Not too long ago the directors of the upcoming Captain America sequel, Anthony and Joe Russo, revealed that the movie will bring about a big shift in the Marvel Movie-verse which would further affect The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
So now I'm here to express my own opinion on the subject of the "major shifts" that may occur in the movie. From the changes of SHIELD to the creation of Ultron, I discuss these and much more ahead.
First of all, I would like to tell you guys on what I think will be of Caps' role in this movie (which I am really hoping will be the comic book movie of 2014). Now I get that he has just been taken off-ice and needs to adjust in the modern world, but let's face it, you probably wanna hear what I have to say about the adjustments to Cap's combat. Well for one thing, I think that it's finally time we should see Captain America go head-to-head with the baddies in some epic fight scenes. In the First Avenger, we didn't really get to see him brutalize the villains unless it was with his shield and in the Avengers, he looked more like an acrobatic hero than like a real beat-em-up one.
Now here's the good stuff --
HOW I THINK THE MOVIE WILL AFFECT THE AGE OF ULTRON:
1) So, what exactly will go down with the "special" organization known as SHIELD? Well based on observations and personal break-downs on certain set photos, I speculate that many SHIELD agents are now working for the bad guy. These may or may not include Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders), Agent Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernandez), and Agent Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford). This may affect the Age of Ultron because if select SHIELD agents would happen to become rogue, it might make the Avengers rethink who they are supposed to be working for, mainly Black Widow and Hawkeye.
Or maybe perhaps this guy who was a jerk in Iron Man 2 possibly has something to do with the rogue SHIELD agents:
2) Now this would have to bring me to my next thought, concerning this guy:
Agent Pierce (aka Robert Redford) What if his character isn't who he appears to be? He could possibly just be the SHIELD agent character, but perhaps he may turn out to be some sort of villian in the end, taking a "page" from Iron Man 3's twist ending. Top contenders for his actual role in my opinion include Dell Rusk and Baron Zemo. So what if he is a villain in the Cap sequel, you say? Well, this can possibly make a bigger threat than Ultron if not revealed in this second Cap movie.
3) What I want to discuss next is Crossbones. You heard me right, the brutal villain may perhaps be part of a bigger role in the future of the MCU, Avengers 2 and beyond. Frank Grillo, the actor behind the character, has already said himself that each comic book character has their own story arc. So perhaps he will only appear as Brock Rumlow in CA: TWS and then as Crossbones in maybe a later movie featuring the Masters of Evil.
4) Another one of my thoughts includes the death of the Steve Rogers Cap in either this next movie or the Avengers sequel. I know the original arc took place after the devastating events of Civil War in the comics, but we also know that Whedon really wants to [frick] with our minds. So perhaps he has talked with the Russo brothers or has plans of his own to arrange this maybe? It would also be a good way to give us a short while of Bucky Cap action before the original Rogers Cap will obviously have to be resurrected by some sort of "Dr. Strange". *wink* *wink*
5) Next on the list is the Winter Soldier himself, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes. What will be of his new origins of coming back from the "dead"? Will the story take a cue from Ed Brubaker's original origin and have Bucky's body found by Russians who give him a bionic arm and then brainwash him to become their own personal assassin throughout the years, only taking him out of cryonics when needed so that he ages slowly. Or will the MCU version of the Winter Soldier get a different resurrection from "death". One of my guesses is that the next guy I am about to talk about is the creator of the Winter Soldier... and possibly even ULTRON!
6) Here it is, my final thought on how this will be the lead-in movie to the Avengers: Age of Ultron! And this brings me to having to address this guy:
Arnim Zola (aka Toby Jones) I mean sure the guy has a slight chance of being shown in anything else but flashbacks in this First Avenger sequel, but remember that he was last seen being in military (SSR) custody in the last movie. And since I have decided to take the "Stark being the creator of Ultron instead of Pym" rumor with a grain of salt, Zola is my next top contender of being the true creator. Plus, this guy may also be the one who brainwashes Bucky, transforming him into the Winter Soldier. This could be true because since Arnim Zola was technically the cause of Bucky's death (both him and Cap having to be the ones to capture him on that monorail), Zola would be able to know where Bucky's body fell to from the fall and could dig him out, after he escaped custody of course. So if Zola did actually get his
robot suit working and did manage to survive in the modern-Avengers world, he could possibly be Ultron's creator, especially since he also takes an interest in robot making.
So, what do you guys think about my opinions and who do you want to be Ultron's creator? Sound off below!