The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Plot hole: After Professor X crashes his mini-jet onto the hospital roof and loses consciousness, he isn't discovered until Jean mentally locates him. An aircraft crashing on the roof would cause enough noise to immediately alert staff and anyone else in the hospital of his predicament. (00:09:15 - 00:15:45)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Plot hole: Wolverine's enhanced sense of smell should have alerted him to Erik the Red's spy on the roof. Failing that, the video feed Erik the Red is receiving from the spy shows Wolverine, Beast and Professor X looking right in the spy's direction, so they would have seen him. (00:15:55)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Gambit is getting ready to attack Dark Xavier, the ticket booth behind him is unoccupied. When Dark Xavier deflects Gambit's kinetically charged playing card to the ticket booth counter, a man is now inside the booth. The bottom center window also goes from being closed to being open. (00:12:16)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Revealing mistake: When Lilandra is saying to Xavier "I have seen your face a thousand times in my mind," the edge of an animation cel is visible around the parietal area of Xavier's head. (00:20:24)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Xavier is looking at Moira and Banshee from his window, as the camera zooms in on the latter two, you can see they are facing each other, and Moira has her left arm on or near Banshee's hip. When the shot changes, they are standing side by side, with Moira's arms wrapped around Banshee's left arm. (00:17:41)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lilandra first appears in Xavier's room, she appears to be around 7 feet tall. She is nowhere near that tall in subsequent shots. (00:18:29)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Gambit is saying "Wolverine, what's happening," the sclera of his eyes are white, when they should be black. (00:12:16)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Xavier is looking out at Banshee and Moira from the window to his room, he is facing the window directly. When the shot changes, his left profile is now facing the window. (00:17:31)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Xavier lands his plane on the Muir Island helipad, the nose of the plane is directly to the right of Banshee. When the shot changes, Banshee is now standing a few feet in front of the nose. (00:17:01)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Dark Xavier knocks Cyclops into the wall, it leaves a small hole. When Cyclops gets up, the hole is now larger. (00:14:47)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Gambit is knocked into the hot dog stand, he is lying on his stomach with his left arm tucked and his right arm bent at the elbow. When the shot changes, both of his arms are now outstretched. (00:13:37)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Revealing mistake: When Jean is saying that she feels strange, the edge of an animation cel is visible moving left and right under her pillow. (00:05:27)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Xavier and Cyclops begin arguing in the hallway, the door and doorway to Jean's hospital room are visible over and behind Xavier's right shoulder, and a chart is a few feet to the right of the door. A few shots later when Cyclops is telling Xavier that he failed to warn everyone, the chart is still visible, but now the door is missing, with the wall now appearing to be longer. (00:06:40)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Cyclops and Wolverine bring Jean back above the water surface, her wet hair is pointing straight down. When the shot changes, her hair is suddenly wavy and parted over her forehead. (00:05:00)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: The tops of Juggernaut's boots change from brown to orange after he bursts into Professor X's room. (00:20:30)
The Phoenix Saga (2): The Dark Shroud - S3-E4
Other mistake: After the shuttle crashes into the Upper New York Bay, the X-Men escape the wreckage and swim up to the surface, with Wolverine being the first one to appear. Given that Wolverine's skeleton is coated with a heavy metal, not only should he not be the first one to surface, he should actually sink instead. (00:04:06)
Answer: It appears a number of factors led to its demise. It was originally intended to air for 65 episodes, but its popularity extended that. However, there were continual production quality problems, issues regarding whether the content was suitable enough for children, as well as financial considerations that finally led to it being ended.
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