"It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?."

Guess what I've been doing today...

I can't remember who, but someone once made the point that atheist writers (Joss Whedon, Joe Straczynski, Russell T Davis, etc.) are often the best at appropriating Biblical tales and themes for their work. (Possibly because they approach it as literature?).

I can think of no better example of this than the death and resurrection of Sheridan at Z'ha'dum ('Babylon 5'). Although, as with the others, Straczynski manages to recast it with much more humanistic themes:






Of course, the main reason the events at Z'ha'dum are so memorable (to fans of the show at least) is that they led to this great exchange on Sheridan's return to his old command:

"Captain, I'm sorry... we thought you were dead."
"I was. I'm better now."

Babylon 5: Epic storylines. B-movie dialogue.