Continuity mistake: Magnum and Kate have the "I am mad at you" "And I'm mad at you!" exchange. When the camera angle changes, the sheets in front of Magnum slid past the edge of the table a bit. (00:36:55)
Sammo
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Audio problem: Kate answers the phone at the club saying "Hello?" without moving her mouth. (00:31:35)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The bicycle the killer uses is recognizable for its unique color pattern as the same prop used in the season 1 finale, when it was supposedly an expensive gift from Robin Masters, imported exclusively from Italy. (00:31:15)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Inside Rick's room with both him and Mac waiting, Magnum pours his drink from the decanter in his right hand, and then left hand. (00:28:55)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum drops by at the hotel where he expect to find Kate and the Jororo delegation. As he pulls over in front of it, there are two elder ladies walking by, away from the hotel. One of them is wearing bright yellow pants and a very colourful top with horizontal stripes. Magnum gets into the hotel, and one of the extras he walks past right as he approaches the concierge, is that lady. And the other lady she was walking with, in a blue dress with white and red palms, is at the same desk. (00:21:45)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Kate Sullivan is interviewing the Prime Minister. Notice the position of the cane next to the end of the armrest at the beginning, and then when she is called to the phone; the cane is now at a different angle on the opposite end. (00:20:00)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Higgins is explaining the story of Bannister, which he conveniently happens to know all about. In Magnum's reaction shot, you can see that he starts giggling a moment before Higgins actually gets to the amusing part (that he was specialist at posing as a female). (00:17:50)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum buys wine from Higgins using his potpourri of crumpled cash. He then walks past him dropping the casual line about MI6: from one shot to the next, his left hand moves from the neck of the bottle to the belly. (00:16:55)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the scene with Mac and Rick fishing at the marina, continuity is all over the place as far as their hand movements is concerned; they move the fishing line with one hand that becomes the other in the next shot, several times. (00:13:00)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum checks out of the photo Kate Sullivan gave him. First shot and close-up, he's looking at it holding it between his fingers, placed on the side. Next, he's holding it in one hand by the bottom. (00:10:50)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Under the threat of nerve gas, Magnum relinquishes the bottle of wine to Higgins. Higgins grabs it at a different height in the different shots (high, low, high). (00:06:00)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Throughout the episode, the makeup used to age Elisha Cook Jr. is not of the highest quality, and seems about to fall off his face in the dinner scene.
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Magnum is in the sniper's crosshair (and the following shots from that angle) you can already spot on the pillow the circular area around the detonation point of the charge that simulates a bullet - and even the little bulge of the charge itself. (00:23:35)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Looking at the reflection in TC's sunglasses and the relative staticity of the background it is quit evident that they are not flying around the building, but the chopper is landed somewhere with the cameraman doing some wiggling to shake things up a bit and give the impression of flight. (00:44:10)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The very first shot of the episode after the opening shows TC's chopper with the flotation skids and serial number N58243, but when it lands on the roof it's the more familiar N1095A with no such pads. (00:01:30)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When TC says "Sometimes I HATE being right" as he ends up in a shootout as he feared, the close-up is mirrored so he can be shown sitting closer to the camera. The hat's letters are backwards, of course. (00:45:30)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: Magnum and the others are escaping from the cryo room; meanwhile the two baddies are by the door...but in a mirrored shot, with the letters (for instance the big "Corrosive" sign) seen in reverse. (00:43:45)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Rick throws himself at the bad guys realizing the pistol is empty, the light of the scene changes entirely. (00:46:15)
20th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
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