<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=200511.msg9824306#msg9824306">Quote from: RedMoon on 09-04-2014, 01:13:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, my thoughts on the movie...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Winter Soldier spoilers</div><div class="spoiler_body">The after credits scene does a pretty good job of wrapping things up and talking about the future, I think. The Marvel movies so far (with the possible exception of Thor) have been pretty well grounded in reality. But, as Baron von Strucker says in the post-credits scene, this is no longer the age of men, governments and spies - This is the age of miracles. In the current modern Marvel comics, SHIELD is not a big presence - Why would they be? The Avengers are a massive entity with a big roster of superheroes, and they sure don't need SHIELD watching over them. SHIELD served it's purpose, but in the upcoming movies, these people are going to be facing off against Ultron and Thanos. We're moving towards big, epic Marvel stories from the comics, and SHIELD doesn't really have a place in them. So, yeah, it was surprising, but, I think it fits with what's coming.</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">I'm just saying, with the fact that Agents of SHIELD is still running, it's obviously going to play a much more important role than in the comics since it's so much easier to handle production-wise than every other epic superhero crazy power and fight. That's why I was so concerned; how are you going to have a cohesive, potentially long-running show if you cut the balls of the title organization?</div></div>