Continuity mistake: During the initial infiltration attempt, the little guy puts his hand on the railing once the alarm rings. His hand is on the inner part of the top, but when the guards storm the front porch guns in hand, he has it flat on top and moves to inner only a second later. At the very end of the scene he also has a guard pointing an automatic weapon at his head, but he was several steps behind in the wide angle. (00:03:10)
Sammo
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Other mistake: Luther decks one of the old ladies with a punch. When he strolls past them after slipping Magnum a mickey, he looks back at them, and one in particular, who is sporting a patch. It is not the same lady he punched earlier. (00:17:35 - 00:21:30)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Other mistake: The guesthouse scene with Magnum and Luther opens with a prolonged gag about Magnum "finally" getting an answering machine. It is said that it's the first time he gets one. But in the season 1 finale, "Beauty Knows No Pain", Magnum's client Barbara Terranova commented that the message on Magnum's answering machine mentioned the club. (00:03:25 - 00:18:00)
25th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Supposedly Magnum and Luther have been tailed just after release from prison (the second time), but they have a complete change of clothes and accessoires. They can't be back from Robin's nest, because Higgins is outraged to see the man again on the premises - and really everything about dialogue and situation implies the opposite.
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Other mistake: For the first 2/3 of the episode (up until their second prison visit) Magnum is wearing the same watch he had been wearing for the previous three seasons, with a leather strap. For the last part of the episode he wears the pepsi bezel watch with a metal bracelet that he inherited from his father and was the focus of the previous episode and will be his regular watch for the rest of the show, in kind of a retcon.
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Magnum resolves to shake off the guys who are tailing them; to do so he switches gear; the wrist of whoever is doing that action in close-up wears no jewelry, and Magnum has a metal bracelet. (00:29:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Luther and Magnum figure out that there's something wrong with the nun's words, so they turn around and star running back. There's a street worker behind them, dressed in yellow and red. She sidesteps out of Luther's way. To the outside. In the reverse shot she is walking unperturbed between them. (00:33:30)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Character mistake: In the opening shot of the "Busy B", the name of the show on the marquee is "To young to care" (00:30:40)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Luther is mumbling about the "race car" not being helpful in the car jam. The car at their side changes, and there's an extra line behind it - they were in the middle line in the previous shot. (00:30:20)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Other mistake: Higgins is on the lawn doing his martial arts demonstration, so there's nobody to open the gate that Luther passes in reverse gear. (00:21:55)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Magnum is at the guesthouse with Luther. He grabs a Coops beer from the fridge, but does not close the cabinet door. Which is closed when Luther says he's gonna go get Artie. And then open again when Tom Selleck gets up and is in the same shot as Eugene Roche. (00:19:05)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Character mistake: Agatha says that Higgins is teaching them "kung fu" although they all wear a karate gi and belts. Higgins then asks Luther to be a stand-in for the "jumping kick" demonstration, but the old lady charges at him with her hand at the ready for a karate chop. (00:16:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Agatha reacts to the "He was shot" bit of info with concern in a close-up. A few seconds later there is a medium shot of her, and her karate gi is a whole lot more open. Definitely not the type of character or scene where it's implied she's showing some cleavage for Magnum. (00:15:50)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Luther drives Magnum to the Nest while he shows him the book he wrote. During the trip, the cars behind either man in the rear window vanish at each cut, not appearing behind the other - particularly noticeable when a large truck roars past Luther right before Magnum tells him "Here we are" (00:14:30)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Magnum gets dropped by the bullet to the temple; his left arm is stretched outwards, right angle with the body, but when Luther kneels by him to check him out on that side, the arm is not in the way. (00:13:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Factual error: Luther shoots at the two yo-yos who shot Magnum; he shoots 7 times in rapid succession and an 8th round as he runs closer, but he carries a revolver with a 6 bullets capacity. (00:13:05)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: When Luther riles Tanaka up, at the beginning a cop with a yellow shirt and one with a black patterned one are in the background. First the yellow one, then the black one in separate shots move past the desk and exit stage left carrying a folder. A policewoman then does the same. In the second part of the scene all these people make their exit to the left again. (00:08:30)
24th May 2020
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Continuity mistake: Little Flint makes a drawing and sticks it between two of his posters. In the first shot the left corner is by the "M" of "Graham", but in the overhead view it's on the second A. (00:03:00)
24th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: Luther tells Magnum "We're working the same side of the street"; in that wider angle the shadow on Tom Selleck's face and the pillow - actually how deep onto the pillow he is lying - changes compared to the close-ups that follow and precede. (00:06:30)
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