Synopsis:

Thor: The Dark World is not the best film, as it was heavily meddled with in editing and reshoots as the theatrical cut is a bit of a mess. The Converged Edition attempts to restructure the film with the addition of several deleted scenes to how it may of been originally cut together, to better the plot and characters.

Intentions:

Since there are so many deleted scenes from many different sources for the film, I thought it'd be a bit of fun to try and piece together what a pre-release version of the film may've been like. The first act especially has been meddled with so much in my cut, that it barely ressembles the theatrical cut.

Change List:

- regraded film lightly to get rid of green tint - added burnt in subtitles for the Dark Elves, almost every line has been rewritten (from the Hard Forged Edition) - moved Jane's introduction to right after Loki in chains - added extended version of Jane's date - moved Dark Elves waking up to after Selvig on TV - moved Jane, Darcy and Intern Ian to after this - moved the Elves on Svartalfheim to after this, as well as Algrim getting the Kurse stone - added extended version of the Vanahiem sequence, after Malekith says Asgardians will pay, implying they are behind the attack - added shot of the Asgardians traveling via Bifrost from Thor 1 - moved Volstagg and Fandrel escorting Algrim and other prisoners to immediatly after the battle, instead of an hour into the movie - added Loki's fantasy after this, cutting the brief few establishing shots of the basement prison - added Thor talking to Frigga about Loki after she talks to him via magic Skype - added extended Celebration scene as they rejoice over their victory - moved Thor talking to Heimdel about Jane to after the celebration - added Jane disrupting some scholars in the Hall of Science - moved Selvig doing his explanation of the Convergence after Odin has - added Jane waking up in Asgard and exploring - cut a few frames of Thor's mouth moving while he isn't saying anything (from the Hard Forged Edition) - added alternate death scene for Frigga, Odin is now present the entire time - moved the Dark Elves above Asgard to later - added Jane and Thor talking in the Hall of Science as she is taken into custody - moved some lines around while Thor and Heimdel talk, so as Thor says Malekith returns, it cuts to... - moved Malekith and the Dark Elves above Asgard to here, so that Thor is proven correct (from the Hard Forged Edition) - added Thor fighting the Einherjar while they rescue Jane - Loki's skin fades to blue as he dies, while his eyes fade to red (from the Hard Forged Edition) - moved Loki's return, used as an after-credits scene - flipped Hogun in Vanaheim so he's correctly looking at the Jets, cut a few frames of his eyes darting randomly - added alternate ending of Jane telling Thor he will be king, and him somewhat accepting the role. It sounds better than my brief description, but they sort of breakup, which is in-line with Ragnarok - cut the theatrical ending of Thor refusing the throne and leaving Jane on earth, to come back after the credits, as well as the Loki reveal - cut credits shot of Loki on the throne, extended the credits to conform to music - moved the Loki return to after the credits, cut the mention of the Aether, changed the score to something more ominous, and added a red tint to Loki's eyes as they fade out slower than the rest of the shot (from the Hard Forged Edition).

Additional Notes:

First pass I did of the film, was just trying to add the scenes back. But shortly I realsised how much moving around you have to do to make that work, so I had to move almost everything around in the first act and shuffle the scenes around until they clicked. Now Thor doesn't show up until the 22-minute mark though which is a shame, but the film runs a little more coherently hopefully.

Other Sources:

Thor: The Dark World (2013) Blu-Ray - The film and the majority of the deleted scenes were taken from here (Celebration Scene, Jane Learns About the Aether, Thor and Frigga Discuss Loki, Vanaheim Scene) Thor: The Dark World (2013) MoviesAnywhere - Two exclusive scenes were taken from the streaming service (Thor Battles the Einherjar and Jane Wakes Up in Asgard) Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 Box-Set Bonus Disc (2015) More deleted scenes came from here (Hall of Science, Jane's Date, Odin and Malekith, Loki's Corenation) Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga Bonus Disc (2019) - The alternate ending was taken from this disc Thor (2011) Blu-Ray - A few shots of Asgard were borrrowed from here to use during the Asgard introduction and Loki's Corenation Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Blu-Ray - An extra shot of Asgard was stolen for use during the "Jane Wakes" scene Avengers: Endgame (2019) Blu-Ray - The deleted "Jane Wakes" scene was later repurposed for this film, so I've now gone back and put it into its intended place, mixing it together with the MoviesAnywhere scene. Thor: The Dark World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - A lot of tracks were used to bridge scenes here and there where they needed it SFX of crowds cheering for the Loki Corenation

Special Thanks:

TM2YC for doing a few blue screen shots, and making the Hard Forged Edition, of which this takes a lot of inspiration from hbenthow for some help in making the MoviesAnywhere scenes look near 1080p lifeincontext for watching a rough cut and giving feedback where needed Malthus, lapis molari, stferguson78, DigModiFicaTion, fewntug, heathen3017 and addiesin for contributing in the thread and just being rightous dudes