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They advertised ~90 min run times but it's more like ~60 minutes when you cut out the recap/intro/commentary

posted 5 years ago by saladitos (44)
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Between the recap from last week, the intro, and the INSANELY LONG credits and production commentary at the end, episode run times are maybe 65 minutes.

This may seem like a petty complaint but HBO cited the really long 90 minute run times to quiet the critics who thought stretching out another 6 episode season (instead of just including it with season 7) was nothing but a cash grab.

Does this type of deception bother anybody else?

[–] Kingswood (1228) 5 years ago

I agree...they are completely giving us fans the middle-finger all the way around in the final season.

[–] RoloTony (1160) 5 years ago

And the recaps are just D&D masturbating each other. Don't you love how the post-talks went from such intense plots that these guys helped us a make a little more sense of it to things like "We thought this shot would look so cool!!".

[–] TearofLys (2398) 5 years ago

Yeah, I guess they decided they would sacrafice some of the story they could tell in more episodes/screen time with expensive CGI battles. Last night's episode was good, but it isn't enough to salvage the whole final season.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 5 years ago

It's more like 80 minutes. So what? Whether you liked the episodes or not, does ten minutes really make all that much difference?

[–] eYeDEF (5050) 5 years ago

EP3 thru 6 are 80 minute runtimes with 10 minute commentaries.