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Squid Game is the latest show to be plagued by editing issues after a cameraman was spotted in a scene.
A the viewer took to X on Monday, January 6, to share a season 2 moment, writing, “Someone gets fired from the Squid Games team after one of the cameramen is seen in the middle of the background episode 😭😭.”
The scene from season 2 shoot-out show that changed angles, namely when a cameraman suddenly appeared in the corner.
The dystopian survival series returned in December 2024 after a three-year hiatus. Squid Game centers on a secret competition where players in deep financial hardship risk their lives to play a series of deadly games for children for the chance to win a big cash prize.
While TV shows and movies have teams dedicated to making sure nothing goes wrong on the production side, things do slip through the cracks from time to time. That’s where fans come in. Over the years, viewers have highlighted the mishaps of the entertainment industry including the famous Starbucks 2019 cup that appeared in (…)
The hit Netflix series isn’t the only show that has been called out online for continuity errors. The Bear made headlines after the release of season 3 in July 2024 and fans had a number of issues, including Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) goes from wearing to not wearing a wedding ring in a scene while another episode is walking back Tina’s (Liza Colon-Zayas) history with Mikey (Jon Bernthal) in The Beef.
The Umbrella Academymeanwhile, it ended its run in August 2024 with a scene showing a camera operator in a shot.
“I’m watching The Umbrella Academy season 4 and noticed they forgot a whole ass camera rig in the backseat of a car during this shot 😅,” read X’s post, while another fan pointed out the “snow prop” and they saw movement in another scene. “Omfg they did NOT care. I bet they were so tight on the deadline they forgot to delete it in time,” the second viewer wrote.
Another Netflix production was on fire External Bankswho haven’t done the best job hiding their stunt doubles. In several episodes of season 3, which dropped in February 2023, fans noticed editing mistakes where actors’ stunt doubles were not removed from the respective pictures.
The trend continued into season 4 when there were several romantic scenes in between Rudy Pankow‘s JJ and Madison BaileyKiara’s be ruined once bystanders flag that there are different actors in the scenes. External Banks also received backlash for killing JJ amid rumors that Pankow, 26, wants to move on from the show.
“We were pretty sure early on that this was where it was going. We thought one of the Pogues was going to die almost from the start in season 1, and we were pretty sure it was going to be JJ,” creator Shannon Burke say Cosmopolitan in November 2024. “We weren’t sure when we were going to play that card. We knew this was going to be JJ’s season — this is JJ’s story. And we realized pretty early on, like, ‘Okay, we’re going to play this card now.'”
Pancow make a rare comment about his departure, telling Netflix’s Tudum that same month, “When I first found out that JJ was going to risk it all and not do it, I understood it. And the risks got bigger and bigger, and the stakes got higher and higher. His death really sets up the future of OBX with the question, what is worth it? And when someone close to you is gone, how do you navigate that?”
