The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When Iron Man is suiting up on his private jet, the environment around him is a lab, which would be far too large to fit on a private jet. (00:17:55)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
Other mistake: When Iron Man is attacked by Dreadknight, he calls out to Julia saying "He hit a major cyber shot," to which she responds by saying "Who hit what? You're alone out there, Tony." Moments later when Rhodey walks up to Julia, he asks her what's wrong with Tony, and she replies by saying "He thinks Dreadknight attacked him in a terminal reality simulation." Tony never told Julia that it was Dreadknight that attacked him, so she couldn't have known that's who Tony was referring to. (00:04:02 - 00:04:37)
Other mistake: When Century is pressing the button on the control panel to restore gravity to the vessel, you can see his finger doesn't actually touch the button. (00:18:06)
Other mistake: When Iron Man tells Mandarin that he's been waiting to meet him face to face, they are standing only a few yards apart. Mandarin retorts by saying "Then face this, Iron Man," while firing an energy blast from one of his rings at him. The shot changes and Iron Man is hit by the blast. With how fast the blast was shown traveling and the short distance between the two, Iron Man would have been hit by the blast before Mandarin could have finished saying his comeback line. (00:14:38)
Other mistake: When Tony and Julia and the two tailing reporters walk past the press, they appear out of thin air. They should have either appeared from the courthouse door, which is closed the entire time, or from the left side of the screen. Instead, they appear on screen from just behind the reporter in the foreground, who is not obscuring enough of the screen for Tony and Julia to have gone unseen up until that point. (00:10:03)
Rejoice! I Am Ultimo Thy Deliverer - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Mandarin and Modok are watching Iron Man and War Machine fly circles around Ultimo, the monitor they are watching is shaking, likely indicating a composite shot.
Rejoice! I Am Ultimo Thy Deliverer - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Mandarin and Modok are flying towards Ultimo in order to regain control over it, there is a noticeable jump cut, as evidenced by the clouds in the sky suddenly changing.
Revealing mistake: Several episodes use the exact same footage of Tony Stark putting his armor on.
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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