I'm aware of that.
I made the comparison because it seems that's what people want the place to head towards to. It's long, it's hard, so let's reverse that, meaning, a fast paced aoe fest aka wotlk heroics.
What is "too long"? Yday night I spent at least an hour and half doing Upper reaches 7 and 8 and the other one's level 8. That's perfectly fine.