If you saw this on the road, would you be stupid enough to think it's real? I think the cops were pissed they got taken away from their donut break.
Posted on 04/21/2005 1:05:30 PM PDT by jb6
SAN ANTONIO — Eleven "Mad Max" fans were arrested after alarming motorists as they made their way to a movie marathon in a theatrical convoy in which they surrounded a tanker truck armed with fake machine guns.
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As the group was headed to San Antonio from nearby Boerne Saturday morning, police received several calls from motorists who reported a "militia" surrounding a tanker truck, a police report states.
Police charged nine people with obstruction of a highway and two others with possession of prohibited knives in addition to obstruction of a highway.
One of the organizers of the convoy, Chris Fenner, said the arrests were unfair. He said he didn't know why anyone would have confused the costumed crew recreating a scene from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" — set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland — with a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because 'Road Warrior' was so over the top," he said.
About 25 people participated in the convoy and more than twice that number were expected to attend the movie marathon, which was canceled after the arrests.
Hah! That's awesome.
That is awesome!
If you saw this on the road, would you be stupid enough to think it's real? I think the cops were pissed they got taken away from their donut break.
Good thing the Matrix 2/3 movies sucked. I'd hate to see that highway chase recreation.
Some useless Mad Max trivia: The actor who played him is named Emil Minty and is currently a successful jeweler in Australia.
Quite the deep digger. You C.I.A.?
Or maybe just someone who uses the Internet Movie Database. One of the two.
The cyclists were confused because when they opened up the door on the cab, the steering wheel was on the wrong side.
Crikey...
what a bunch of kooks!
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