So after watching Iron Man 3, for the second time(which I did enjoy both times I viewed it) I thought that the end credits scene was unsatisfying and could have answered a lot of questions. A big question that I keep seeing is where is SHIELD throughout this whole movie. So this is how the end credits should I went. You still continue with Tony talking on the couch with Bruce, but then have Nick Fury bust through the door, saying "Stark! SHIELD is still on clean-up duty in New York, but you failed to tell us that the President was kidnapped and almost killed!" Stark: "I had it all under control." Fury: "Yeah, just like your house, you and the government, Jesus pains in my ass!" Fury walks out, Bruce says "Someone should tell him to come see me, he is always angry."
Scene goes black, and the rest of the credits roll. This post credit scene definitely is a little better, you get an explanation of where SHIELD was during all of this and shows us that even the government didn't tell SHIELD, which leads to my second point.
I was watching Avengers yesterday, and two points came up that until seeing it again and connecting with the new movies coming out, that they make sense. First, when Loki ask Thor how much Dark Energy it took to travel to Earth, leads directly to how Malekith could return through the use of that much dark energy. Also, the World Council sends a nuke to New York to finish off the Battle of New York, and we know how that ends. Throughout that and thinking back to Iron Man 2, the government doesn't trust these heroes and want to have the power in their hands. This is where I can see the government working with HAMMER/AIM secretly to create Ultron to have their own hero and not need the Avengers. It would finish the Killian/ Justin Hammer revenge factor against Stark. Also I could see the government contacting Tony Stark to create Ultron, to "help" the Avengers but really to only replace them. Stark could be blackmailed as well (ex. Not telling SHIELD, the President was kidnapped.)
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