Leslie is wearing glasses. When the shot changes, "Leslie" is no longer wearing glasses. (00:09:25)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is playing the arcade game, the number of buttons on her sweater varies throughout the scene. (00:09:03 - 00:09:37)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Julia and Tony are first shown talking during the piano recital, they each have a glass of water near their right hands. When the shot changes, Julia's glass is suddenly further away from her hand, and Tony's glass looks to have disappeared altogether. Additionally, Tony's suit jacket changes color from black to white. (00:06:30)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Van Cliburn is playing the piano, the red handkerchief in his breast pocket is missing in one shot. (00:06:12)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Dreadknight is approaching Iron Man for the second time, there is no energy surge around Iron Man's helmet. When the shot changes to Julia watching Iron Man on the monitor, he suddenly has an energy surge around his helmet. When the shot changes back to Iron Man, the energy surge is no longer there. (00:04:38)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Stark Industries tank is engaging its weapons system against the Hammer Industries vehicle, there are several rock formations immediately behind it. A couple of shots later and the tank is suddenly has no rock formations near it. (00:01:56)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Julia is first seen monitoring Iron Man's space mission, the bracelet she is wearing on her left wrist throughout the scene is not there. (00:04:07)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When the general is putting his sunglasses on, they resemble safety goggles. When the shot changes, they look more like aviators. (00:01:50)
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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