I always enjoyed how the phase 1 movies seemed to flow seamlessly into the first Avenger's film. Unfortunately, that was not the case with the phase 2 movies. "Age of Ultron" seems to fit in more with what has been going on in the "Agents of Shield" TV show then the stand alone films of phase 2. This new film just does not hook in very cleanly with the events and character development of "Iron Man 3" and "Captain America 2". With "Iron Man 3" Tony's character was basically retiring, and "Cap 2" had Rogers apparently running off to track down Bucky / Winter Soldier. But "Age of Ultron" has the two of them firmly involved in Hydra-smashing business at the beginning of the film, as if the two endings from Iron Man 3 and Captain America never happened.