I can’t help it. The more I look at the new Cyclops design for Uncanny X-Men, the more I wonder just how he’s going to see, never mind shoot his optic blasts in that new helmet/hood/X-design:
Don’t get me wrong; I get that it’s a very eye-catching design, especially now that the character has adopted the “X” of “X-Men” as his freedom fighter visual signature -
- After all, with the new look, he doesn’t have to worry about his arms getting tired from crossing them and frowning whenever there’s a camera nearby, or having to put down his groceries or whatever he’s carrying if someone wants a picture (I wonder, how soon before he’s using his eyebeams to carve “X”s into walls, just like Zorro carved “Z”s into drapes?). So, from that basis alone, I get that the X-head makes some sense. And the overall Chris Bachalo design is definitely an attractive one:
It’s just that – Well, as far as I can tell from all the art I’ve seen of the outfit, the X visor doesn’t actually cover his eyes. Instead, his eyes are covered by the black/dark red/whatever color the rest of the costume actually is (Comics!). Which, unless we’re going for some unstable molecules, oh he can see through his material, thing, means that the guy whose entire power revolves around his eyes is somehow going into battle blind for the sake of fashion from now on.
You know why he’s raising his hand to his head in this promo pic? It’s not because he’s going to activate his optic blast. It’s because he’s pre-emptively shielding himself from the inevitable tumble that will happen when he walks into Wolverine in a second because he can’t see where he’s going. Scott, Scott, Scott: Is this some kind of mid-life crisis reaction to seeing Jean again?
January 22nd, 2013 at 8:34 am
I can’t unsee how much the new design looks like Racer X from the live action Speed Racer movie.
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:48 am
exactly cisco. even without considering the movie version, it still screams rex racer.
January 22nd, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Another reason to dislike Bachalo, besides the fact that his battles and quite often simple panels being unreadable, and the fact that his women all look the same.
January 23rd, 2013 at 8:55 am
I love it ‘cos crossing your forearms to make an “X” shape in Japan means “Don’t do that!”, or “Stop that!” — when I saw the panel I thought Cyclops was expressing his displeasure at having his picture taken.
January 25th, 2013 at 6:15 pm
o herooow Scooottttt
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