OK, I've seen The Avengers - open spoilers!

[MsWhatsit]

@Christopher Robin Davies

I think Thor’s agenda was very much bound to earth. He wanted to take the cube away as much for the sake of humanity as for any other reason.

@Larry_Borgia

But Fury and SHIELD wanted to keep the cube for earth, so we could defend ourselves against cosmic threats.

Moved this exchange from the spoiler thread.