THE AVENGERS Alternate Opening Blu-ray/DVD Deleted Scene

I think this would've been a much cooler opening.

They weren't released just that PublicHD and few other warez sites leaked it and posted it on the web

Interesting.

This would have been even better. I wish they had used this instead, it brings a certain level somberness to the whole film

Plus it opens the door to some sort of "registration act" adaptation for the sequel

the opening they used was better.

Not bad, in agreement that the opening they used was the better one.

If they did have that, it would be the 5th MCU movie to start with the ending and then rewind. Its about time they switched it up.

@nomis:

indeed we do !!!!!

It doesn't quite fit with the tone of the ending. IMO, the feeling at the end was very positive and triumphant. They did not forget the loss, but overall it seems like the world embraced the Avengers and were grateful for what they did. This seems too somber and like it ends on more of a down note.

I loved the Avengers, but I thought this alternative opening (and eventually alternate ending) is pretty weak. happy exactly as it is

I think this was cut because it goes against the film's lighter tone.

Umm, shut the eff up Maria. Whatever the death toll was, it's infinitely better than 8 million dead and an Isle of Manhattan that won't be inhabitable for another 200 years like your precious cool, calm and collected world leaders wanted.

I really dont c the appeal with Smoulders
She seems so lifeless n passionless, I feel bored watching her, definitely a unnecessary addition 2 this film, they could've gone with anyone but her...

Why is this labeled as an alternate opening? It plays too much like the ending

Hahaha that was amazing, but I think the opening they used was better.

OK, this scene ... meh .. but the cap scene (some of you have seen it when it was posted previously) .. that scene was so amazing I dont understand why that one wasnt in the movie

Well done - with the cut!

It's ok, but it's so unfitting of the tone of the rest of the film, I question why they even bothered to film it.

That was laughably over-dramatic.

I would've preferred if the movie actually opened with final scenes from each of the solo movies, which would round up what has happened so far and refresh our memories; also to leave us with a somber but dramatic feeling... For example the first shot beginning with the camera gently sweeping through a ravaged New York City - (just like this alt opening but without revealing any heroes and being extended) - while somewhat melancholic type of voice overs are heard. These lines would be from the final scene of Thor - (Loki clinging onto the Gungnir, "I could've done it father"... etc and then finally letting it go) We would get a brief flashback of that scene. (This actual sweeping shot would be reminiscent of the opening scene from LOTR Two Towers where we hear Gandalf's "demise" as the camera flies through the mountains). So back to the scene... as we get a roundup of Thor, we come back to NY as the camera flies through the skyscrapers and onto the ground where we get a glimpse of Iron Man's battered 'n' bruised faceplate laying waste on the ground and the voiceover - "I am Iron Man" where we get a flashback type montage shot with Tony in every armour. Next, the camera comes across the decimated Leviathan and then a shot from TIH where Hulk roars at the thunderous sky. Afterwards, the camera starts to rise upto the sky and a torn/burnt USA flag is seen falling gracefully to the ground as the wind blows it away, this is when we hear lines from Captain America in the final scenes as he crashes, also showing the aftermath (him being discovered and defrosted) Finally we get back to NY and as the camera is rising into the sky the scene accelerates and then fade to black... after a couple of seconds, It all comes full circle and starts off where Thor left off as we finally get to see what actually happens to Loki as he is sucked into the wormhole. This would be a dramatic and fast paced shot which would conclude with him getting to where he is with the Other, how he gets there ...etc

I liked this opening, but I'd say the opening they did have is better. Let her character get more Civil War like of not trusting the heroes a bit later.

@yoss I agree with what you're saying, but what I'm actually trying to say is, let them stick to being the cannon fodder that they already are. However, IMHO they needed to be portrayed as being more of a threat than they already are. That isn't asking too much if only the movie was longer. I know there were casualties in the midst of the fighting/destruction, but I wanted to actually see them killing people reminiscent of the 'Cons killing humans in tf3 also rather than them all being mostly identical to the ones in the hovercrafts, I would've preffered if the ones that were deployed from the Leviathans were different to the ones that were in those crafts, which would bring a sense of uniqueness to them, and I know they were all the same in the comics but they could've been altered solely for the film and could've had high ranking Chitauri/Chitauri Commanders/Heavy gunners/Cloaking Scouts all with different physical shapes/sizes... that sort of shit. There could've been a scene where a Chitauri commander is giving out orders which shadows Cap's scene and then Hawkeye just shooting him in hte head like it was nothing. It would've been a challenge for each hero to come across a different Chitauri and would've made the already epic scale even grander...

Why was The Incredible Hulk left out of the banner?

I think she acted good,a very chilling scene :-D