ITEM! Obama Makes British Prime Minister Watch Star Wars

So about a week ago, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown came to the White House to talk to Obama about, I don't know, the economy, probably? The details of their meeting do not concern us, but what does, is the contents of the world-leadery gifts they exchanged.

Brown gave Obama some a pencil holder made out of a Historically Important Boat, while Obama gave Brown a "specially ordered" AFI 25 Greatest American Movie DVD Set.

Okay, now before we all start hemming and hawing about how incredibly lame it is to give someone a freakin' DVD in this day and age, bare with me. The important thing about this gift is the movies that were included in the set, according to the Daily Mail (verifiable accuracy not included):


Please note #13 on the list...little movie called STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE.

THAT'S why Obama didn't give him the movies on Blu-ray! This whole "25 DVD Set" is just the first step in a plan to make all the world leaders watch Star Wars, which as we all know, is not currently available on Blu-ray.

I think basically Obama must be a closet Star Wars fan (he was fifteen when New Hope came out, nuff said?), and is surreptitiously trying to get all the other world leaders to watch the movies again so he has someone to talk about them with (his kids are probably into like Twilight or something).

How I think Gordon and Obama's next meeting might go, after the jump...



Just one question remains...was it the Special Edition?

Now Is The Time To Vote

Today is the one day of the year we at Geekanerd put away thoughts of Star Wars and Batman and instead concern ourselves with getting out to the polls and voting for the candidates we believe in. We hope you'll do the same.

Just in case you forgot your polling place, you can find it online at Vote411.org.

If you were wondering which presidential candidate would get the coveted Geekanerd endorsement, I'll have to disappoint you. As far as our punditry goes, our audience comes to us for talk about video games and funny books, it'd be a bit disingenuous to suddenly act like we're an authority on politics (those some of us are pretty damn wonkish).

But just so you don't go off to the polls feeling shorted, check out some of our favorite political portraits by famous comic artists and illustrators, after the jump...

Lovely portrait by Alex Ross.

Hilarious, But can anyone tell me who this artist is?

Illustrator Zina Saunder's take on Joe The Plumber

A t-shirt design from Eugenio Perez Jr.

Legendary caricature artist Drew Friedman's take on the candidates

Good Ol' Hellboy...this piece is for sale on ebay!

The times, they are a changin.

Star Wars: A New Hope as Performed by Two Geeks and Some Toys

This video is the latest release from Can Of Nothing Productions. The ratio of annoying to entertaining sometimes threatens to cross into the danger zone, but the frequent pitch-perfect line readings and imaginative use of props really won me over.

Those with a low tolerence for shakey-cam and offstage giggles may wish to cut to the chase at 8:23.





As Degan pointed out, the vid also becomes a sort of anthropological look into the average American kid's toy collection. And by kid, I mean college student. These guys are at least 19.

If you're into this kind of low-fi mayhem humor (I know I am), you'll want to check out their similarly ad-libbed, illustrated version of The Lion King. Or just visit their website at CanOfNothing.com - I recommend the second episode of the original animated series, Subcultured. Featuring a guest appearance by Stan Lee!