Bill Roper's Journal

Agree entirely. The Thor movie would have given a far better idea why both Thor and Loki are acting the way they are (I really liked the Thor movie, probably more than any of the others except Iron Man). I'm not sure Loki's actions in Avengers make any kind of *sense* but then I'm not entirely sure he's actually sane after his little excursion into the interdimensional voids between films!

Think Bill gives Fury a bit too much credit too. He basically screwed-up big time in his "hero management", and his recovery from this owed more to brilliant improvisation and sneakiness than to deep thinking or planning. And at the end it's only Stark's heroism that avoids consequences from another screw-up on Fury's part in blithely assuming he'll be allowed to merrily ignore orders without being bypassed.

There are rumours that Ant Man may be in the next film, or indeed have his own movie, but for now AFAIK rumours is all they are.