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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Yeah, it's pretty much implied that Thanos sent the Mind Stone to Earth as a type of contingency plan - like, "If Loki can't do it, I'll just give him the Mind Stone and that will eventually lead to their downfall."
And what that didn't happen, he was all pissy and "Fine! Whatever!"
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I understand wanting a full extended version. But the Director's Cut is the theatrical version — Joss said that he wanted the movie to be the same length as the first Avengers and even got it a minute under.
I mean, I understand wanting to see all the deleted scenes in context, but at the same time, Joss cut them all for a reason. If he doesn't want to put them in, than that should be fine.
And, if necessary, just fine an online version where someone puts all the deleted scenes in it and watch that.
edited 13th Jul '15 1:20:52 PM by alliterator
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I always assumed that his insanity came from his original programming ("protect the world") with the Mind Stone's program ("destroy the world"). Two opposing ideas that conflicted, so he started justifying his decision to destroy the world by saying he was saving it and then...just went off the deep end.
"The director's cut had a Coulson scene. But I already killed him, so he's dead to me, so NYEEEEEH!"
My various fanfics.That's true. Marvel's already made over $1.3 billion on the film. It doesn't need a Director's Cut, it's already made ungodly amounts of money. The kind of money that guarantees everyone's going to buy the DVD with or without a Director's Cut.
It might not be worth the investment just to make an already guaranteed huge pile of gold shine just a little bit brighter.
edited 13th Jul '15 3:12:47 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So other than everyone simultaneously agreeing that AOU was terrible, does anyone still have a link to some of the scenes that were cut out of AOU?
Some laundry list of scenes that were confirmed to be written out, or were filmed but not put in?
edited 13th Jul '15 6:44:37 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!It's not that the movie was terrible, it's that one of its most noticeable problems was the pacing and how they allotted their time to the various subplots and scenes, especially when we know things were cut out.
It doesn't help that Joss seems to almost regard it as a point of pride that the movie is actually shorter than the first one, despite arguably needing more time. And when he says "there doesn't seem to be interest" in a director's cut... it seems like he's just needling people.
edited 13th Jul '15 6:53:44 PM by Khfan429
I was only disappointed by Ultron inasmuch as they could have done a better job making him a real, physical threat to the Avengers themselves. Buuuuuuuuut I kind of shrug and accept that it's difficult to realistically make someone who can fight the entire team and still have them be able to pull out a win.
edited 13th Jul '15 6:57:20 PM by Khfan429
I feel like I would've loved the movie more had Whedon kept Cap's nuanced characterization from The Winter Soldier intact, but nope, it was gone, all on favor of inserting a shitty "language!!!!" gag in there.
And the Brucetasha romance, which I was looking forward to before the movie came out, left me cold.
edited 13th Jul '15 7:14:03 PM by higherbrainpattern
I don't think that's entirely accurate. Maybe Cap's not as deep as he was in the Winter Soldier, but... it's not his movie. The writers aren't going to be as intently focused on him, because he's not the only Avenger.
But they definitely didn't just relegate him to "language!", as painful as I think that gag was. I think Ao U brought up a really interesting notion, that he wouldn't know what to do with himself if the fighting stopped and true, genuine peace were to settle in. It's a cool, pretty tragic point that I think is very much in line with where he finds himself, and I look forward to them exploring that.
edited 13th Jul '15 7:17:00 PM by Khfan429

For me, J.A.R.V.I.S. going, "Hey, so, you've been online for five seconds and I'm already 100% convinced you're a bad guy because we sure as f*cking hell didn't make you," stuck in my craw and continued to do so when Tony and Bruce basically said the same thing.
Thanos's stinger was what made it click.
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