4. S.H.I.E.L.D. Is Taking A More Aggressive Approach
Nick Fury tells Cap, "We're gonna neutralize a lot of threats before they even happen." That seems to be a vastly different approach than the one the organization has taken thus far. In the first Phase of the MCU and in the new show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., they seem to take a more reactionary approach. Superheroes and Norse Gods appear, and S.H.I.E.L.D. steps in to figure out what's happening. After the events of The Avengers, it's easy to see why S.H.I.E.L.D. would take this approach, though it seems that it's more totalitarian than Cap might like ("This isn't freedom. This is fear.") Is S.H.I.E.L.D. acting out in the open, rather than in secret?