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Last month, we got word that the extended version of The Hateful Eight was coming to Netflix. This was a momentous occasion, because this version of the film had only previously been released in a limited theatrical roadshow version. The Netflix release would mark the first time the extended cut of Quentin Tarantino’s violent Western would ever be available in home media form. Now, the extended version is here…sort of.

For some baffling reason, rather than provide this cut as a full movie, Netflix has broken it up into a mini-series with four episodes. The big question is: why?

I don’t hate this, personally.

One of the things I liked so much about the Lord of the Rings Extended Cuts was that the movies were split into two discs, and when I’d rewatch it, I’d routinely split the discs up, as if they were individual chapters to be savored..