Thor's subplot editing in Age of Ultron

So Thor's subplot seemed confusing and it turns out it was because it was mostly cut.

The original idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then a second part of the vision with Loki, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, lets the Norn muse possess him, and the professor asks the Norn things to get info.  Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.

The onscreen idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, gets his professor friend, travel to the cave, gets in the waters, sees some visions again.  Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.

At one point the idea was that Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, then returns with answers.

I think there was a better way to save it in editing.

Thor has this vision of the party, then leaves to find answers, flashes back to the vision, but this time it slows down a bit and the color is dialed down except for the Infinity Stones on people's jewelry.  Then Thor returns to explain they're dealing with the Infinity Stones.

Executives are happy because the cave scene is cut, length is saved, and the protagonist of the scene is proactive to move the plot forward.

There was so much jewelry in the vision, I assumed the stones were in there as Easter Eggs.