It was my intention to simply show you some images of fictional United States Presidents using interfaces in science fiction movies for Presidents’ Day. But alas. They don’t.

I’m not going to claim this is exhaustive, but I looked at five Presidents:

1. President Merkin Muffley from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2. President Beck from Deep Impact (1998)
3. President James Dale from Mars Attacks! (1996)
4. President Thomas J. Whitmore from Independence Day (1996)
5. President McKenna from X2 (2003)

Over these movies, Presidents can be seen reading displays and teleprompters,…

…speaking into public address systems,…