Continuity mistake: The man running down the escalator runs past the same couple (old lady with blue dress and man with pale yellow shirt) twice. Similarly, when the policemen reach the top and shout "Halt", the same woman with a hat reaches the top too in two separate shots. And, in the same shot, in the foreground coming up from the escalator there's a man with a white and blue striped polo, who was visible earlier in the policemen's way when Mike Vejar's director credit popped up, on the way to get down the same escalator. (00:02:15)
Sammo
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Opening scene, recycled extras. Look no further than the blonde woman in a maroon stewardess uniform, walking to the left of the screen in the suspicious person POV, and simultaneously in the background behind him. Or the woman with long curly hair wearing a brown top and long beige skirt. (00:01:50)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Character mistake: Higgins' anecdote inflicted on Rick says that In Kwangju. In '49, Corky Boswick got kicked in the head during "Sunday of the Queen's birthday party", but at the time, George VI was still King, and would be until February of 1952. (00:42:25)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum and his two friends are watching the team practice. In the establishing shot they are fully in the sun, and the whole section of the stadium does not have a bit of shade. Next time they are displayed, the direct sunlight is gone. (00:06:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Stupidity: Not Darcey nor anyone on the team including the good natured coach and people who care for him finds strange in the least that the doctor keeps giving him cortisone shots for a year. Anyone who played professionally or had to deal with injuries in any way (which should include Magnum too with the beatings he took) would find amazingly strange such a treatment this prolonged and with no benefit.
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Stupidity: The whole episode is adorable 80s camp that makes zero sense. A very public attempt is made to the life of the star player, at a party and there are 3 bullet holes in a car to prove it. He hires someone to investigate, and the only way this guy has to protect him is to be added to the team. That's absurd; not just because it's not how pro football works, but also because being on the pitch getting physical with other players in no way helps to protect Darcey from a shooter that snipes at him from distance; Magnum would have done a better job watching him from the stands and being on the lookout at the hotel.
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the tunnel, TC says "Bye!" to Magnum who tries to involve him in the finale; the number 33 player is both behind TC and behind Magnum. (00:44:25)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The policeman gives Dorsey a picture of the crazy fan. Dorsey picks it up from the left side, but he's holding it by the bottom in the next shot. (00:39:10)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The security guard spots the obsessive fan running through the seats. He shouts at him, and in the next shot the guy is running a couple rows lower than he was in the first shot. (00:37:45)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: Someone shoots in the dark at the trio in front of the sandal king's house. Former Navy Seal Magnum must have read the script and know that the assailant was only gonna shoot once, because he jumps up from his sitting position and just stands there looking pensive at the bushes like a complete fool, taking no cover, nor trying to protect his client while the wife is dead. (00:33:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: Mrs. Greeley mentions the sandal king's wife putting the hooks on the quarterback "yesterday at the party." That would mean that every previous event - Magnum showing up to the first day of practice, going back to the estate where Higgins annoys him, being 'hired' to practise with the team - all happens in a day. TC actually mentions the practice "the other day" which contradicts it explicitly, but even without that, all of it is patently absurd - including TC showing up independently from him. (00:19:10 - 00:30:30)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At Mrs. Greeley's, Magnum says "He's not in bed", while she has both hands around her glass. She replies, icy "Wanna make a bet?" and it's just one hand. (00:30:15)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Higgins is walking the lads through the now oh so empty estate; when the camera pans all the way back, to the right of the frame you can see there is in fact someone else in there; it is the animal trainer who gives instructions to the dobermanns. (00:26:50)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the hot tub scene, Mrs. Greeley blackmails Dorsey in return for favours; during the conversation, David Wilson's mouth position/facial expressions transition from shot to shot with a spotty continuity all the way through. (00:25:00)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Dorsey pops pills in the tub with Magnum, he puts the bottle to the left, off frame. Mrs. Greeley arrives, and now the pills are on the opposite side, between Magnum and him. (00:24:25)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the locker room, Dorsey gets his cortisone shot to the shoulder while he talks to Magnum. His hand is between the legs under one angle, on top of the thigh in the reverse shot. (00:10:10)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When it cuts back from the sub to the star at the party, the woman is fanning him, but in the background it was him the one waving the dainty little fan. (00:04:35)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Pat Morita gets dunked in the pool (twice) and he is dripping wet, you can even see his black underwear through the shorts when he gets pulled up from it. Still, a couple of shots later he's nice and dry poolside with the exact same clothes and hat. (00:03:05)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Coach Bell is talking to Dorsey's substitute and his wife at the party, the couple is in a different position in the two different camera angles mainly used; she casts a shadow on him in a different spot, with sunlight on his arms when the camera is over Bill Edwards' shoulder, and not in the other angle. (00:04:20)
22nd May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The coach is talking to the number two QB, saying he's worried about the star. "I am too, sir", he replies. A blonde with a black swimsuit walks past him, but 5 seconds later she's doing the same. (00:04:20)
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