Synopsis:

After Tony Stark revealed his superhero identity to the world he became part of a larger universe. While the Stark Expo is on its way a mysterious terrorist emerges to destroy Starks legacy. Meanwhile the military is chasing a certain Dr. Bruce Banner who seems to be in possession of TOP secret military intelligence. But all this seems like childsplay compared to what is happening in New Mexico: Astronomer Jane Foster is about to find out that the norse myths about gods of thunder and lies might not be the stuff of children's books.

Intentions:

When Avengers was about to come out I scoured the Internet for an edit that would combine all the MCU movies into one chronological experience. Sadly what I found was an overly bloated edit that just threw in every single scene without proper musical transitions or anything. Because I couldn't find an edit like this I started to wonder - was that the only version around? It started out as a quick idea to put together an edit for me and my friends to watch before The Avengers. Due to the interest from the community I decided to revisit the rough edit. Smooth out things I did not quite enjoy that much, condense redundant things and try to give an entertaining ride one can take before watching the Avengers. This edit is intended as a companion piece to: Captain America: The Steve Rogers Cut (by AEMovieguy) Iron Man 1 Marvel's: The Avengers For a sort of "giant all night dvd session" with Avengers Initiative placed between Iron Man and The Avengers.

Change List:

The idea was to combine three movies (plus some scenes from other MCU movies) into one timeline. But be warned! This is not an edit that sticks 100% to the official Marvel chronology. I tried to follow the Timelines as much as possible but when the question is between accurate time and enjoyment enjoyment always wins - something I learned from Jigsaw Files. An example would be Coulson who departs from Iron Man 2 to Thor. In the canon this happens before Thor gets banished because there are already strange storms happening. but movie wise I felt it was way cooler that Thor appeared and then Coulson got the call to go to New Mexico. Also The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 have witnessed a lot of cuts and trims - Thor got away pretty unharmed. Those cuts were made because I was not content with those two movies and I want to improve them.

Additional Notes:

While the movies are intercut with each other this cutlist will just list the separate movies and what was cut from those movies: Iron Man 2: No first person celebrity-Tony, doesn't really add much to the story No Audi commercial, the scene is there to get Tony to the senate, I think we understand that when Tony is in Washington during a hearing we don't need to hear about liking a badge cause he really likes the badge and still likes the badge The opening banter between Pepper and Tony about the art collection is gone Happy (Jon Favreau) has been heavily trimmed I find him pretty annoying and self-indulgent Vanko will first appear in Monaco and his story will be unveiled by Tony/Fury since they tell us everything we need to know "Give me the case" and Happy slamming Vanko against the wall again and again is gone, vanko wakes up, whips the car and Tony gets the case Vanko will not want bird (that was a tricky one to remove, he still has a bird when working but the attention is never on it) I intend to cut the scene where Stark goes to Pepper in the office because it does not really move the story forward and because Pepper mentions "Tomorrow Hammer will have a presentation" which gives Tony one afternoon to drive back and an evening plus half a day to get a new element. No Ex-Wife or fart-gag in final fight No kid against evil drone - kid gags are dumb in every superhero movie Removed some of Black Widow's comic posing Cut Happy fighting during Black Widow fighting, the gag is drawn out and not that funny. The final punch remains and Happy sees what Widow has done during that Incredible Hulk: Hulk has had a lot of scenes removed that show Banner doing stuff the audience can assume - like waiting for the guy who gives him the flower. In the next scene banner tells Blue that he has finally gotten the flower so the waiting scene is pretty pointless. No "hot chick at work getting threatened" Banner just bumps into the guys when he is chased and gets in a fight because of that, no need to introduce a woman we will never see again Removed Banner getting Pizza - the scene doesn't give us anything new except a nice wink to the original Hulk. Banner arrives at the pizzeria, gets a room then Betty arrives Cut Betty selling her necklace it doesn't really drive the plot, it is a cliché and we get the desperate atmosphere when we are watching shield preparing to find Banner No Stern getting Hulk blood to become the leader - this is a plotline that will not be important in The Avengers and detracts from the main action plus it is an overdone gimmick in comic movies No "sweet" or "booya" from the military Tony Stark does not talk to Ross as the scene - in the MCU - leads nowhere. He is a consultant but what he tells Ross is so contradictory they even made a one shot to explain the scene away. I did not include the Consultant One Shot because it felt more like comic book geeks talking instead of real characters. So without this scene the Tony Stark meets Ross scene serves no purpose but to advertise The Avengers without narrative consequences. Thor: As I said I really like Thor and there is not that much that distracts me Facebook reference is be gone, but the pic needs to be taken for the fake-id The "dramatic death" of Thor was removed because it is obvious that he is not really dead, no slow mo run of Natalie Portman. This was the only scene I felt to be a letdown when watching Thor - Thor now gets his powers when he is willing to sacrifice himself All three movies have some exposition scenes removed/rearranged.

Other Sources:

Marvel One Shot: A funny thing that happened on the way to Thor's hammer The Avengers: Deleted Scenes (Agent Hill, Captain America) Audioslave: Show Me How To Live Avengers Score: A Promise, Invasion.

Special Thanks:

Rogue-theX for the title font design Juize4z0 for being the most reliable Workprint viewer Bionicbob for cool advice Addiesin, Neglify, TMBTM, Uncanny Antman for help everytime something didn't quite work out.