By..... one official TV season. Xena only came out one season before Buffy. They aired at the same time for a few seasons. You can't really say Xena did everything first, when it was more or less both series breaking ground at the same time. You make it seem as if Xena was far ahead of Buffy, like it had already come…

You asked for examples and I gave them to you, sorry for not giving you the right ones. You asked me if it is typical practice, and it isn't as typical as it used to be.

The Sopranos, Mad Men, Justified, X-Files, Supernatural, Fringe(a lot of positive critique for Brad Anderson on that show), Community(Most notably the paintball episode that was directed by Justin Lin).

Yeah, with the person you were commenting to. I on the other hand was talking about your comment "but in television, your're not even supposed to tell which episodes were directed by which director. Standing out is actually kind of failing?".

I wasn't debating producer vs director though, I was just saying that shows can have directors who are able to put their personal stamp on it, and have their episodes stand out from the rest.

While the showrunner still has lots of control, Doctor Who is perfect for letting directors do their own thing. They let writers do it, why not let the director as well. It is a show that can switch from comedy to drama and to horror, episode to episode. While also dealing with alien worlds and time travel. Really,…

Agreed on Olive Skin being too subjective. When I read the book I was picturing the Dornish as people who would be from the middle east. Very tanned skin, but with the straight black hair.

For some shows that is not true. Breaking Bad is great in that it lets its directors do their own thing for episodes. The best example would probably be Michelle MacLaren, who directed the most visually striking episode of the series in "4 Days Out", but also directed the most suspenseful(probably one of the most…

No I have not yet, but I eventually will. I really do just need to get in the right mood to watch it, and I have not yet. But I will not die without having seen 2001.

No. When the Mavs called to see about Rondo the only thing the Celtics wanted was Dirk. The Celtics while trying to clear cap space(Rondo wouldn't even be that much cap space as compared to other stars, since he signed to a very friendly extension for them a few years back)they do want to get something of quality when…

I don't think Bill Simmons is trying to be part of the story. Bill didn't come out and challenge Doc or anything. Doc Rivers was just asked a question by a person other than Bill Simmons, about what Simmons said(which was just strange in the first place). Then Bill Simmons just responded to Doc "not calling" him an…

Not recently, he only wanted the Celtics to fire Doc when he/the celtics sucked. Ever since they turned around things Bill has actually loved Doc.... till now.

Sheep fuckers man, sheep fuckers..... *shakes head*

I very much agree on Raylan Givens being awesome.

To start off it has to be Pete Rozelle of course, and then................ that's it.

They would rather have Noel, big guy, injured, perfect fit for them.

I actually like Simmons when it comes to basketball, but his Lebron going back to Cleveland talk is about as stupid as that play in tourney for the 8 seed playoff format.

I would say the Harry Potter series is a perfect example for both sides of the debate. Some books in the series can work as a movie, the first two have always been my favorites in the series because they were able to actually get book, but especially books 4+5 they just missed out on a lot, it was a spark notes…

He only tweeted about this AFTER Hernandez(allegedly) murdered someone, if Hernandez didn't murder someone then Peter King wouldn't of brought it up. He is clearly implying that teams who passed on him and this murder are connected, because he might be some super bad apple. But I'm sure if this was a DUI and not a…

But to say that teams didn't draft him because he would end up doing something like THIS is stupid though. It is acting like as if NFL teams who didn't draft him somehow had special powers that were able to foresee Hernandez killing someone, that is what Peter King is getting at basically. Which is beyond stupid,…