Age of Ultron Will We Get An Extended Cut?

[Ragnaroknroll]

It seems they have limited the deleted scenes as well...I know in TDW the deleted scenes made available were a joke, there was tons of material other than what was made available...Marvel was basically protecting themselves from the obvious why the F*** was this not in the movie debate...

The TDW deleted scenes they gave us were a joke. And half of them you had to search for on the Internet. They didn't even put them on the Blu-Ray!

But even then there was tons of stuff missing - especially extended scenes with Malekith that both Eccleston and Taylor talked about.

 

[The_Manhunter]

Those are extended editions, though. Not director's cuts.

But I agree a lot of movies, even good ones, have great re-cuts. AOU should be one of them (I loved the movie, but, as Ultron said, we all can be better).

Could you explain the difference please?

 

[Son of Coul]

Could you explain the difference please?

Sometimes distributors release extended cuts that are just re-edits the studio did to share extra footage from the film and milk extra dollars from consumers. Or, in the case of LOTR, a bonus supplied by the director to give superfans more insight into the world of the film that he realizes wouldn't necessarily work as a regular movie, especially to a broad audience in a theater.

Director's Cuts on home releases tend to be the edition of the film the director preferred before the studio stepped in for final mandate. Extra scenes may be here and there, but they could also be even shorter depending on what the director felt made a better movie.

Also important to note is that every movie has a "Director's Cut" that's essentially another pass after the rough assembly as the director discovers the pace and presents a somewhat tight version to the studio heads. Many of these (first Avengers included) reach 3+ hours. Every time this is mentioned about a CBM though, people assume that was the masterpiece they were robbed. This is sometimes the case, but most often not.

 

[gildedmuse]

Also important to note is that every movie has a "Director's Cut" that's essentially another pass after the rough assembly as the director discovers the pace and presents a somewhat tight version to the studio heads. Many of these (first Avengers included) reach 3+ hours. Every time this is mentioned about a CBM though, people assume that was the masterpiece they were robbed. This is sometimes the case, but most often not.

Yeah, for as much as a reaction as people had to learning that his original cut was 3 hours, I am a huge Joss Whedon fan who also loves commentaries and I swear he has said this about every film he's ever made. Heck, I think some of his original scripts for Firefly and Buffy reached the 2 hour mark. It seems really common among filmmakers to have their first cut be nearly twice the length of the finished film. It is the film equivalent to killing your darlings.

Still, I would totally love an extended cut but I'm one of those people that would likely watch the extended version of everything they loved just because for all those "darlings" might effect the pacing or be pointless, I do love them and often times I love them for the same reason the writers do: they may be pointless, but their often filled with these little extra bits of character.

 

[warriorking]

A good example is Ridley Scotts" Kingdom of Heaven"..
Although the theatrical version was fine I felt the Directors cut was far superior....
Then you had Oliver Stones Alexander...
Jeeezzzz.... what a Turd!!!! and the Directors cut made it an even bigger steaming Turd!
Nothing short of an apology from the Director and the Studio could have saved that movie..

 

[sdc10]

A good example is Ridley Scotts" Kingdom of Heaven"..
Although the theatrical version was fine I felt the Directors cut was far superior....
Then you had Oliver Stones Alexander...
Jeeezzzz.... what a Turd!!!! and the Directors cut made it an even bigger steaming Turd!
Nothing short of an apology from the Director and the Studio could have saved that movie..

The original Daredevil is a good example of this. The theatrical cut was a pg-13 carbon copy of Spider-Man whereas the directors cut was R-rated an contained a lot more of the characterization that was missing from the theatrical cut.