The Avengers hits DVD/Blu-Ray September 25th, and Marvel has released an alternate opening scene from the movie online.
This version opens 48 hours after the Avengers save New York City from an alien attack. In it, Agent Maria Hill is being interrogated regarding events that brought a city to its knees, with all-too-brief cameos from Captain America and the Hulk. It’s a pretty solemn opening, and we can see why it wasn’t used, though along with the short Item 47 it at least gives us a taste of how New York City carried on in the days following the attack. [Movies.com]
Yes, how did the city carry on after a giant robot space worm jizzed flying demon bikes all over it? That was my first thought when I was watching it – the flying battleships are great, but what of the human cost?! This opening scene is a fascinating look at how blah blah something something is the Hulk smashing stuff yet? No? Okay, bye.
They should’ve had some guys eating lunch in the wreckage to show that, like, life goes on and stuff.
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One of the little details I really liked about Avengers is that in the aftermath of the big punchy superhero fight, they made a point of showing people mourning and basically made it clear that, yes, people actually died in this mess.
Unlike, say, X-Men 2, where they gave seizures to every single brain surgeon, airline pilot and JCB operator on the planet, but nobody even mentioned it afterwards.
So, that woman has been sitting on her ass in the street for 48 hours? Who does she think she is, an Occupy Wall Street protester? *rimshot*
“So I was just sitting there trying not to bleed out and this cop came over and we just started talking and — have you ever met someone and just, like, connected right away? So it turns out Mark is a Sagitarrius too — his name’s Mark, by the way — and he’s just got out of this really destructive relationship, so we figured we’d take it slow, and then somehow we got onto My Little Pony — he’s a total Brony, and we spent, like, hours and hours and hours just talking about our favourite episodes, and he showed me this Rainbow Sparkles sticker he’d put on his backup gun (which was kind of sexy, in a really weird way), and then I said we should go for pancakes, which turned out to be kind of a mistake, because they have some unpleasant associations with his ex, who it turns out is a psycho hose beast, so I kind of let him cry on my shoulder after that, which was a little odd considering I’d only met him a few hours ago, but he was so great about it.
“And then I looked round and, like, 48 hours had passed, and all the other casualties had been cleared away. Captain America was just standing there all, like, ‘I’m here to do my thing, but I’m not gonna interrupt you guys because you are clearly having A Moment’, and then Mark said he knew this great diner we could go to…”
Doesn’t this kinda throw a wrench into Colbie’s whole character? I may have missed something, but wasn’t she down with everything Fury did, and with the Avengers as a whole? Or was she just lying to Powers Boothe? I don’t get it. The whole tone is off.
That would have been a horrible opening.
good thing he didn’t use it, at least this kind of alternate scenes ar good at staying out of the final cut
An opening scene about the end of the movie?
I think it’s called “Foursquaring,” or something like that.
Hello, Marvel! SPOILER ALERT!!! HELL-OOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I get the feeling Joss Whedon has his typical “ass-kicking chick” boner for Maria Hill, and as I’ve stated before, if there’s a Marvel TV show, you’re already looking at his lead.
She’s suited for TV, quite frankly.
Very pretty but bland and wooden. Even moreso than ScarJo.
S.H.I.E.L.D just got an official pilot order from ABC. Robin Sherbotsky is pretty good at television, but I don’t know if she could carry an entire show by herself. HIMYM is a strong ensemble comedy. Retcon a clone being created of Agent Coulson and then we might have something.
Frankly, I’m no longer interested in any scenes that don’t involve Black Monopoly fights. Where’s the aftermath of *that* shit?
/jaded as fuck
As the Capt. watched, a cabbie lobbed a half empty Starbucks coffee at a bike messenger on a fixie who had just cut him off and called him a “dumbfuck twat.” A tear slowly fell from his eye as he knew that New York had healed.
If I want to listen to bruised chicks moan and groan all day, I’ll hang out in my basement thank you.
“So, we can start this movie with a sad lady talking about sad stuff, or we can have the crazy villain appear and start wrecking shit. SUCH A HARD DECISION.”
Yeouch…maybe they just realized it wasn’t wise to start their blockbuster with horrible, horrible, I mean horrible! acting from some C level TV actress.
Uhm…all jokes aside…but jebus her acting was disgustingly phoney and amateur. ME MAD!!!
I like Colbie Smulders a lot, but yeah wow she can’t be counted on to carry a dramatic scene. Reminds me of how Malin Akerman is works well with ligher material, but couldn’t cut it in her scene on Mars with Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen.
Ahhhh yeah baby. Alternate “Openings”
The portal to Earth opens and interrupts Thor in the middle of shaving his chest or GTFO.
Is there a worse name than Colbie Smulders? It sounds like 8 shots of jager and an appletini.
It sounds like me talking about the X-Files right after I had my wisdom teeth removed.
This would have been the worst opening possible. Amazing.