Documentarian Errol Morris talks with photographers who covered the White House beat about their favorite photographs of the previous President.

The Remnants: In this pilot for a TV show, a small group of survivors of an unspecified civilization-challenging event, just try to get by... and it's funny. Stars Ze Frank (an unblinking v-logging phenom), Justine Batemen (Family Ties), and Ernie Hudson (the 4th Ghostbuster).

It's a shame no one is interested in giving them some actual money to play around with.

signalstation: You get MLK day off?

smoothio: Yeah, though it would actually be funny if we didn't

signalstation: My thoughts exactly.
signalstation:Especially considering how much of your life you've dedicating to undoing Dr. King's dream.

smoothio: Yeah I hate that dream, not the one where all men are truly equal, but the one where he is falling into a pile of donuts made out of Alpo Dog Food
smoothio: THAT speech never gets played on TV

signalstation: Or the one where all black children and white children are holding hands, but he's naked and his teeth are falling out.

Okay, real quick, two Japanese-film related things I've spotted recently that caught my interest.

#1 - The World Sinks Except Japan. A film about put-upon Japanese who can't stand all the foreigners who came to Japan when the rest of the world sunk under the ocean. Foreigners! Clogging the streets!

#2 - Big Man Japan. Looks like a goofy film about the giant protectors who have always looked out for Japan and, I'm guessing, some sort of mad scientist guy who has a method of making himself skyscraper-sized (and animated) to fight goofy monsters.

Hey, nerds. Here's some fun viewing & reading for you: A MetaFilter thread called Star Wars -- Sort of.

It opens with a link to a video where someone interviewed a friend who hadn't seen the Star Wars films, but felt they pretty much knew the story. So they run through what they've pieced together, which has of course been animated, for a pretty fun rendition called "Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)."

But don't miss the nerdish oneupmanship that comes up in the MetaFilter discussion, as someone gets it into their heads to start telling Yo Momma jokes about Yoda's mom. Hilarity ensues. Of a particular variety.