Die Hard With a Vengence: the two endings?

Anyone ever seen the deleted alternate ending?
If so which would you have rather they put in the movie?

Ending in Movie: Mcclaine uses a telephone wire to cause helicopter holding simon to crash

Deleted ending:

McClaine has been fired and has tracked Simon down back to Germany. He meets him in his office and carries a rocket launcer with no gun site (no one can tell which way its pointed) both ends look the same.
McClaine challenges him to a game of simon says. If Simon answers the questions right, he can turn the launcher or leave it how it is. but then he must pull the trigger.
It ends wih Simon blowing himself up.

I've seen both endings. Quite frankly, I don't care for either one.

The telephone wire was a bit hokey, and a bit of a let down after such a high-adrenaline film. The alternate ending is even worse. John McClaine is supposed to be NYPD - do they expect me to believe he has the green (after being fired, no less) to fly off to Germany and track down the ultra-brilliant bad guy? C'mon - the phone wire thing was a stretch, but this is outrageous. Technology peaked with frozen pizza, and Die Hard peaked with the first film. Sequels stink.