here's a thought

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Just caught a few minutes of The Lord of the Rings on a cable movie channel, and they were on the snowy pass talking about going through Moria.

Now, as I recall, Gandalf fell into shadow when he fought with the Balrog at Khazaad-Dum (my poor spelling aside), on the underground bridge.

And I was just thinking... isn't "Khazaad-Dum" (my poor spelling aside) the same name of the planet where The Shadows originated from in the tv show Babylon 5? And didn't Captain Sheridan "fall" to his death there, only to come back alive (I don't remember how), where supposedly no one ever returned from?

Did the Babylon 5 writers just decide to rip that part directly off of Tolkein, or what?

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[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

The name they used in B5 was "Zaha-dum". So, yeah, it was meant to echo LOTR, but it wasn't a complete and total rip-off.

Yes, I'm a veritable treasure trove of useless information.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm a veritable treasure trove of useless information.

You're a dear, thanks!

(This time I will not be stupid)

[mrthursday.livejournal.com]

not only did JMS (I am not trying to spell that guys name) totally rip off the name, but pretty much the whole sqeuence of events, what with sheridain falling into the dark and Kosh was basicly Gandalf..

Having said that I liked Babylon 5..

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Having said that I liked Babylon 5..

Me too. ;)