The Silver Surfer & the Coming of Galactus: Part 1 - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Reed is stretching up to speak to Galactus, the black 4 on his chest briefly turns white. (00:20:04)
The Origin of the Fantastic Four: Part 1 - S1-E1
Other mistake: When Puppet Master is making a clay figurine of Thing, the mold he uses doesn't have a Thing-shaped interior with which to make a detailed figurine. The figurine should have just looked like an undefined human-shaped figure. (00:15:20)
The Origin of the Fantastic Four: Part 1 - S1-E1
Plot hole: The beginning of the episode shows video footage for Dick Clark's telethon of the Fantastic Four battling Namor underwater. However, the Fantastic Four didn't even meet Namor until the third episode of the series. (00:01:00 - 00:02:02)
Incursion of the Skrulls - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: The Fantasticar's light shining on the Skrull projection device changes color between shots. It is initially yellow and changes to blue.
The Origin of the Fantastic Four: Part 2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the recap, it shows the man on the bridge step off the ledge and start to fall before Johnny grabs him. However, in the previous episode, Johnny grabs him while he's still on the ledge.
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Miss Forbes is flipping through the TV channels, you can see an ottoman with a bowl of food on it to her right, and it's about as tall as her mid-shins area. After she turns the TV off, the ottoman and bowl are now in front of the TV, while the ottoman itself is nearly as high as her waist. (00:15:01)
Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12
Audio problem: When Thing dives from the Fantasticar towards Annihilus and Blastaar, he says "It's clobbering time" with his mouth wide open. (00:14:06)
Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12
Audio problem: When Annihilus is challenging Blastaar to a fight to the death, he says "I invoke" without moving his mouth. (00:14:37)
Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12
Other mistake: When the heroes are looking over the footage of their fight with Annihilus, Reed has been drawn twice. He is both at the control panel, and behind himself and to the right. The one that is not at the control panel was meant to be Johnny. (00:10:01)
Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the infomercial host is showing the porcelain pigs from the Age of Enlightenment, one of the pigs is spinning around. When it changes to a wide shot, the pig is no longer spinning. (00:06:50)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Silver Surfer is flying up to speak to Galactus, Galactus' purple visor is incorrectly colored the same hue as his skin. (00:19:05)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When the heroes are approaching Doom's volcano base in the Fantasticar, you can see the seats are unoccupied. (00:17:39)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When the heroes are fleeing in the Fantasticar from the exploding ship, you can see none of the seats are occupied. (00:13:14)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Reed is stretching out to cushion Silver Surfer's fall, his hair is incorrectly colored blonde. (00:12:49)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Audio problem: When Reed is saying "Surfer, are you all right?", his lips don't move and his teeth are showing. (00:11:05)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Plot hole: The Fantastic Four fly into space in their Fantasticar, and they are not wearing spacesuits or helmets. Even more baffling is after they enter Galactus' ship, they put spacesuits and helmets on, so they can prepare for "spacewalking." They may have super powers, but they still need to breathe oxygen to live, so being in the vacuum of space without any proper suits should have killed them. The Fantasticar later in the episode shows that each seat has the capability of being sealed with an airtight bubble covering, but they didn't show those being used when they were flying in space. (00:08:15 - 00:09:30)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Alicia is wishing the heroes good luck, her forehead and right temple are visible. When the shot changes, almost her entire forehead and temples are covered by her hair. (00:06:03)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Reed is saying "If we do not find its source," his thumb is colored white. (00:05:10)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Reed changes the channel to the "March of Science" program, the electrical surge strikes the TV antenna on the roof, and you can see a grotesque next to it that wasn't there in previous shots. (00:01:53 - 00:03:26)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When Reed is saying "I want to watch my favorite program," part of his nose disappears. (00:03:14)
Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Much of the negative reaction was due to the poor, simplistic, and outdated quality of the animation where the characters moved stiffly and clumsily through scenes. There were also some obvious animation compositing gaffs. The animation colors were also criticized as being overly bright and cheery and out of character to the established story's darker tone. The broad humor of the first season was replaced by a more mature narrative between the characters.
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