Amph Avengers: Endgame (untagged spoilers)

Watched the extra features so far, except for the commentary track.

Gag reel is funny, but pretty much what was leaked online a couple weeks ago.

The deleted scenes were a little underwhelming- given how much was cut from the film, i was hoping for them to be a tad more substantial.

The alternate opening/ending is a bit longer than what was posted online- and combined with some of the alternate Fury/Council scenes and Hill's comment/rift with Fury, it blends better than the preview online suggested. Still, it would have changed the tone of the film, and Jackson's ending narration is far superior to what Colbie did (though it had it's moments). The best part is how it suggests Iron Man might die at the start of the film, which makes his bomb run a little more suspenseful, in theory.

The Cap stuff is what we've seen also- nothing with Peggy beyond her dossier, no follow-up on the phone motif (between him looking at it and the street vendor loudly selling prepaid phones) or enhancement to the implied subtext of Fury's "a promise" line.

There's an extended version of the underground lab scene with Loki, Hawkeye and Selvig, which gives Hawk-Eye a bit more development (and helps suggest he's not completely under Loki's control, as Fury also speculates in another scene since he didn't take the headhsot on Fury, though he defends that to Loki as him not being as good with a gun) as well as having Loki explain why he actively went after the Avengers,

There's also a scene that is the second half of the Banner/old man warehouse scene. The notable information from it is we see where Banner's confidence/control came from (somewhat; the old man gives him some words of inspiration), where he got the bike from (old man gave it to him) and where he landed (Jersey- so he didn't have far to drive to get to the battle. But, considering that the Helicarrier was out of range of NYC, I have a hard time believing that the Hulk's fall from the fighter jet took him all the way to Jersey).

The rest are mostly extended scenes- theres some extended HawjkEye/Black Widow battle footage without the finished FX which was interesting to watch.


One-Shot: Item 47 was a bit of a let down- given the added length and concept, I had high expectations for it. That said, it's not bad, and has more action than either of the other two by a long while. I kinda felt the ending was too cheap of a solution. MIB doesn't have any scenes in the field, either, unfortunately. Sitwell has a couple good moments though.


One of the features has an alternate take of RDJ's "huge green rage monster" line that is really hilarious as well.

 

I believe all the versions have the audio commentary- it's listed on the DVD disc extra features, and the Blu-Ray disc specifies "plus all DVD bonus features".

I did get the 4 disc release (3D/BD/DVD/DC+Music), but the way these releases are usually listed/produced, I would assume the other BD releases should have the track on it, as would the DVD itself.

On a side note, when did they start getting cheap/lazy and double-stacking 2 discs in a single hub? They couldn't splurge for the extra "page" insert for the other two discs?

I'm still rather annoyed that trailers and Tv spots seem to have been abandoned by most BD releases- when did they go from "most standard/basic feature of a release" to "not worthy of inclusion"?

 

Eh, doesn't matter if it sounds like a Cornell solo track, Soundgarden or Audioslave- all three options are very good options.

 

Concept art of Thanos (sans helmet!) from the second screen app of the Blu Ray:

 

::merges the two older threads, spiffs up the title::

Well, with filming under way, recent concept art revealed on the MCU special and the SDCC teaser officially uploaded online a few months ago (with an official teaser no doubt hitting cinemas in a few months with GOTG) and speculation in the wake of Cap 2 about to explode, seems like the right time to dust off this thread for Round 2.













And it looks like Hawkeye will be getting a good deal of screentime, according to RDJ:

"This one is a very ambitious sequel. If you read it, it's dense, it's smart. Joss [Whedon] is a really smart guy. My 2-year-old is crazy about Hawkeye, and I think Jeremy [Renner] has a lot to do with the plot. There's always so many plates to spin to get these things half-right, and I'm really excited about this one."​

 

Set photo of what is presumed to be Ultron (or a version of Ultron that is still closer to Iron Man) as well as Hawkeye's more comic-like costume:





And Whedon has posted an advance apology to the people of Seoul: