I'm beginning to wonder if the show is saving money in some way by filming these episodes as stand-alones. I do know the main cast gets paid per episode regardless of appearance, so it's not like they're cutting costs in that sense.

(Obligatory "THE WALKING DEAD SUCKS!" drive-by post.)

There's an entire generation of kids who never played this game, and it makes me weep. They at least know Ocarina of Time exists, but I will always argue this was the better game (and I loved OoT).

Loved playing this game so much. The setting of the 80s (and the accompanying soundtrack). The amount of side quests and things to unlock. The gameplay being what an MGS game should be in 2015.

After getting to a certain point in the game, I literally had to look up how I was supposed to unlock the ending… only to find out the big reveal was, in fact, the "ending." The game deserved at least one more act, and one more map to explore. Like you said, incredibly fun to play, but from a narrative standpoint, a…

They would have to make some significant and compelling additions, as All Out War was only two volumes long. I don't think these writers are talented enough to pull that off (I doubt even Vince Gilligan could pull that off TBH), but we'll see.

He was putting on the tough guy act. It was his first good material since that episode where everyone first arrives in Alexandria way back in Season 5. He's not Andrew Lincoln/JDM/Lennie James-caliber, but like I said, he's fine as long as the writing is.

Nah, he's good enough when he actually has decent material (which he hasn't had much of in recent seasons). I liked him in the premiere, for example.

They're a well-run team (the Heyward contract aside), so no doubt, this should become more of a regular thing. But it's a first for baseball fans younger than like 80, and the World Series' ratings reflect that.

Chandler aging was always going to be a problem, unfortunately.

Truth. I remember reading one complaint about the timeskip between Season 2 and 3, and another person pointed out how that actually worked because the characters came back as better versions of themselves.

I could see that. Doing the two-year timeskip after a midseason finale would be interesting, though. I feel like, for example, they should beef up Chandler Riggs a little bit when they get to that point to show that he's aged. Doing so would be easier if they hold off on the timeskip until the start of Season…

Literally every week someone is "done," only to come back next week and continue to complain. My favorite is when they wax poetic about "the good ole days," as if this show's writing hasn't always been uneven.

That's what I've always told people who argued otherwise.

I just hope they don't stretch All Out War into 16 episodes. Eight is the MAX the should do with that arc.

I hated the cliffhanger, personally, but there is no denying AMC got exactly what it wanted out of the deal. That's all Yawantpancakes? was pointing out.

True. I'm with you though in wishing they had maybe just kept the scavengers like they were in the books — though, I was intrigued by the zombie traps they set and wish that had been incorporated more.

I always felt like the setup the show did for No Way Out was far more problematic than Rick's plan, which was working until the truck crashed into Alexandria's guard tower.

A bigger problem is that there is currently COMIC SPOILERS a very similar group being featured in the comics right now in that they have a feral way of living, so unless they change that up in the show, people are going to feel like they already got a similar set of villains in the Wolves.

I don't see a revived interest happening. The format of the show (prolonged zombie apocalypse with no endgame presently in mind) just isn't conductive to that. I just looked at the Grey's Anatomy Wikipedia page and examined the trends in viewership across its many seasons. I have a feeling TWD will likely follow that…