X-Men: Apocalypse – The Emerging Powers Of Cyclops
By Steve Lam
To all bullies: be careful who you chase into the bathroom because the guy in the stalls may be a future member of the X-Men.
We all wanted to do this in high school, and its probably something that gets relived in our recollecting I-wished-I-could’ve minds everyday. The scene: you’re being picked on and eventually chased into the bathroom where you hide in a stall. The bully incessantly knocks on the stall doors, trying to threaten you into coming out. Then, out of the blue, you release a powerful concussive blast from your eyes. Me-1, Bully-0.
That similar scenario is portrayed in the newest clip from X-Men: Apocalypse. Scott Summer’s–the future Cyclops–is experiencing the emerging of his mutant powers. A bully mistakens Scott’s annoying eye irritation as flirting with his girlfriend. After being followed into the restroom, Scott unleashes his mutant powers and devastates the jock. From the words of the great Ace Ventura, “Do not go in there! … Whoa!”
Aside from that cool, instant-karma scene, we also get a review of the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past–an exposition that is hidden as a class lecture at the beginning of the clip.
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Official Synopsis: Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. Awakening after thousands of years, he recruits the disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and other mutants to create a new world order. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind.
X-Men: Apocalypse has a planned release date of May 27, 2016 and will be directed by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris, and Michael Dougherty, and will star James McAvoy as Charles Xavier / Professor X, Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellan as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme, Nicholas Hout as Hank McCoy / Beast, Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver, Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse, Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops, Rose Burne as Moira MacTaggert, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Lana Condor as Jubilation Lee, Ben Hardy as Warren Worthington III / Angel, Olivia Munn as Betsy Braddock / Psylocke, and Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok.