Optimus Prime would have been furious (by V. Sarne)

[redhotron]

Let it go Max.. i think the side of both parties has been laid off, it's time we look on the bright side.. where's Selena's pictures? :naughty2:

Sorry, sir.

But to tell you the truth, I'd be more than happy looking on ai-ai delas alas' pictures than seeing her face.

Not that i despise her, it's just that it's going to be nasty when you picture her in your wet dreams.

No wonder my dad bp shot up.

[nicolodeon]

Another mediaman trying to get special treatment from the law.

So typical "Trapo" like Mediamen.

Ron should make Isuzu Transformers hehehehe

This is a bit out of line, Max. Redhotron and the other Tsikoteers whom he had "discussions" with had let it go. I know you're just expressing your opinion and opinions are always welcome here at Tsikot. However. this might spark another round of flaming which all of us don't want to happen.

Peace out!

[MAXBUWAYA]

This is a bit out of line, Max. Redhotron and the other Tsikoteers whom he had "discussions" with had let it go. I know you're just expressing your opinion and opinions are always welcome here at Tsikot. However. this might spark another round of flaming which all of us don't want to happen.

Peace out!

oard


Well indeed i am expressing my opinion.
Until the thread is lock, people will still post their opinion even if its three years ago.
Ganyan talaga ang discussion/forum board.

So why cant i join the discussion anyway?

[ukpress]

If this happened in the UK or US this so called journalist would have been arrested/sued/fined and possibly all 3. He's lucky he got off with a scolding and a bout of high blood pressure. No proper journalist would ever bring a 'camera' (I put that in quotes because he did not have written consent from the film makers or distributors and it wasn't even a television quality camera - honestly, the whole thing sounds dodgy) into a screening. Just because it's a press screening doesn't mean the press can film any part of it. It is against the law in this country (and I believe all countries) to film any part of a movie. A journalist must get permission from the film makers to use a clip from the movie which they are given byt the makers -- NOT given permission to film. The press in this country are not allowed to film in the cinemas. The only thing they may possibly be able to film with written permission (and they must sign a form specifying what is to be filmed with a long list of what cannot be filmed) is the reaction of the audience cut with clips given by the film makers or distributor. Ron the 'veteran journalist' should count his blessings he's not being charged a heftly fine. The 'almost had a heart attack' was a slap on the wrist.

[Dinxx]

If I were in their shoes, this is exactly what I would have told this certain Selina: “Listen, ma’am, I understand your dedication to the antipiracy measures of your American company. But we’re General Motors and we own the vehicles that you see in the movie you so passionately protect. No GM vehicles, no Transformers. Let’s see Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg come up with a blockbuster movie with a SsangYong Rodius Bumblebee. Ron is our guest and we vouch for his integrity. You are not touching him and you are certainly not bringing him anywhere. Do that and we will have the Decepticons descend upon this place.”

What the hell is this!?!?! Mr Sarne your an a$*%^!!!!!!

[Galactus]

^^^ Kaya pala nagulpi tong si Sarne ng mga goons ni Rodriguez before. If he acts the way he writes, then saksakan nga sya ng yabang.

[cardo]

si v sarne pala yun topgear editor ano?

[theveed]

there's another side to this story published today by Phil Star motoring section...

syempre pinagtanggol hehe

Let’s clear this one out

Ron delos Reyes, a veteran journalist known to cover major international sports events and who now prominently covers motoring events via his TV show Motoring Review has sought the help of his peers in the journalism profession to have his name cleared and right a wrong, “I’m sharing this story because my integrity as a journalist is being put on the line.”

It’s a long story of woe, especially for a distinguished multi-media journalist like Ron, who’s not only a peer in the motoring beat but also a fellow founding director of the Society of Philippine Motoring Journalists (SPMJ) and I wish to just give you the gist of it all.

He was invited to attend a premier of a movie by a leading auto manufacturer, a commonplace for us motoring journalists especially when the movie being premiered is sponsored by the auto firm or has some promotional tie-up with the film by way of the use of their vehicles in its production, whether on cam or off camera.

And as commonplace as the invitation is the expectation of the host of news or feature coverage of the event, which in this case was somehow expressed when Ron asked his host if he could bring a video camera to record the motoring angle of the event. How can a motoring TV show justify to its audience the appearance of a movie premier like, say, that of the film “Transporter 2” unless it shows extensive footage of the Audi cars used in its filming? And for the record, TV journalists like my TV crew were allowed to shoot inside the theatre in the said premier for our needed video support.

Now, to cut a long story short, Ron shot choice sequences on the movie that he found would be relevant to the 20-second news item that he would show on his TV show. He was in the process of what we call in TV production parlance as “shoot-edit”, meaning having in mind already the editing sequences that the cameraman would do in relation to a script, whether already written or being simultaneously being conceived, while the footage is being taken. Mind you, the TV news item was even to help promote the film and its automaker-sponsor.

But then, as attested to by Chronicle motoring/sports editor, Al Mendoza, who was seated right beside Ron when he was shooting some parts of the movie, a security personnel suddenly grabbed the hand of Ron and asked him to come with him out of the theatre to be brought to the film management.

And this was only the start of what Ron described as his “humiliating” experience. He was called and accused as a thief, a film pirate, etc., and was brought to the police station and his camera and tape seized, and this, despite introducing himself as an invited journalist doing a legitimate coverage of the event.

And as Al “Sir Paul” Mendoza would relate shortly after, he was about to kick the security personnel to let go of his friend, but then his wife, who was seated beside him inside the theatre, stopped him from doing so. And as he confided, he was not at all afraid of the burly security man but then, his wife said no! And enough said.

But levity aside, Mr. Mendoza, being a veteran journalist himself who has covered an almost infinite number of events, says that Ron, being a legitimate media man of long standing, a TV host who has covered major national and international events (even the policemen in the station he was brought to immediately recognized him) and who was just doing his job, Ron should have been accorded the respect and courtesy, or at the very least, the benefit of the doubt, before anything else. Besides, although Ron was not given any, we were told that film clips of the movie were given out to some members of the media, proof that they would allow portions of the film to shown publicly.

But most of the motoring journalists, especially those who have experienced being invited to similar events to cover here and abroad, found the inviting hosts’ reactions wanting. Some would stretch their understanding on the side of the film producers for their reaction, although many in the media feel that the situation was dealt with “high-handedly”, but the feeling was that the inviting hosts should have fought “tooth and nail” for their invited guest. The host should have taken the cudgels for Ron and defended him and explain to high heavens that he was just invited to cover the event and he is no “film pirate”, that he was just there doing his job.

Being alone in the police station to fend for himself, Ron said he experienced the rising of his blood pressure and his request to be brought to a nearby hospital was ignored. However he said, “The security escort who recognized me from my boxing and motoring coverages said there was a clinic nearby and he agreed to accompany me. As I suspected, my blood pressure had shot up reaching 180 over 100 for the first time ever. The nurse, a certain Ms. Flora, gave me a .75 microgram of Catapres, to help lower my BP.”

I guess it was all a misunderstanding. All that many in the motoring media could ask was that if Mr. Francis Burdett, the country president of General Motors, the worldwide sponsor of the film “Transformers” were there himself, would things have turned out differently for Ron?

Well, who knows? We can only ask.

http://philstar.com/index.php?Motori...aid=2007071051

[Bogeyman]

And for the record, TV journalists like my TV crew were allowed to shoot inside the theatre in the said premier for our needed video support.

Again, provided that permission was asked. Did Mr. delos Reyes even spare a few minutes of his time to do so, just in case?

Besides, although Ron was not given any, we were told that film clips of the movie were given out to some members of the media, proof that they would allow portions of the film to shown publicly.

Provided that only those clips handed out would be used. My guess is that the footage delos Reyes captured on tape weren't even included among those cleared for public release.

Ron should have been accorded the respect and courtesy, or at the very least, the benefit of the doubt, before anything else.

Er, being the guest, he should have accorded movie's organizers the respect and courtesy of seeking permission, instead of helping himself to a couple of minutes of movie footage, in the pretext of doing his job as a journalist. It's a private screening, not an ambush interview.

[66bunny]

there's another side to this story published today

And as commonplace as the invitation is the expectation of the host of news or feature coverage of the event, which in this case was somehow expressed when Ron asked his host if he could bring a video camera to record the motoring angle of the event. How can a motoring TV show justify to its audience the appearance of a movie premier like, say, that of the film “Transporter 2” unless it shows extensive footage of the Audi cars used in its filming? And for the record, TV journalists like my TV crew were allowed to shoot inside the theatre in the said premier for our needed video support.

http://philstar.com/index.php?Motori...aid=2007071051

Who's the bloody host? I think he should be crucified if he/she did agree to Ron's request.

[Galactus]

Hmmm...the plot thickens. If you compare Sarne's column with Butch's (another paid hack, IMO), they're not exactly alike. Inconsistent, in other words. A different spin was put into the video camera thingie, and no blame was assigned to Ron.

Tsk tsk. They only dug their graves deeper. They should have coordinated with each other para consistent yung kuwento nila.

[oldblue]

there's another side to this story published today by Phil Star motoring section...

syempre pinagtanggol hehe

Let’s clear this one out

Ron delos Reyes, a veteran journalist known to cover major international sports events and who now prominently covers motoring events via his TV show Motoring Review has sought the help of his peers in the journalism profession to have his name cleared and right a wrong, “I’m sharing this story because my integrity as a journalist is being put on the line.”

It’s a long story of woe, especially for a distinguished multi-media journalist like Ron, who’s not only a peer in the motoring beat but also a fellow founding director of the Society of Philippine Motoring Journalists (SPMJ) and I wish to just give you the gist of it all.

He was invited to attend a premier of a movie by a leading auto manufacturer, a commonplace for us motoring journalists especially when the movie being premiered is sponsored by the auto firm or has some promotional tie-up with the film by way of the use of their vehicles in its production, whether on cam or off camera.

And as commonplace as the invitation is the expectation of the host of news or feature coverage of the event, which in this case was somehow expressed when Ron asked his host if he could bring a video camera to record the motoring angle of the event. How can a motoring TV show justify to its audience the appearance of a movie premier like, say, that of the film “Transporter 2” unless it shows extensive footage of the Audi cars used in its filming? And for the record, TV journalists like my TV crew were allowed to shoot inside the theatre in the said premier for our needed video support.

Now, to cut a long story short, Ron shot choice sequences on the movie that he found would be relevant to the 20-second news item that he would show on his TV show. He was in the process of what we call in TV production parlance as “shoot-edit”, meaning having in mind already the editing sequences that the cameraman would do in relation to a script, whether already written or being simultaneously being conceived, while the footage is being taken. Mind you, the TV news item was even to help promote the film and its automaker-sponsor.

But then, as attested to by Chronicle motoring/sports editor, Al Mendoza, who was seated right beside Ron when he was shooting some parts of the movie, a security personnel suddenly grabbed the hand of Ron and asked him to come with him out of the theatre to be brought to the film management.

And this was only the start of what Ron described as his “humiliating” experience. He was called and accused as a thief, a film pirate, etc., and was brought to the police station and his camera and tape seized, and this, despite introducing himself as an invited journalist doing a legitimate coverage of the event.

And as Al “Sir Paul” Mendoza would relate shortly after, he was about to kick the security personnel to let go of his friend, but then his wife, who was seated beside him inside the theatre, stopped him from doing so. And as he confided, he was not at all afraid of the burly security man but then, his wife said no! And enough said.

But levity aside, Mr. Mendoza, being a veteran journalist himself who has covered an almost infinite number of events, says that Ron, being a legitimate media man of long standing, a TV host who has covered major national and international events (even the policemen in the station he was brought to immediately recognized him) and who was just doing his job, Ron should have been accorded the respect and courtesy, or at the very least, the benefit of the doubt, before anything else. Besides, although Ron was not given any, we were told that film clips of the movie were given out to some members of the media, proof that they would allow portions of the film to shown publicly.

But most of the motoring journalists, especially those who have experienced being invited to similar events to cover here and abroad, found the inviting hosts’ reactions wanting. Some would stretch their understanding on the side of the film producers for their reaction, although many in the media feel that the situation was dealt with “high-handedly”, but the feeling was that the inviting hosts should have fought “tooth and nail” for their invited guest. The host should have taken the cudgels for Ron and defended him and explain to high heavens that he was just invited to cover the event and he is no “film pirate”, that he was just there doing his job.

Being alone in the police station to fend for himself, Ron said he experienced the rising of his blood pressure and his request to be brought to a nearby hospital was ignored. However he said, “The security escort who recognized me from my boxing and motoring coverages said there was a clinic nearby and he agreed to accompany me. As I suspected, my blood pressure had shot up reaching 180 over 100 for the first time ever. The nurse, a certain Ms. Flora, gave me a .75 microgram of Catapres, to help lower my BP.”

I guess it was all a misunderstanding. All that many in the motoring media could ask was that if Mr. Francis Burdett, the country president of General Motors, the worldwide sponsor of the film “Transformers” were there himself, would things have turned out differently for Ron?

Well, who knows? We can only ask.

http://philstar.com/index.php?Motori...aid=2007071051

sa sobrang banggit ng Ron being veteran, legitimate mediaman, nakakawalang gana na

[acidboy]

Teka! Si Butch Gamboa?! Eh kung ISUZU ang sponsor ng event na yan he wouldn't be writing that article now would he?

And Al Mendoza?! The infamous "sports" writer whose article is 90% 'pabati' and ass kissing to his friends in the auto sector? I guess if Arnel Doria was in GM he would've backed out of this too. And him going to just kick the security guard?! Brave words, Mr. Mendoza, why don't you try looking for the security guard right now and do it without your wife trying to stop you. Hooligan.

Bunch of *$$holes these paid hacks are. No wonder local motoring journalism is a big joke.