What Comets, Stars, and Moons are all about

I  must be stressed because I just got a little teary-eyed when I read that Leonardo DiCaprio is in the running to play Captain America. This was a welling up of joy, not sorrow. My dream growing up was to see my comic book Universe big and large on the silver screen with a wide swath of characters being transformed from ink to celluloid. All of the films would reference each other and feature cameos of other heroes. This is why Iron Man blew me away, it was Iron Man in the Marvel Universe, not Spider-Man alone in a Spider-Man Universe. My first choice for Captain America was Matt Damon. He has that corn-fed all American look that personifies Steve Rogers, the man behind Cap’s mask. Leo never crossed my mind and I don’t think he is a 100 percent perfect fit, but he probably lands in the high 80 percentile, which is good enough for me. A much better choice than the previously rumored Matthew McConaughey.

Captain America is supposed to be a period piece and that means we may get to see him punching the lights our of Hitler. And the end of the film…well…anyone who knows the history of the Avengers and believes Marvel will make that team-up film a reality knows how it will hopefully end. Sigh.