Can all the worlds problems be solved by watching Sci Fi Channel? The United Nations apparently thinks thats a good place to start, and will host a Battlestar Galactica retrospective and panel discussion on Tuesday to shed light on how the Emmy-winning show has handled such issues as human rights and reconciliation, terrorism, faith, children and warfare, and dialogue among civilizations.
The show will be represented at the UN by stars Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos, and producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. The panel will also consist of Radhika Coomaraswamy, special representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Robert Orr, assistant secretary-general for policy planning, executive office of the Secretary-General, and Craig Mokhiber, deputy director of the New York office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
This is tied into the shows series finale, which airs three days after the UN event, and because its not at Comic Con but rather at the United Nations, the panel will not be open to the general publich. However, Sci Fi Network says that it will be recorded and a complete transcript will be available online “when the content becomes available.”
And as if this weren’t already plenty out of the ordinary, the panel will be moderated by Whoopi Goldberg, who, of course, engages in UN-level discussions of world events everyday with Joy Behar and Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
Of course the horndogs at the UN want to see Tricia Helfer, right? Where is she?
Found by Dan Spillman.
All other considerations aside, Battlestar has elevated an obscene four letter word to a five letter word and made it somehow acceptable in polite society. Maybe the UN could learn something from them.
#20 Dvorak – Sure why not? At least Tricia might be able to distract the UN collective from being a world government incubator for a couple of days.
Somehow I don’t think that Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, and producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will have any worse ideas than the general assembly can think up. They may even have a few good ideas.
Of course if there is a Cylon invasion at the time, then we may be in trouble… Strange times we live in.
To hell with the UN, I want her addressing me.
#23 – Pesky typos. I’m sure you meant UNdressing.
There is a UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which managed to get a resolution passed that all alien contacts are to be reported by member countries to the Secretary General.