BREAKING: Rejects Staff Arrested En Route to Comic-Con

Posted by Brian C. Gibson (brian@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 22, 2009

So, they’re in jail. I just got off the phone with Cole Abaius who asked me to throw this up on the site so you know what to expect for FSR’s Comic-Con coverage. Here’s the story in his own words:

Let’s go back a few hours to where Landon Palmer, Robert Fure, Neil and myself were winding our way through the Southwestern belly of our fair country, enjoying the brilliant beauty of the sunshine beating down on the sand, discussing whether or not a Michael Bay-directed romantic comedy would be a good idea. We had been planning an epic road trip to Comic-Con 2009 that would take us in a not-so-straight shot to San Diego where we could provide, yet again, the best coverage on the internet for you, our dear readers.

Unfortunately, sometime around One in the A.M. last night we got pulled over for going very too fast through the sleepy little hamlet of Pahrump, NV.

You might be asking why we were even in Nevada – a state that’s not necessarily between Texas and California en route to Comic-Con. It’s a fair question, and I believe Robert Fure would have to answer with, “But we HAVE to see the world’s largest fork!”

It turns out the world’s largest fork isn’t even in Nevada.

After being pulled over, I got into what could easily be described as a calm, polite disagreement with the officer which led to a calm, polite search of our vehicle. I can’t say what we got arrested for as it would be a tacit admission of guilt according to FSR’s mascot/lawyer Beasley, but suffice it to say that we will be here a while. Nolo Contendre.

In fact, we’re going to miss Comic-Con because the only judge available is on a personal holiday celebrating some sort of town anniversary or centennial or something. So, that’s awesome.

Basically, we’re stuck.

Of course Neil is furious, but there are a few good things about the situation. For one, Neil is furious which is hilarious to me. For two, Robert Fure isn’t in jail with us. He managed to tuck and roll out of the vehicle. Which didn’t help as he was arrested shortly thereafter. However, he’s got an uncle that owns land in the area who also has the power to post bail for his nephew. Thankfully, Fure has bravely chosen to go to Comic-Con instead of helping us.

Thirdly, the cops here are actually pretty nice. It’s not like this is maximum security or anything. We’ve been tweeting the ordeal – so that gives you an idea of just how stringent they are with the rules here. Plus, I’m pretty sure if I continue to let one of them beat me at backgammon, he’ll let us use station computers. But probably not. We won’t be able to post anything to the site for a week.

That’s verbatim. I kid you not.

But don’t despair or anything. I’m sure they will have things all worked out in no time. As for now, I’ll be running the news, our intern Scott will be getting me coffee, and Kevin Kelly and Robert Fure will still be covering the hell out of Comic-Con.

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