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Are you implying that some pirate release out there took the time to actually edit the film to change the opening scene?

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Well, it would be uncharitable of me to suggest the theorist needs his eyes checked, so I made my own fan theory to explain the confusion.

But seriously, resplicing is a common tactic to avoid copyright detection. The most popular YouTube video for the captain America civil war battle is recut and out of sequence. Imagine a fan theory "ant-man only enters the fight after..." based on this video.

Oh I see what you mean now. I guess I’m in the old-school scene release download it yourself pirate mindset, preserving the best possible original release of the work in the best format available. But I forgot all about those reuploads to video hosting sites and even YouTube which kind of makes sense now.

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