https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbc2kr9AfPE Although this deleted scene was included as an Easter Egg on the DVD of The Last Stand, it's clearly an idea dropped from X-Men United. In this hard-to-find clip, the Blackbird touches down on a frozen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. Presumably, the water is frozen solid by Bobby (Iceman) or Ororo (Storm). Even though this scene is pretty cool, it's not hard to see why it was axed - it doesn't really advance the action. In the finished movie, the mutants simply appear in the Oval Office, and that entrance is enough.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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