This sounds intriguing. I bought a boxed set and I have never checked out any deleted scenes. I think X1-3, the Wolverine, and DOFP make a really satisfying story arc.
I wonder if it’s possible to create an ultimate edit, using deleted scenes and maybe even key scenes from the ‘less worthy’ movies.
Part of me would like to show Jean augmenting Magneto’s power to move the bridge in X3, maybe some opening shots of some X-Men at the mansion in the Wolverine, and Rogue using super strength to take down a sentinel in the Rogue cut. A very naughty part of me would like to show either a clone of Jean Grey or a test tube of Summers DNA at the Essex lab or a project marked Nathan Summers. Shots from Logan were re-used in New Mutants after all.
I’m amazed anyone still remembered this topic – I was here browsing for materials related to a project I’m collating (Spider-Man Rarities) when I saw this.
There are so many films that could benefit from an ultimate cut, it’s absurd.
I am working on a Star Trek TMP fan edit but I am waiting for the remastered version of the DE so was thinking about other potential projects. I started browsing and doing research.
I am a huge fan of the X-men so I am thinking along the lines of, can I add any of the training scenes from First Class to the training montage in X1, particularly including Banshee and Havok? Can any of the fight between Wolverine and Gambit be stitched into X2 or X3? There are multiple teases for Mr Sinister across the franchise. Can they be spaced out differently, alongside some scenes from Apocalypse to tease the existence of the two big X-villains without actually going all out towards the poorly executed confrontation?