Whereas the historical past of the X-Males in cinema has been a combined bag, one constant facet is the disappointing method that Scott Summers, higher often called Cyclops, has been dealt with. He’s the chief of the crew in lots of comedian books and has been a well-written character more often than not, however the movies by no means matched that.
Cyclops has been negatively acquired on the massive display by each critics and audiences. He was usually sidelined, positioned within the background, and by no means given something cool to do, which has made him a lot much less common than the likes of Wolverine, Magento, and different mutants. Fortunately, there’s an opportunity to lastly repair that.
Cyclops Has By no means Been Portrayed Correctly In Motion pictures
Scott Summers has been performed by three actors within the Fox films through the years. James Marsden took on the function first and was largely relegated to simply being the third wheel within the Wolverine and Jean Gray story. He by no means felt just like the chief he must be and he would not even get character arcs.
For a short look in X-Males Origins: Wolverine, Tim Pocock performed the character after which Tye Sheridan took over within the prequel movies X-Males: Apocalypse and Darkish Phoenix. Once more, the character was largely simply within the background and never given rather a lot to do. This hasn’t helped Cyclops’ reputation.
Though the movies performed a component, it looks like a number of the dislike for Cyclops dates again to X-Males: The Animated Sequence. Whereas he was higher written there, he was usually at odds with the a lot cooler Wolverine, which positioned some folks towards him.
Avengers: Doomsday Can Give Cyclops His Due
The large forged reveal video for Avengers: Doomsday shocked many by together with names from the unique X-Males films by Fox. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming, Kelsey Grammer, and James Marsden are all returning, which opens the door for Cyclops to be saved.
The final time we noticed prominently noticed Marsden as Cyclops, he was killed by Jean Gray after the Phoenix revived her. He may’ve had one thing of curiosity to do within the Phoenix storyline however was simply not included. Even his return in Days of Future Previous noticed him within the background.
Cyclops deserved higher and Avengers: Doomsday gives that chance. The MCU has executed job of redeeming previous Marvel film characters like Elektra, Blade, and even Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man. Marsden must be subsequent in line to get a greater send-off.
X-Males ’97 Exhibits How To D A Nice Job With Cyclops
Previous to Avengers: Doomsday, the newest tackle Cyclops was in X-Males ’97 and it did a masterful job with the character. He’s clearly proven to be the chief of the crew, has an precise storyline of observe, and does extra than simply be “man who would not like Wolverine.”
On high of that, X-Males ’97 gave Cyclops nice moments to showcase his powers. He received the type of cool scenes that the flicks wanted to have so the viewers may develop to like him. If Avengers: Doomsday is ready to do one thing near X-Males ’97 with Cyclops, they may save the film model of the character.