No, the 12 episodes was hope/speculation from GRRM. He was saying that he hoped for extra episodes so that he could effectively tell Clash of Kings better due to it being longer than Game of Thrones.
GAME OF THRONES #9:-Baelor ACT 9 Chapter 1-2011
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No, the 12 episodes was hope/speculation from GRRM. He was saying that he hoped for extra episodes so that he could effectively tell Clash of Kings better due to it being longer than Game of Thrones.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
I wouldn't get my hopes up on large battlefield scenes, to be honest. Going by some people's comment that have read the books, a lot of the "actiony" stuff so far has been omitted to be shown on screen. They probably have to do that to keep the budget in line. And I find it more important to get the entire story then the "filler action", as much as I enjoy action scenes and movies. 
LightPhoenix
First Post
Right, but the complaint isn't that they didn't show the battle. It's that Tyroin actually participates in the battle and by all accounts acquitted himself well in it. They could have just shown Tyrion charging off with the Hill Tribes, and followed with the scene on the litter. Sneak in the bit where him and Bronn talk about it being his first battle, and it's practically the same as the book. Instead we got Tyrion as comic relief, which is a disservice to the character.
I don't recall him 'acquitting himself well' in that battle.
I recall a battle where he gets a major injury and manages to kill a knight one-on-one with an axe, but that wasn't in this battle.
jonesy
A Wicked Kendragon
Well, he has been in a great many movies, tv series, plays, etc., so yes.
But then again:
Killed by Harrison Ford.
Killed by Sophia Bush.
Killed by Ewan McGreggor.
Killed by Christian Bale.
Killed by Pierce Brosnan.
Killed by Michael Douglas.
Suicide in Romeo and Juliet (but that was the end).
Not killed, but taken out of the movie by Robert De Niro.
And he was Boromir.
But he did get through the whole Sharpe thing. By being extra Sharpe.
Remus Lupin
Adventurer
In this battle he fights on the front lines, goes one-on-one with another mounted soldier, kills their horse and pins them beneath it, before being injured himself. I can't remember more of the details off the top of my head, but he did fight and did actually do well, particularly by the non-existent expectations that his father has of him.
catsclaw227
First Post
Admittedly, it's not much of a complaint. And if so, it's only coming from hardcore fans that would bash anything if it's not perfectly drawn from the books.
In just about every review I have read, and I've scoured the interwebs, the reviewers have said that while they would have liked more battle scenes, they overwhelmingly felt that the episode was better served without them. It's about the characters and not the action. This was a wonderful episode and if anything was cut, the battle scenes were the best part to leave on the editor's floor.
Remus Lupin
Adventurer
The battle of the whispering wood was done just fine in my opinion. As in the novel, it's seen through Catelyn's eyes, and since she isn't a direct participant in the battle, we only get her impressions through the sounds she hears coming from the wood, followed, of course, by it's outcome. That's often the case with Martin. He shows when showing works well, and tells when telling does. Since all of the battles are seen through the worm's-eye view of whoever the POV character is, his battles are never going to be sweeping affairs. They'll always be the perspective of one character in the midst of a mass of swirling chaos.
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