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
Audio problem: When Rhodey and Julia are standing outside Tony's home, the doorbell rings, despite the fact that neither of them touched it. Rhodey is the one standing next to the doorbell, and his hands are in his pockets. (00:07:27)
The Armor Wars: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: When Julia and Rhodey are driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, the fourth and fifth shots in the scene are recycled from the first and second shots, respectively. (00:06:45)
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)
The Defection of Hawkeye - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Julia is chasing Clint through Hammer Hills, the watch she uses to communicate to Force Works is missing in some shots. (00:11:47)
The Defection of Hawkeye - S1-E8
Revealing mistake: When Julia is chasing Clint through Hammer Hills, her upper body appears from out of thin air when she is coming over the hill. (00:11:49)
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)
Factual error: When War Machine is about to collide with the star, he ends up mere inches away from its surface before being rescued by Iron Man. Yellow-white stars have a surface temperature of about 10,000° F, and the metal with the highest melting point is tungsten, which is 6,192° F. Iron Man specifically says he switching his armor to "inferno mode" in order to safely catch Rhodey, but Rhodey does no such switching for himself, nor is it even revealed if his armor has that capability, so he should have been incinerated. (00:09:55 - 00:10:30)
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)
Iron Man, on the Inside - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is saying to Hawkeye "It's a shame, you need all you can get," Hawkeye's collar area is flesh-colored, when it should be purple from his costume. (00:18:35)
Other mistake: When Tony steps out of the mine shaft elevator, the animators have drawn the elevator to be following Tony as he begins walking. (00:04:13)
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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