(May 16, 2016 at 10:30 am)IATIA Wrote: Hey, it's TV. Anyway, a few pots of burning oil spilt and the silk, cloth, wood and some time lapse mixed in with movie magic. The doors were barricaded and strong, so within an hour or so, it probably would have come down just like that. Also, years of smoking within would have left the walls covered in oils.
I know - I'm just being nit-picky for the sake of it, but...
In an hour or so - you'd think that straw roof would have burned away and collapsed. Surely - before the strong wooden door did...
Also - if they were using burning oil to light the place (and it didn't look like they did - it looked like coals, or was supposed to, anyway) - they would have suffocated within an hour. Ever overheated a frying pan? I suppose they might have magic smokeless oils in that universe though. And anyway - smokeless torches and open indoor fires are a common trope in movies/TV, especially in fantasy.
I don't know - the whole thing looked a bit "convenient" to me. As if the show creators were in a hurry to wrap sh*t up asap - just like they did with the Dorne plot. Which is understandable, since there are not that many episodes left in the run, what with the next 2 seasons being shorter.
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