Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140302123451

I rented TTDW on DVD this weekend. Although I like it overall as I did when I saw it in the theater, it still came off as rushed. I heard about the deleted scenes left on the cutting room floor (saw some online); and I think the characters would have been fleshed out more and the story would have been fuller if they were left in. I'm sorry Alan Taylor lost that fight with the studio to keep them. Kevin Feige and Co. claim the run time was too long; but I find it odd they made the effort to have more Loki/Tom Hiddleston scenes. It seems they were only out for the box office by luring the Loki stans in. By appeasing a supporting character's fan base it prevented a richer story to be told (and a bigger worldwide box office to be earned). I also think putting a five-minute trailer of Captain America: The Winter Soldier on before TTDW hurt the run time/storytelling as well; Marvel Studios was out to make money for the next movie. 