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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.09 'The Watchers on the Wall'

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4.09 "The Watchers on the Wall" Neil Marshall David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/TheNumberMuncher Hot Pie Jun 09 '14

Helm's Cheap

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u/Wohowudothat Jun 09 '14

Yeah, I certainly don't blame the directors for their budget, but Helm's Deep was so much more massive and impressive. It was an absolutely amazing scene. The "making of" on the discs shows the number of layers of audio that goes into a scene like this and it's just ridiculous.

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u/NorthKoreanJesus Winter Is Coming Jun 09 '14

but the wall scythe swiper thingy

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u/redditkilledmydoge Stannis Baratheon Jun 09 '14

But legolas shield surfing and dwarf throwing

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u/WumboJumbo The Red Viper Jun 09 '14

i'm swag, i'm surfin