Babylon 5 & Lord of the Rings

[vivdunstan]

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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[vivdunstan]

Haha! Re Arthurian my head is slightly preoccupied with Wheel of Times/Arthurian links. My mind was rather blown when I realised that one belatedly. Though the names should have been a big clue.