For the last weeks I have been glued to my torrents watching the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica (two episodes to go!). In case anyone objects to the downloading, I own the entire series on DVD, save for the unaired ones of course. To me there is no doubt that Galactica is the best drama out at the moment, in any genre. It deals with the big topics of our era: torture, evil, genocide, religion, power, war. If cultural relevance required a measure, it could be called the Galactica.
However, its relevance seems to have inspired the U.N. I was surprised to learn that yesterday there was a panel at the U.N. discussing the issues of “human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation and dialogue among civilizations and faith” portrayed in the series. The Today programme even had a spot on it, although both the journalist and John Humphreys could not disguise their contempt.
Frakkin’ well done.
Update: Galactica is not just for geeks.
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