Continuity mistake: Marina does a Bette Davis on Magnum and then turns around to leave. She stands in the middle of the entrance, with still her glass in hand. Quick cut to Magnum, and the glass conveniently disappeared. (00:26:55)
Sammo
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum hears a noise at the bottom floor and starts walking downstairs. In the shot right before the close-up of his foot breaking the step, at the top of the stairs you can see some candles he was not carrying and are not consistent with the illumination of the scene - in fact you can see Magnum with candles only in a brief shot in the 'teaser' before the opening credits, in a scene that was left out of the episode. (00:28:40)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Wilson MacLeish is kneeling on the golf course, the light changes drastically between close-ups (shadows) and wider angles (strong sunlight on the chest). (00:45:10)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the hilarious stretched out comedy scene with Magnum trying to chase the suspect in his armor, whenever he is shown charging at the door and eventually breaking in, he is wearing the sword that he never retrieved - and in the moments when it's Tom Selleck in the armor and not a stuntman, he is not wearing it. (00:37:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the epic clash between Canned Magnum and the Reaper, Magnum falls on his back and the sword falls back on his arm. When the Reaper walks past him, the sword is on the floor by his leg, but it goes back to the precarious position on his arm when he is flailing his arms crying for help. (00:35:35)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the Grim Reaper closes the safe, in close-up his hooded head casts a shadow on the door. Cut to a wider shot, and the shadows changed. Likewise, in this wider shot he puts the painting back in place and the scythe casts a very oblique shadow, but in the shot when he reacts to Sir Thomas' arrival the shadow is vertical and his head casts a visible one too. (00:34:55)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the entrance of the masquerade, in the close-ups of John Hillerman (starting when he says "However difficult this may be to say") you can see Carlton in the background, which is incoherent with the reciprocal positions in the shots of the hall. (00:31:40)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum gives Marina the glass of scotch. When she nervously laughs saying "We all did", she is holding her glass with one hand; in the same shot, the other hand joins, but in the reverse shot it's not there, and back there as it returns to the previous angle. Moreover, the forefinger is at different heights in the separate shots, as shown by the level of scotch. (00:26:15)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After a breathtaking rendition of "Silent Night", Marina sits down. Next to her Simon is on the couch, who stretches his left arm placing it along the back of the couch, and the right arm goes on the armrest. Yet in the next shot he has both hands in his lap. (00:08:45)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the blonde cousin, she is holding in her arms the picture of dear departed. Cut to a view of the room, and her right hand is at the top of the frame, completely different position from before. (00:08:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the scene when Higgins comically 'abuses' Magnum and his sax skills, the shadow of the instrument on Magnum's chest changes position depending on the angle of the camera. Moreover, when Higgins mentions he came "on two accounts", Magnum tilts the sax back two times in two separate movements. (00:05:50)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Mr. MacLeish is in his plane, and before taking off he presses Play on the cassette player. He is holding it in a different way (fingers on opposite sides of the tape lid) between shots. (00:03:40)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After his first encounter with the annoying reporter, Magnum is swimming. He is wearing blue swim trunks. The he emerges from water to get his towel and chat with Higgins...but his swim trunks are now light brown. (00:14:10)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: To get to the pool area, Magnum slides a door open to the left (of the screen). When he finds the body floating in the water, the underwater camera shows the background, and the door opens towards the right. (00:39:20)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Poolside, Magnum asks Daniels "Why change now?" His notepad suddenly switches side going from the left hand to the right. (00:39:55)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: After denying any rumor about any more Iron Man competitions, Magnum asks Higgins about Dr. Jorgenson. His left hand is wrapped in the bath towel whenever Tom Selleck is filmed from the front, but it's bare in the views from the back. (00:15:05)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is talking with the administrator of the hospital, Phillip Harriman. He asks him about Dr. Jorgenson. When Harriman answers, a rather conspicuous fella with a big head of curly hair walks into the building. When Magnum walks off at the end of the scene, he comes across that same guy, who again is entering the building. (00:11:35)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Thomas hands the newspaper to Rick, the paper is perfectly straight in close-up, then folded with the middle pointed down, then folded with the middle being raised. (00:07:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Karen and Magnum have their chat in 'Nam about Thomas' gambling debt. During the scene, in one recurring angle Karen has hair down her temple, in front of her ear, which is gone in other views. (00:03:00)
3rd Apr 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Almost Home - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: During the funeral at the end of the episode, Mrs. Iko Tamura's hands are on the top of the urn in close-up, the side in the wide shot of the Coast Guard boat. (00:46:45)
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