Saw it. Loved it. Can’t wait to edit it.
It seems Joss is planning to release 30 minutes of deleted scenes, but not an extended edition… but I’m sure they will be reintegrated as soon as the BD hits shelves by the fans.
However, here is a short list of things I’d like to see changed in a fan edit as well- (feel free to argue and add your own)
Iron Man voice- You only hear it once or twice in Iron Man but I thought the modified voice that came from the suit was much more fitting of the character than the lightly tinned RDJr voice. I’m sure there are half-a-dozen people reading this right now that know exactly what effect and how to use it to make the Iron Man voice sound more like that… Make it so. (You can make the argument that since Stark’s identity as Iron Man isn’t a secret, he doesn’t need a “secret” voice. Surely he doesn’t need one for that reason, but it just sounds better.
Iron Man’s mask when it’s off- I blame Michael Keaton and Batman Returns. Ever since then, every masked character seems to spend 50% of their costume-on time with their masks off. The filmmakers are running out of ways to keep those masks on… As far as this movie goes, I think the worst shot was the end one with Iron Man maskless. Again, you can make the argument that Thor ripped the mask off and Tony took the rest of the helmet off… but it just looks… self indulgent… to see the final shot with all of the heroes maskless. Except Hulk. Thank goodness they didn’t have an angry Banner staring down the villain.
Captain America’s mask when it’s on- It just looks horrible. The mask in the Cap movie looked good enough… I’m just not sure what happened here. Maybe this a compromise between what the comic version looks like and what an actual real person can wear on their real head. I don’t know. Someone fix it. And then keep it on Cap through the end of the movie, as per the last paragraph.
While we’re at it, why do Cap’s stripes usually not go all of the way around the back? I thought it looked funny. Like he was wearing a cheap Halloween costume that couldn’t concern itself with the back of the costume or hiding the zipper. Cap’s WWII suit was so great… it’s a shame that his Avengers suit is what it is. Somebody fix it.
Hawkeye’s quiver- Maybe the deleted scenes will fix this somewhat. But I think his quiver had 2 settings: A) Full and B) One Arrow Left (One buhlwet weft?). A slowly depleting quiver would be a nice touch.
War Machine- Some line, from someone somewhere about why War Machine was excluded from the final battle would be nice. In the standard Mavel Universe, there are always lots of capable heroes who just seem to not care about an alien invasion that day. But in the cinematic universe, War Machine seems to be about the only one sitting on the sidelines.
Thunderbolt Ross- Add him as face in the Shield Council and call it done. Or something.
Black Widow- Anyway that someone can dub her with a light Ruskie accent? Probably a disaster to try, but if someone could pull it off…
All for now.
