Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: After Mueller finds out Tintin is spying on him, Mueller strikes him with a very thick bat and also strikes Snowy with the same bat. A couple of shots later, as Mueller says "Foolish Amed", the bat is suddenly much thinner. (00:14:10)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Thomson goes to put the petrol can in the back of the car and realises that their petrol can is not there, he does not have his cane with him. He then gets back in the car and suddenly his cane has appeared in his hand. (00:16:25)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: Tintin is waiting for his meeting with the Emir in the castle. In the first interior shot of the castle whilst Tintin is waiting, the handle on the left side of the door is slightly lower than the handle on the right of the door. A few moments after Tintin walks into the room, the door closes behind him and the two door handles are suddenly level with each other. (00:19:05)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Tintin is telling to Emir that Mueller was leading the men that blew up the pipe line, there are two shots glasses on the table in front of them. A couple of shots later, the shot glasses have vanished from the table. (00:20:15)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Tintin is handed the letter that says the Emir's son has been kidnapped, there is a close-up shot of him holding it. When the shot cuts to Tintin handing the letter back to the Emir, for a split second his hands have changed position. More writing also appears on the letter. (00:27:10)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Tintin is investigating Mueller's room, he comes across a file with various articles in it. Before Tintin goes to pick up the file, the articles are on the right hand side of the file, but when he has the file in his hand, in the exact same shot, several articles have immediately appeared on the left hand side of it. (00:33:25)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Tintin opens the secret passageway, the fireplace retreats backwards leaving an open gap about several feet wide in the fireplace. As he heads down into the passageway a couple of shots later, the open gap in the fireplace has suddenly expanded much further. (00:35:00)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After Tintin has found Abdullah, he fights with one of the guards and knocks the guard out. When Tintin knocks out the guard, he has a gun in his right hand. Two shots after this, the gun has vanished. (00:35:50)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Abdullah opens the cell door, Tintin runs in and grabs Abdullah leaving the door open by a few inches. The shot cuts to the guard that Tintin had knocked out, and the door, visible in the background, is suddenly open entirely. The door has also changed from being grey to beige. (00:36:05)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After Mueller has caught Abdullah, Tintin shoots the lock off one of the cells and hides in it. When he is inside, the bullet damage from when he shot the lock is visible and is coloured green. A few shots later, the damage is suddenly beige and the same colour as the door. Then a few shots after that, the damage is suddenly green again. (00:37:25)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After Mueller's car has crashed and Abdullah asks for ice-cream, Mueller replies "Ice-cream?" and we can see his tie is unfastened. In the next shot, Mueller doesn't move, but when the shot cuts back, Mueller's tie is suddenly fastened completely. (00:39:50)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After Thomson and Thompson have inadvertently taken the Formula 14, Tintin, Haddock and Abdullah approach them with Mueller. There are oil stains all over one of side of Mueller's jacket and no oil stains on the other side, but after Thompson tells Mueller to get in the car, there are oil stains all over the jacket. (00:41:45)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: On the drive back, Tintin looks at the bottle of Formula 14 pills. In a close-up of Tintin looking at the bottle, the bottle is blue, but after Mueller tells Tintin if he destroys the pills he can make him rich, the bottle is suddenly green. (00:42:15)
Continuity mistake: After arriving in Jakarta, Haddock is correcting Professor Calculus telling him it is not Sydney. The last time Haddock tells Calculus this, he's saying "It's not Sydney yet. It's Jakarta", and Haddock has pale skin and is also looking annoyed. Calculus then says "Yes, I know" and Haddock suddenly has more tanned skin and is smiling. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: When Haddock trips over Skut's bag, he lands face down on Skut's chest. When he trips and lands, both Haddock and Skut have pale light skin, but in the next shot, their skin is suddenly more tanned. (00:02:20)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Carreidas and Mr. Spaulding walk over to Tintin, Haddock and Skut, in the shot where Skut says "Mr. Carreidas, these are my friends", the money that Haddock previously placed into Carreidas' hat is sticking out of it and a portion of the note is tucked into Carreidas' hat. In the next shot, only the top right corner is tucked into into Carreidas' hat. (00:03:15)
Continuity mistake: When Carreidas breaks out laughing for the first time, there is a moment where he lowers his head downwards. After this, the shot cuts to Mr. Spaulding saying "Are you all right sir?" and Carreidas head, visible in the corner of frame, is suddenly raised. (00:03:50)
Continuity mistake: When Carreidas receives a call from New York, he takes the phone from the flight attendant. The cord on the phone is black when the flight attendant is holding it on the dish, but red when Carreidas answers the call. (00:06:10)
Continuity mistake: On the plane, Carreidas is playing battleship with Haddock. Whilst he is saying "C4. D4. E4", he places his pen on the right hand side of the page, but when he crosses out E4 in the following shot, the pen is suddenly pointing near to the left hand side. (00:07:10)
Continuity mistake: After Snowy runs away, two gunmen grab ahold of Tintin, restraining him. As Tintin is yelling "Cowards! Murderers!", the gunman on the left is holding Tintin's upper arm with his right hand. The shot cuts to a closer angle of Tintin and there is no sign of the gunman's right hand. (00:11:00)
Chosen answer: If Hector was seriously intent on removing King Ottokar's scepter from the glass cage holding it and launching it through the window with the camera, then Hector would have been forced to knock out the two guards so they would not have interfered with Hector's plan as soon as he removed the scepter from the glass. As for Hector, himself, was explained when Tintin was explaining how Hector stole the scepter. Tintin placed a twig inside the camera and it launched out of the camera. Hector would have placed the scepter inside of the camera, and would have been knocked unconscious due to the spring effect created when the scepter had been launched.
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