Closet Battlestar Galactica fanatic that I am, this does strike me as a little absurd:
On March 17, there will be a “Battlestar” retrospective at the U.N. in New York and a panel discussion of how the show examined issues such as “human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faith,”
Full story in the Chicago Tribune. Via MR.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031804111.html
“…top diplomats sat next to the actors and producers from the Sci Fi network’s “Battlestar,” debating everything from the use of child soldiers in wartime to whether water-boarding could ever be permissible, on humans or on the robotic creatures the show calls Cylons.”
Know anyone who wants to create a TV series on development interventions in outer space? I’d be game…
That’s great. I’ve heard ( and believe) the argument that sci-fi gan get away with being wonky, philosophical and political, because no one can accuse them of being too serious or too partisan. Imagine how silly the detractors would look for taking a show about aliens seriously!
Yes! I’m so glad someone is doing this. BSG is the most political show on television right now.