I have a question about William Hurt's character in the Avengers movie, "Age of Ultron".

[Yavin4]

So, we're introduced to William Hurt's character, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, in the movie, The Incredible Hulk. In the later films starting with "Age of Ultron", Hurt's character re-appears, but now he's the U.S. Secretary of State.

My question is how in the world did Gen. Ross get through his senate confirmation hearings? Did these people not ask him about his role in the utter destruction of the Culver University campus while trying to catch the Hulk. The man ordered weapons of mass desctruction to be used around a bunch of kids, but somehow our senate just let him through? WTF?!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Probably Hydra's influence through Senator Gary Shandling nt

[Yavin4]

2. Good point.

I didn't think about that.

[NNadir]

3. I didn't see these movies, but I'd guess the answer to the question is: "Republicans."

[Midnight Writer]

4. Yep, I think super heroes show a liberal bias.

And super villains tend to be authoritarian conservatives.

I'm surprised conservative media have not made an issue of this.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

5. Jordan Peterson is currently making a stink about Red Skull

Apparently the latest version of Red Skull is pretty transparently modeled after Peterson.