All Aboard the ‘City of Ember’ BJ Train as Fanboys Hit the Rails for Comic-Con

We’re keeping our distance from the large-scale fanboy marketing orgy that is San Diego Comic-Con, in part because we’ve already got our hands full grappling with Warners’ Dark Knight Dark Publicityâ„¢ campaign, but also in part because Defamer’s frugal travel policy requires hitchhiking for journeys longer than 100 miles [Ed. Note - Sorry STV, the policy has changed to 50 miles — effective immediately]. Sadly, we missed our only other option: The City of Ember train, chartered by Fox and Walden Media on Wednesday to transport select film writers on an all-expenses-paid romp from LA to San Diego. With a junket, of course. And cookies. And a jazz band! And apparently some kind of “loyalty oath” to the fantasy epic’s titular metropolis where Bill Murray presides as mayor: “We swear eternal loyalty to our city and to the wisdom that created it. We declare our infinite gratitude…”