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
Revealing mistake: When Whirlwind shows up on Mandarin's monitor to tell him Iron Man is attacking, Whirlwind appears out of thin air. (00:14:22)
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
Audio problem: When Century is telling Tony that the facility was attacked by Mandarin's forces, his mouth movement is not in sync with the dialogue. (00:06:00)
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
Audio problem: When Tony Stark is saying "The Reaper is guarded by trusted employees," his mouth movement is not in sync with the dialogue. (00:01:47)
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)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: For the first few episodes of this show, Rhodey is voiced by James Avery. However, there are two scenes in this episode with Rhodey providing voiceover, and you can tell he is voiced by Jim Cummings. Presumably Avery wasn't available to record the dialogue for these parts, so they just went with Cummings instead. (00:10:36 - 00:18:06)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When Iron Man is suiting up on his private jet, the environment around him is a lab, which would be far too large to fit on a private jet. (00:17:55)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When the mob is throwing bottles at Stark Industries, the second bottle breaks in midair without actually hitting anything. (00:05:21)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Character mistake: When the mob is protesting Tony Stark, one of the signs is supposed to say "Fraud," but instead says "Eraud." (00:05:13)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Factual error: The U.S. flag hanging in the House Chambers has 21 stripes and 20 stars, 8 too many and 30 too few, respectively. (00:04:34)
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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