3. The Wolverine
How It Ended: After heading to Japan at the request of an old friend, Yashida, whose life he saved during the bombing of Nagasaki, Wolverine finds himself targeted by a mysterious organisation intent on making him mortal. Eventually, it's revealed that Yashida - now a terminally-ill old man - is behind the whole thing, and has spent his entire life trying to find a way to replicate Wolverine's healing abilities. Wolverine does away with Yashida, and begins a partnership with his hot new Japanese friend, Yukio, who vows to be his bodyguard. They jet off to an unknown destination. How It Should Have Ended: There's nothing particularly wrong with the ending that director James Mangold used, apart from the fact that it's pretty generic - especially when you learn that they shot another ending that involved the giving of an incredibly special gift. The scene in the plane is the same in this version of the ending, save for one thing: Yukio presents Wolverine with a suitcase which contains - brace yourself - his iconic yellow and black costume. And James Mangold decided not to leave this part in the final cut, as a courtesy to X-Men: Days of Future Past, which he didn't want to burden. So whereas it's understandable as to why this version of the ending was cut, we still can't help but feel like we wanted them to use it anyway. The current ending is a little lame (thankfully there's a post-credits scene that makes the dull normal ending more forgivable), but - let's face it - a scene where Wolverine receives his costume would have been totally and utterly badass, even if it wasn't entirely necessary.