script writers thread of fame

[Tyr]

I thought I'd start a thread to talk about who we believe were some screen writing legends. Those who's writing really got us hooked on a paticular show, or made us sit down and think or feel something.

Here some of the writers I think deserve some mention.

Rod Serling: Even after 40 some years since the last Twilight Zone was aired, the show still manages to hold up quite will against the test of time. Thanks in part to the brilliant writing of its creator as well as others like Ray Bradbury.

J. Michael Straczynski: Babylon 5, 'nuff said.

Any thats just to name a few, anyone else like to comment on the writers or add a few more?

[BoosterBronze]

Serling is awesome, but also a throwback to a time when writing was more important to television.

Stracynszki was a rarity- a writer/creator type who didn't serve other purposes.

Josh Whedon is a writer/creator/ but also a director, as are most other 'creators' in television these days.

TV film is primarily a directors world... look at "Nartural Born Thrillers" and who do you see... Tarantino or Oliver Stone?