What’s the word we’re looking for? Oh, yeah — finally.
Arrow‘s righthand man, John Diggle (played by David Ramsey), at long last has some cool costuming of his own, to debut in the CW hit’s Season 4 premiere (airing Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 8/7c).
In explaining the helmet’s origin, showrunner Marc Guggenheim said at Comic-Con this summer, “One of the things that we started to feel last year… is Diggle’s got a wife [and] daughter. So if he’s going out there surrounded by people in masks and he’s John Diggle, that’s not the greatest idea on his part.”
Take a look at his get-up above, and share your knee-jerk reactions below!
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Um you can still see his face. Isn’t that the point?
lol! But then, it is better than just looking down while wearing a hood, that can also be removed easily.
Too similar to Magneto’s helmet.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
I’ve seen others say the same on Facebook. At least they didn’t dress him in the Manhattan Guardian’s uniform. For some reason some people have taken the odd position that black characters on comic book TV shows are interchangeable.
Ditto!
First thing I thought, as well
Magneto, yes! I was trying to think of what it reminded of.
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Not your brightest hour, Arrow costuming dept.
“I shall call you… BLACKNETO”
Shortened to just “Neto”.
I liked Digneto. :)
Definitely approve with the principle of giving Diggle a uniform. Not sure how I feel about the actual look, though. I think I’ll have to see it in action before I can pass judgment.
unless it has a retractable visor or it does the same screen like effect that Ray’s ATOM suit does.
Oh god…I don’t know if I like it. Maybe if I saw him in action…like some sort of trailer. It reminds me of like a biker Magneto. Or someone. His peripheral vision in that probably sucks. The jacket’s cool though.
I’m not crazy about the helmet either, but his peripheral vision might not be much worse than Oliver’s in his hood. The hood on my winter jacket comes forward about as much as Oliver’s hood does and it seriously reduces my peripheral vision. That’s fine for me walking home, but not for an action hero in a fight.
I don’t care what it looks like (it does look like magneto) but he’s still a badass who & well he really needed something for protection .
The helmet looks silly
Ditto I dont like it at all looks terrible How will he see on that thing?
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No it looks terrible
This looks like bad photoshop
I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking that helmet looks like it was photoshopped on. It doesn’t look like it sits right at all.
um i dont like it. sorry. looks like the new costume magneto has :)
All the costumes in Flash and Arrow are pretty badass so I am waiting to see this one in the field before any judgment. But I am glad Dig finally got his own suit.
……….Oh dear. That’s…..not good.
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I wasn’t thrilled with the Robocop look they showed at Comic-Con, but I think this is worse. What were they thinking?
Two words: peripheral vision.
Yeah, that is pretty lame. Not quite as lame as the ATOM suit (at least this is cool aside from the helmet) but still lame. Oliver never wanted a mask because it would mess with his vision. Now Diggle is strapped I to a helmet that is big and clunky, which makes Ollie’s mask look sensible now.
And the opening looks strangely like a T… Which should be more of a Mr. Terrific thing. Right?
I still don’t see how his mask messes with his vision. At least, any more than his hood does. Can you expand on this?
Looks awful and way too much like Magnetos helmet. It also doesn’t serve its purpose…to conceal someones identity. In the world of Arrow where there was a time that Oliver was on the news as the Arrow (until Roy said he was) who would everyone be aware of? His big black security guard. Well who does that dude in the helmet look like?
Also in a world of facial recognition and all that tech, showing that much of your face is pointless.
I agree 100%! I never though he needed a costume, he’s way too cool for that. If they want to hide his face because of his family then he can wear a ski mask. The helmet looks silly.
He looks “hot” and “sweaty” and Yes, it does look as if he’s wearing Magneto’s helmet. Maybe they should have gave a helmet with a tinted visor. His helmet looks more creeper then a mass. I love John Diggle, I like his new threads but that helmet you’re wearing gives a creepy Magneto’s head. I hope works out.
That helmet/mask is awful and ridiculuous
Diggle’s helmet looks pretty good. hope he can fight with it well in new season.
Good lord is that stupid looking or what? A suit for Diggle? Yeah, but this one?
Love Diggle, but that just looks lame. There has to be something better than that for him!
I don’t care what it looks like. Dig can be disguised now. To me that’s all that matters.
This looks absolutely terrible. They just should have given him a mask like Spider Man. A regular stocking mask that would from fit to his face. Something simple that doesn’t look ridiculous.
I love the idea of having Diggle finally getting a costume of his own, but not sure how I feel about the execution. It looks pretty blah to me.
OMG. My poor Diggle. That’s what they gave him as a kickass much deserved costume? That is just plain bad. The helmet looks crazy and you can still see that it’s Diggle. It’s supposed to conceal his identity. What were they thinking? John Diggle deserves better.
Diggle had been the Launchpad to Oliver’s Darkwing…
Now he stole Magneto’s helmet…so he’s cool.
Looks like the helmet of the elves of Ithilien, from The Lord Of The Rings.
Is it just me, or does the helmet remind anyone else of Magneto?
Hmm. Not just me…
I prefer John’s turtleneck-and-leather-blazer look from last season. You just *know* that they were saying that John’s codename would have been Shaft if they could’ve gotten away with it.
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But this season, they give us Dig-neto, which is *far* from neato. (rolls eyes)
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Time to fire the costume designer. Between this and the Atom’s Ant-Man armor last season, it’s clear they need someone else in the role.
Streethawk had a better helmet than this.
I think it looks like that indie graphic novel Legend of the Mantamaji. That hero were an almost identical helmet and is also a black male. LegendoftheMantamaji.com They have a live action short too and the only difference is the color of the helmet.
I hope this is a joke. If not so, the writers have just lost their head. They said that Arrow would be more fun, but this is too much.
what happened to the helmet they showed at comic con?
……I mean…..who rreeaallllyyyy NEEDS peripheral vision when engaged in hand to hand combat?!?!
Seems like Magneto with a little Night Thrasher thrown in to the mix.
He looks stupid. They should have just gave him a ski mask and called it even.