General Ross

General Ross is another character brought from the past – namely from the events of The Incredible Hulk. According to Joe Russo, the idea is to make that movie relevant once again into the MCU – and bringing General Ross into the fold is the perfect way to do that.

The character also evolved since 2008 – if back then he was a fanatic anti-superhero character (which means that he opposed all acts done by enhanced individuals outside of the jurisdiction of the military), he is now more seasoned and political in his approach.

Thus, if he wasn’t able to use his own enhanced individuals to bring the Avengers (the Hulk mainly) to him, he is now using politics in order to outmaneuver them. And he succeeds apparently.

But Joe Russo comes and says another thing, which seems very important to us: “The job is to tie all these films together. To be able to pull from The Hulk, which may have been forgotten about a little bit, and make it relevant again within the cinematic universe, is important to us.” Why do the directors want to make The Incredible Hulk relevant to the MCU?

We cannot expect for another Hulk solo movies – and this is pretty clear to us. However, there were some loose threads when the 2008’s flick ended – with the creation of the Leader and the incarceration of Abomination. Is this a hint that these two characters will return? It sure sounds this way to us.

Though there is also another possibility – a very tiny one, that is – for Ross to use the formula on himself and become the Red Hulk. In any way, we find it interesting for the director to want to make the Incredible Hulk relevant at this point.