While Pulp Fiction was interwoven vignettes, this was the bare bones of two different stories thrown together. It's like someone took two films, cut out all of the character moments and depth, and slapped together all of the violent scenes (or set-up for the violence).

You could cut Shoshana's story out and not have changed the Basterds story at all and vice versa. There is almost a complete disconnect. Neither plan needed the other which is why the end was quite literally overkill. The closest thing to a connection was Landa whom Shoshana apparently didn't really care about and who the Basterds only new by his reputation (which he had before killing Landa's family).

On top of the two separate stories, we were given mini-tales:

- Til Schweiger's character was great but what purpose did he serve? You could cut him out and not change a thing.
- The British soldier was a plot device and there was no need for the long scene with Mike Myers.
- The Jew Bear beating people's heads in had no bearing on anything.
- Even the whole element of the Basterds scalping people wasn't connected to the main plot of the assassination attempt. That was just "cool" but unnecessary backstory.

(And I have absolutely ZERO idea how the hell the storyline of black troops caught behind enemy lines would have fit in. Thank god that got cut out.)