vivdunstan: Space station Babylon 5 against a dark starry background (babylon 5)
vivdunstan ([personal profile] vivdunstan) wrote2023-10-15 06:39 pm

Babylon 5 & Lord of the Rings

Continuing our Babylon 5 rewatch and we’re getting closer to my absolute favourite episode of the whole series. Also watching the season 2 opening sequence I’m thinking of analogies between Tolkien’s Middle Earth / Lord of the Rings and Babylon 5. That’s probably pushing things a bit far, but some similarities are more obvious. Eg Minbari and Elves, Shadows and Sauron, Delenn and Arwen, Sheridan and Aragorn, Technomages and wizards. But again maybe pushing it a bit far! And yes this was all inspired by a LOTR quote in the Babylon 5 episode we’re watching tonight.

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