Comments on: Best screenwriter alive? http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/ musings of a wannabe comedy writer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: screenwriterguy http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-501 screenwriterguy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:37:50 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/#comment-501 Nice! I am still Netflixing season two of the Doctor. (And am only just getting over the recasting of the part...) I'm glad to hear there's another Moffat script coming for me to enjoy. And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one geeky enough to read who wrote what episodes, paying attention for the strong writers!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('501','screenwriterguy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('501','screenwriterguy','Nice! I am still Netflixing season two of the Doctor. (And am only just getting over the recasting of the part...) I\'m glad to hear there\'s another Moffat script coming for me to enjoy. And I\'m glad to know I\'m not the only one geeky enough to read who wrote what episodes, paying attention for the strong writers!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Nice! I am still Netflixing season two of the Doctor. (And am only just getting over the recasting of the part…) I’m glad to hear there’s another Moffat script coming for me to enjoy. And I’m glad to know I’m not the only one geeky enough to read who wrote what episodes, paying attention for the strong writers!
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]]> By: grapeshot http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-493 grapeshot Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:42:24 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/#comment-493 The very best episode of the all the new Doctor Who shows was "Blink" (from season three, and it just aired a couple of weeks ago on SciFi), and guess who wrote that one? The very same Steven Moffat. While I find the new Doctor Who show surprisingly well done, especially given its the BBC making them, I can't say that I find the episodes especially gripping. However, this episode really had me on the edge of my seat. He's someone I'll be keeping my eye on, that's for sure.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('493','grapeshot'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('493','grapeshot','The very best episode of the all the new Doctor Who shows was \"Blink\" (from season three, and it just aired a couple of weeks ago on SciFi), and guess who wrote that one? The very same Steven Moffat. While I find the new Doctor Who show surprisingly well done, especially given its the BBC making them, I can\'t say that I find the episodes especially gripping. However, this episode really had me on the edge of my seat. He\'s someone I\'ll be keeping my eye on, that\'s for sure.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The very best episode of the all the new Doctor Who shows was “Blink” (from season three, and it just aired a couple of weeks ago on SciFi), and guess who wrote that one? The very same Steven Moffat. While I find the new Doctor Who show surprisingly well done, especially given its the BBC making them, I can’t say that I find the episodes especially gripping. However, this episode really had me on the edge of my seat. He’s someone I’ll be keeping my eye on, that’s for sure.
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]]> By: screenwriterguy http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-477 screenwriterguy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:00:09 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/#comment-477 Hurray! A kindred soul who shares my opinion that <i>Manhattan</i> is actually Allen's masterwork, not <i>Annie Hall</i>. Obviously his screenwriting prowess cannot be denied, and if this were 1986 I would include him among my big names. But the career batting average has continued to decline, if you ask me. I hear ya on Milch (though <i>Deadwood</i> started drifting in season two, to me...) and Sorkin similarly ruined his membership by persisting as he did on <i>Studio 60</i>. Good call on the Coen Bros.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('477','screenwriterguy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('477','screenwriterguy','Hurray! A kindred soul who shares my opinion that <i>Manhattan<\/i> is actually Allen\'s masterwork, not <i>Annie Hall<\/i>. Obviously his screenwriting prowess cannot be denied, and if this were 1986 I would include him among my big names. But the career batting average has continued to decline, if you ask me.\r\n\r\nI hear ya on Milch (though <i>Deadwood<\/i> started drifting in season two, to me...) and Sorkin similarly ruined his membership by persisting as he did on <i>Studio 60<\/i>.\r\n\r\nGood call on the Coen Bros.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hurray! A kindred soul who shares my opinion that Manhattan is actually Allen’s masterwork, not Annie Hall. Obviously his screenwriting prowess cannot be denied, and if this were 1986 I would include him among my big names. But the career batting average has continued to decline, if you ask me.

I hear ya on Milch (though Deadwood started drifting in season two, to me…) and Sorkin similarly ruined his membership by persisting as he did on Studio 60.

Good call on the Coen Bros.

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]]> By: ZOZ http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-476 ZOZ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:19:52 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/09/14/best-screenwriter-alive/#comment-476 nice list - off the top of my head, I would add Joel and Ethan Coen. I would have included David Milch, if he hadn't done "John From Cincinatti" (even though I am being a bit unfair, since I never got past episode 2) - but damn, "Deadwood" was as good as it gets for me. Although Woody is definitely a shell of what he once was - he did write a classic with "Manhattan" (although most would say "Annie Hall" - never my fave). And, although he is no longer writing (as far as I know), John Cleese did write 12 of the funniest episodes of television I have ever seen with "Fawlty Towers".<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('476','ZOZ'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('476','ZOZ','nice list - off the top of my head, I would add Joel and Ethan Coen. I would have included David Milch, if he hadn\'t done \"John From Cincinatti\" (even though I am being a bit unfair, since I never got past episode 2) - but damn, \"Deadwood\" was as good as it gets for me. Although Woody is definitely a shell of what he once was - he did write a classic with \"Manhattan\" (although most would say \"Annie Hall\" - never my fave). And, although he is no longer writing (as far as I know), John Cleese did write 12 of the funniest episodes of television I have ever seen with \"Fawlty Towers\".'); return false;">Quote</a></div> nice list – off the top of my head, I would add Joel and Ethan Coen. I would have included David Milch, if he hadn’t done “John From Cincinatti” (even though I am being a bit unfair, since I never got past episode 2) – but damn, “Deadwood” was as good as it gets for me. Although Woody is definitely a shell of what he once was – he did write a classic with “Manhattan” (although most would say “Annie Hall” – never my fave). And, although he is no longer writing (as far as I know), John Cleese did write 12 of the funniest episodes of television I have ever seen with “Fawlty Towers”.
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