Babylon 5 and The Lord of the Rings

[Garibaldi's Hair]

Hi. Pardon my exasperation, but Who the hell hasn't opposed the darkness?

The rebels opposed the darkness.

... they all oppose "the darkness".

BTW, the Texas Rangers, the law enforcement agency not the baseball team, is going to have to sue everyone because they opposed the darkness before any other rangers mentioned above.

Their time will come ...

[Dan Dassow]

I already commented on rangers above. BTW, the Texas Rangers, the law enforcement agency not the baseball team, is going to have to sue everyone because they opposed the darkness before any other rangers mentioned above.

It appears that the British Royalty has prior claim on the term.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ranger

British . a keeper of a royal forest or park.

Origin:
1350û1400; Middle English; see range, -er

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_ranger

The term Ranger first appeared in 13th-century England. Rangers were officials employed to "range" through the countryside providing law and order (often against poaching).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry

The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry was raised in the summer of 1794 as the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and is the fourth senior regiment of Yeomanry.

The Regiment did not see active service until a mounted squadron was sent to South Africa in 1900, followed by another squadron a year later, earning the Sherwood Rangers their first battle honour.

[Marsden]

Nice post, Dan. They ripped off Tolkein, too.