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more heat than light wrote:Did anyone ever confirm the reason for reducing the number of episodes per season? I would normally assume that it'd be a cost issue, but surely GoT makes plenty of dollar?

Ad7 wrote:

more heat than light wrote:Did anyone ever confirm the reason for reducing the number of episodes per season? I would normally assume that it'd be a cost issue, but surely GoT makes plenty of dollar?

I'd always assumed it.was due to the massive cost of each episode as the series have gone on.

Ad7 wrote:

more heat than light wrote:Did anyone ever confirm the reason for reducing the number of episodes per season? I would normally assume that it'd be a cost issue, but surely GoT makes plenty of dollar?

I'd always assumed it.was due to the massive cost of each episode as the series have gone on.

"HBO would have been happy for the show to keep going, to have more episodes in the final season," Benioff said. "We always believed it was about 73 hours, and it will be roughly that. As much as they wanted more, they understood that this is where the story ends."

"To their credit, they [HBO] put their money where their mouths are — literally stuffed their mouth full of million-dollar bills which don’t exist anymore," he joked. "They said, 'We’ll give you the resources to make this what it needs to be, and if what it needs to be is a summer tentpole-size spectacle in places, then that’s what it will be.'”

captain red dog wrote:I mean I can't really fault the direction of the story, it's just the pacing that feels off. This season should have been mostly about the white walkers to do that plot thread justice, and then have the final season about the North slowly progressing down to Kings Landing.

Otherwise, things are panning out much as I'm expecting, but a lot of people will be butt hurt if it doesn't end with a Stark on the throne. But personally I don't want a happy ending.

Preezy wrote:Surely the Iron Thrones has been destroyed? The Red Keep was obliterated. I reckon they'll forge a new throne, but instead of being made from swords it'll be made from something else to symbolise a new era of peace and unity

Preezy wrote:Surely the Iron Thrones has been destroyed? The Red Keep was obliterated. I reckon they'll forge a new throne, but instead of being made from swords it'll be made from something else to symbolise a new era of peace and unity. Perhaps they could make it out of old John Lennon cassette tapes?

captain red dog wrote:I mean I can't really fault the direction of the story, it's just the pacing that feels off. This season should have been mostly about the white walkers to do that plot thread justice, and then have the final season about the North slowly progressing down to Kings Landing.

Otherwise, things are panning out much as I'm expecting, but a lot of people will be butt hurt if it doesn't end with a Stark on the throne. But personally I don't want a happy ending.

Winckle wrote:I think it's a bit rich of GRRM to have a problem with the writing. He should have got off his arse and finished the books.

Gemini73 wrote:I only just noticed the title change

Garth wrote:They were the army standing outside the city gates:

BID0 wrote:Wtf I just read a breakdown of the episode and they talk about the golden company?! I didn’t even notice them in that episode unless it’s the ones that surrendered and got massacred? I thought they were Lannister’s though. didn’t we spend at least an entire season, possibly two, where they recruited that golden army?