Where's my flying car?

[labellementeuse]

Here's what I think about the inauguration: You know all those movies, usually vaguely crappy sci-fi/natural disaster movies, set somewhere in the indeterminate future? Like Independence Day and Deep Impact and stuff. Well, sixth_light and I realised some time ago (because we watched a lot of aforementioned vaguely crappy SF movies) that the President was always black. It's like it was a rule: In The Indeterminate Future, the President will be African-American. Putting This In Our Movie Makes Us Seem Liberal, Right?

So anyway. Welcome to the future, y'all.

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[reticent-lass.livejournal.com]

Capt. Jimmy Hiller was a zillion times more awesome than President Whitmore, so we want to give him credit for everything cool. "Welcome to Earf!", indeed. *has ID4 memorized & owns the soundtrack*

On to the black presidents of future past. Shockingly, Wikipedia does not have an index of fictional black American presidents. This took a while :D Yay for obsession! Wonder if ontd_political's covered these in the archives...

-JAMES EARL JONES in some 70's movie I desperately want to see called The Man, where he basically becomes President by accident and actually deals with a pile of prejudice when he gets into office. (Dude's already king of the savannah AND Zamunda AND true ruler of the Republic, so props for universal domination).
-Tom Lister, the president of The Fifth Element.
-Chris Rock in Head of State.
-Left Behind: World at War, some poor bastard named Louis Gosset, Jr does the honors.
-Denis Haysburt of 24, which I've never actually seen but now might check out simply because the man is a FOX.
-Surprisingly, Michael Dorn, AKA Worf the Klingon, in Heroes. I gave up on that show in Season 2; I'm waiting for DVD rentals I can fast-forward through. That'll be fun.
-Last but not least, Danny Glover in 2012 (which will be out in March 2009, actually, so... does this mean it's following the trope or the election?).

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Dude, that list is badass!!