Troublebot

I've been talking in the Clerks sequel thread about Kevin Smith as a director and a writer. It made me start thinking about people who write really well for the screen, both small and silver. While I love Kevin's writing and enjoy his movies, you can pretty much lock the camera down and watch the people talk, so I guess what I'm looking for when I say "best TV/movie writer" is someone who marries both the written word and the visual.

For my money, few come close to Joss Whedon. His work on Buffy, and to a lesser extent, Angel and Firefly, is second to none. Check out some of the Buffy eps on DVD to see what I mean. If it's written and directed by Joss, it's going to be damn good.

What do you think?

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I'll second and that.

Andrew Kevin Walker for me.

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