Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I love how Ratner said back in May (in probably the only interview I read) that there would be no deleted scenes on the DVD because he got every scene he filmed into the movie. If I had more gumption I'd Google the damn article and post it here. Lying hack (and I say that with the utmost respect

Well, that didn't sound right based off interviews I had seen so I HAVE Googled up a few Ratner interviews all from May. He had a lot to say about numerous alternate takes, it was actually quite humorous to see how nearly all the interviews focused on that now that we know the DVD has three alternate endings! All the interviews said that there was going to be plenty of bonus scenes on the DVD, but that he wouldn't create an extended edition because there weren't that many deleted scenes, though every interview alluded to at least some deleted scenes existing.

I think part of the reason why some people may disagree with the percentage of deleted scenes is that Ratner's personal definition of 'deleted scenes' might be different to others. Some of the alternate scenes are 'very alternate', so some would consider them deleted scenes.

"Probably 99 percent of the scenes I shot are in the movie, but there are other versions of it that were shot," he said. "Until I saw the movie, I wasn't sure in which direction I wanted to go. For instance, the Rogue scene. Should she get the cure or should she not get the cure?

"So there was a lot of variations."

[edit]Just remembered something else said. When talking about alternate scenes he emphasised that there was a heap of variation in the whole third act. So those three alternate 'endings' could actually be quite long and feature quite a lot of what was mentioned in this thread.[/edit]