The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is departing in the Grim Reaper, he is the only one in the cockpit. Moments later when he is firing at Iron Man, MODOK is suddenly seated behind him. (00:18:20 - 00:19:05)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is chasing Mandarin as he is piloting the Grim Reaper, he flies over Mandarin's goons and nearly catches up to him. A couple of shots later, Iron Man is flying directly by Mandarin's goons again. (00:18:46)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: After War Machine pulls Dreadknight off his horse, he holds him straight up in the air by his javelin, while Blacklash is running towards him. When the shot changes, War Machine is suddenly no longer holding the javelin. Additionally, the javelin changes color from white to gold. (00:15:50)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin says to Iron Man "I'll melt you down for scrap," he is shown shooting an energy blast directly at Iron Man. When the shot changes, the energy blast is now going up towards the ceiling. (00:16:30)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Tony Stark is suiting up after discovering how the Mandarin stole the Grim Reaper, he is doing so in his armory, which is a cylindrical room several stories tall. When he steps into his armor however, he is now in a lab area surrounded by equipment (as usual, the shot of him stepping into his armor is recycled from the show's Season 1 intro). (00:12:29 - 00:13:41)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When MODOK is approaching the village in the Grim Reaper, in the second shot, the area of the control stick between his index and middle fingers is the same purple color as his hands. (00:09:05)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the committee chairman is pounding his gavel in the wideshot, the block is white. When the shot changes, the block is the same brown color as the gavel. (00:04:35)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the air traffic controller that is standing up has a mustache, and his tie is solid black. When the shot changes, he is clean-shaven, and his tie has orange stripes on it. (00:01:03)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is calling MODOK a stupid head, he is on MODOK's left, and MODOK is facing forward. When the shot changes, the two are suddenly looking at each other face to face. (00:19:00)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Blizzard is freezing the whirlwind, the whirlwind is perpendicular to the ground. When the shot changes, the whirlwind is now at a slanted angle. (00:19:21)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: After Mandarin takes control of one of Stark Industries' tanks and turns it around, the yellow devices on top of it disappear. (00:17:57)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is using Rachel's tape player to surge energy into his suit, he connects to it using a green cable from one of his fingers. At one point a closeup of the cable is shown connected to the tape player, but when the shot changes, Iron Man is suddenly no longer connected to the tape player. (00:17:15)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is cradling Iron Man and lamenting not going to her piano lesson, she has a cassette player attached to her hip that wasn't there in previously. Given the state of despair she's in, it's unlikely she would have pulled it from out of her pockets (if it would even fit) just to put it on her hip. (00:16:09)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man and Rachel are teleported into the cave, they are standing next to each other. When the shot changes, she is suddenly several steps in front of him. (00:14:53)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man rescues Rachel from the fall, he begins to set her down on a large pipe-like structure. When the shot changes, the two of them are suddenly closer to the T-joint. (00:14:13)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: The size and quantity of the spikes on the walls that begin to close in on Iron Man and Rachel vary from shot to shot. (00:13:07)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Justin Hammer is giving Tony and company the ransom demands, the top of his chair is higher than his shoulders in one shot, and then lower than his shoulders in the next shot. (00:09:44)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is zapped by the arcade game joysticks, the shapeshifter pretending to be her friend Leslie is wearing glasses. When the shot changes, "Leslie" is no longer wearing glasses. (00:09:25)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is playing the arcade game, the number of buttons on her sweater varies throughout the scene. (00:09:03 - 00:09:37)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Julia and Tony are first shown talking during the piano recital, they each have a glass of water near their right hands. When the shot changes, Julia's glass is suddenly further away from her hand, and Tony's glass looks to have disappeared altogether. Additionally, Tony's suit jacket changes color from black to white. (00:06:30)
Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Some critics criticized the premise of so many one-off battles that were introduced and concluded within one or two episodes. Others felt the first-season plot lines were overly simplistic and never progressed or developed through the season. Also, the rivalry between Iron Man and the Mandarin also failed to capture viewer's attention.
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