Other mistake: When Tony is setting the satellite trap, he sets the timer for twenty seconds. The counter can be seen going from 12 to 10, skipping eleven. (00:10:38)
Other mistake: When Century is pressing the button on the control panel to restore gravity to the vessel, you can see his finger doesn't actually touch the button. (00:18:06)
Other mistake: When Iron Man tells Mandarin that he's been waiting to meet him face to face, they are standing only a few yards apart. Mandarin retorts by saying "Then face this, Iron Man," while firing an energy blast from one of his rings at him. The shot changes and Iron Man is hit by the blast. With how fast the blast was shown traveling and the short distance between the two, Iron Man would have been hit by the blast before Mandarin could have finished saying his comeback line. (00:14:38)
Other mistake: When Tony and Julia and the two tailing reporters walk past the press, they appear out of thin air. They should have either appeared from the courthouse door, which is closed the entire time, or from the left side of the screen. Instead, they appear on screen from just behind the reporter in the foreground, who is not obscuring enough of the screen for Tony and Julia to have gone unseen up until that point. (00:10:03)
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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