Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24467536-20140422132322/@comment-24467536-20140423032120

@JediHistorian -  S.H.I.E.L.D. is gone in Avengers 2, so what takes its place? On this episode of AoS, the radio was broadcasting a debate (more of a shouting match) as to who is at fault for letting S.H.I.E.L.D. go unchecked. ( I wouldn't be surprised it comes out in a movie or an AoS episode that New York was ordered to be nuked during the Chitauri attack, thanks to Black Widow's document dump.)   It ended with "HYDRA and its allies cannot rise again" or something to that effect. It looks like a set up for Avengers 2 that the military will be taking on the superpowered/alien threats, with the fictional president and Congress granting the Pentagon broad powers to deal with them. The HYDRA exposure happened on these politicians' watch; one of their own, Senator Stern, was arrested by the FBI for being connected with HYDRA. I can see the goverment investigating Tony Stark and Stark Industries and finds out some things about Howard Stark's activities that are compromising. It could be used to force Stark's cooperation in coming up with tech to fight the threats or the information will be released, ruining the Stark name and the company in the process. This maybe is how Ultron comes to be.