The Armor Wars: Part 2 - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Justin Hammer is talking to the reporters, there is a blonde woman wearing a hat in the foreground, she has a cameraman on her left and no-one is on her immediate right. A couple of shots later, her hat is larger than previously show, a different man is on her left, and another man is on her immediate right. (00:07:01)
The Armor Wars: Part 2 - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man sets War Machine down next to Stingray, the negator patch Iron Man placed on Stingray's chest earlier in the scene is briefly missing. (00:04:59 - 00:06:41)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Nick Fury places the government document on Tony Stark's desk, he sets it down near the edge of his side of the desk. When the shot changes, the document is now in the center of the desk. (00:18:35)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Justin Hammer is pouring a glass of liquor, the bottle and glass are mere inches apart. When the shot changes, the glass has suddenly moved further away from the bottle. (00:14:39)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: The hole in the glass the Stilt-Man cuts becomes smaller when the shot changes. It also changes position multiple times. (00:12:33)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the Controller throws a punch at Iron Man, he misses and hits the wall, leaving a small hole. When the shot changes, it is now a large hole that goes all the way through the wall. (00:11:10)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the Controller's guards are firing their guns at Iron Man, the hole that Iron Man blasted into the wall has disappeared. (00:10:37)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the Controller's guards are pointing their guns at Iron Man, the one in the center has olive skin and long hair, while the one on the right is bald. When it changes to a wide shot from behind, the one in the middle now has darker colored skin and short hair, and the bald man now has hair. (00:10:30)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Julia is walking away from Tony's house, she angrily knocks over a mailbox. The mailbox wasn't there in the establishing shot of the house at the beginning of the scene. (00:07:27 - 00:08:14)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Rhodey and Julia are standing at Tony's front double-door, both doors are the same shade of purple, and the handle for each door is the same shade of gold. When the shot changes to Tony opening one of the doors, it is a different shade of purple than the other one, and the handle is a light shade of yellow instead of gold. (00:07:27)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Crimson Dynamo blasts Iron Man with his chest ray, the circular housing for it is suddenly a darker shade of red. (00:01:27)
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is first seen at the end of the episode, his green hands are incorrectly colored yellow. (00:20:50)
Continuity mistake: When War Machine and Titanium Man are shooting their blasters at Dark Aegis' force field, War Machine is behind and to the left of Titanium Man. A couple of shots later, War Machine is suddenly in front of and above Titanium Man. (00:17:31)
Continuity mistake: When War Machine is asking Titanium Man what he's waiting for, he's resting against a large rock. A couple of shots later, the rock has disappeared. (00:16:24)
Continuity mistake: When Dark Aegis flies up to attack Iron Man, there is a large dust cloud in front of Iron Man. A couple of shots later, the dust cloud has disappeared entirely. (00:16:17)
Continuity mistake: When Dark Aegis is trying to talk Iron Man into joining him, he holds out his Oracle weapon for Iron Man to take. When the shot changes, the weapon is instantly mounted to his arm, and he is pointing it at Iron Man. (00:15:48)
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man catches War Machine just before he falls into the star, the devices on either side of War Machine's helmet are colored red, when they should be blue. (00:10:16)
Continuity mistake: When Titanium Man is using his eye lasers to cut a hole in the ship, the circle becomes drastically smaller just before he hits Iron Man. (00:09:25)
Continuity mistake: When H.O.M.E.R. is telling Tony that the spaceship is programmed to return to the planet Elysium in two hours, his arms are down at his side. When the shot changes, his right hand is on his hip. (00:05:52)
Continuity mistake: When Rhodey is watching Iron Man try to slow down the space ship, Iron Man is surrounded by partly cloudy blue sky. When the action switches to Iron Man's point of view, he is in outer space. (00:01:37)
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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