The United Nations BattleStar Galactica day

[CptStern]

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," according to Sci Fi.

The "Battlestar" contingent on the panel will consist of executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, as well as stars Mary McDonnell (who plays president Laura Roslin on the show) and Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama).

UN representatives on the panel are Radhika Coomaraswamy, special representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Craig Mokhiber, deputy director of the New York office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Robert Orr, assistant secretary-general for policy planning, executive office of the Secretary-General.

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune...9/03/battlestar-galactica-united-nations.html

so the cylons will be protrayed by americans? I'm confused



oh and it's moderated by Guinan ...no really

The panel will be moderated by "Battlestar" fan Whoopi Goldberg.

needs more star wars to complete the nerd-umvirate

 

[Eejit]

needs more star wars to complete the nerd-umvirate

Needs Joss.


Best U.N. idea ever.

 

[Sulkdodds]

How utterly [strike]bizarre[/strike] awesome.

 

[jverne]

gay


homochar

 

[Jintor]

The UN must spend MORE time examining works of fiction in order to understand how to run our world.

 

[mortiz-Redux]

I knew there was a reason the U.N. existed, it's like one huge geek convention that we can all enjoy!