Oh yeah, using that alternate scene would have de-fanged the film for sure.

Die Hard is clearly the superior movie, I just...like Die Hard 2 more for some reason. Is it because it's one of Robert Patrick's first roles? Is it because a mook gets an icicle through the eyeball (my personal pick for 'most savage death in a Die Hard flick)? Do I just have a terrible mental condition which requires me to like things that are not the best?

The world may never know... :D