2014-06-10, 04:17 AM
Razmos Wrote:They already kind of are doing with the Missandei/Grey Worm romance bullpomegranate.I HATED how much time was wasted with that in that episode. That was like 10-15 minutes of wasted time.
Razmos Wrote:They might even show what's happening to Rickon and Osha.Been wondering about them myself this season.
As it is the episodes this season have all been shorter than usual. All of them are 50-55 minutes. There were multiple episodes last season that broke the 60 minute mark. They're clearly trying to slow down without slowing down too much.
As for Episode 9...I liked that everything was about the Battle at the Wall. There was way too little with that going on this season. I mean, all kinds of things happened everywhere else, yet at the Wall it felt like a standstill with Jon going, "They're coming! I tell you, they're coming! We better watch out! They're coming! A Hundred Thousand strong, man! We gotta do something! They're coming!" It really feels like something actually happened up there this season with that episode devoted to it.
That aside, I liked what they did with the Giants and the Mammoth, but I was kinda disappointed there was a grand total of two Giants and one Mammoth on the screen. The way I was told the battle went gave me the impression that there were A LOT of both, but even with the large overhead shot you only saw a ton of regular people.
Although, that long shot near the end, that had the camera go full circle around the keep and you see everyone fighting at once was impressive. I wonder how much editing that shot required (besides special effects). If it's none, wow.