13th Diamond: Mortal Instruments City of Bones Movie

The official website is officially out! It's was even promoted in my national cinema website, HOW AWESOME IT THAT?!! Well, I do hope that the movie will be as good as the book. 
As for the casting, so far so great! I will be updating this post if there are any new information regarding the movie. For now, casting are mostly done! There's still an empty picture for Alaric and one other guy...

Enough with the rants, the official website is:

http://www.themortalinstrumentsmovie.com/

Have fun clicking on the characters and looking at the photoes, plus the character infoes, but for readers, I don't think it's necessary hahaha! Lily Collins is pretty~

credits: www.mtv.com

Some info I read in a magazine not so long ago, the guy who was casted as Jace Wayland, Jamie Campbell Bower was actually engaged to Bonnie Wright. But then the engagement was over....and then there's this cute couple alert of Jamie and Lily Collins having ice cream while holding each other's arm in Toronto! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2188848/Lily-Collins-Jamie-Campbell-Bower-cool-ice-cream-stroll-arm-arm-Toronto.html) So much for the "heartbroken" Jamie -.-" Well, at least we can expect more chemistry between Lily and Jamie later :D They ARE going to date each other in the movie. I EXPECT A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well then, enough with the rants.

We just gotta wait til August 2013!! 

Sincerely yours, 

Alicia V

12th Diamond: The Secret Circle

Yes, the author of the books of Secret Circle and The Vampire Diaries is the same...L.J.SMITH

Though I have to admit, she's pretty awesome if her books were made into TV series. 

Ok, let's start ranting about this "discontinued" TV series.

First of all, even though it's discontinued, doesn't mean that it's not awesome.

It's a slow paced series, but the idea is worth watching. Plus....the cast is not bad. 

At least we get to see Thomas Dekker around again, though I have to admit, those lashes are so thick and long, mascara much?? Well, Phoebe Thomkins (or sumthin, I forgot her name) played as Faye Chamberlain here, but good news is, she will be playing in The Vampire Diaries Season 4 later. That's great!!

And here comes the rants. It's about a girl (just how many movies is about a girl?!) who at first didn't knew of her witch powers but later finds a group of teens who happen to be witches. Then there's a guy, and you know what's next. At the end they found out that her father is the bad guy (similar to Mortal Instruments??) and they went on knowing that she has siblings. And then the series ended.......and there are no continuation....WTH!?!?!?!?!

I guess if you need something to watch once in a while then this series would be okay, but if I were to say my own opinion, it's not that good. I personally choose Vampire Diaries over this series, but since it's special in its way, I decided to blog about it here.

As for the music, I can't really remember most of it. I don't think they use a lot of memorable musics, or maybe I'm the one who forgets them :P anyways, it is discontinued and it's such a loss really....

The one thing that kept me watching this series is the relationship between Cassie and Adam. At first, Adam is dating Diana, who is really pretty by the way. Because of that, they can't date each other. Even though it's already obvious that they have feelings for each other. In the scene above particularly, it was beautiful. One thing I salute are the special effects used in the movie. Not bad at all! Back to Cassie & Adam, they later found out that their relationship is written in the stars. Is that romantic?? I'm not sure myself, personally, IT IS ROMANTIC! THEY ARE DESTINED TO BE WITH EACH OTHER!!

Now enough with my enthusiasm of Adam & Cassie...there's a scene stealer named JAKE. His real name is Chris Zylka. Yup, he's the bully guy at The Amazing Spiderman. Well, he's the handsome-mest guy in the series..too bad I can't fin any promotional posters with him in it =.= As for the whole cast of  secret circle, all of the are good looking. I love Faye's character :D I do not know why~

As for the book....same case with Vampire Diaries, waaaaaaayyy different than the series. I personally prefer reading the book but the series is okay since they provide eye-candy. haha! The original sequel is a trilogy but there's a sequel now. I've only read the first few pages, and there's already a make-out scene of Adam & Cassie....WAY TO GO!!! Happy reading? ahahaha

Enough with my random rants then. Here goes the promotional posters I could find and it's all credited to http://secretcirclenews.com/ Enjoy :D

You're welcome :) Thank you for reading!!!

Sincerely yours,

Alicia V

11th Diamond: Vampire Diaries

Apparently I am now absorbed in The Vampire Diaries. 

Yes, I mean "absorbed" as in surfing the internet for information, photos, you name it all...

So far, I have come through with a lot and if you see my tumblr, pretty much there's a minimum of 5 

Vampire Diaries related photos, or gifs. Well, anyways, let's go on with the rantings shall we?

It tells a story of a young lady, in highschool, named Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev). Then she met

the vampire guy, Stefan Salvatore -nice last name dude- (Paul Wesley). Then you can pretty much guess

what happens next, they fell in love, comes the brother who's evil, yet alluring Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder). And after that, there goes other characters. Some died, some became vampires, some are old

vampires who chase them, some are hunters, some are werewolves. It's a big pack :D

What I find interesting is the story line. Even though the romance parts are quite easy to guess, but there's 

a lot of unexpected twists in the plot. Plus, the cast are quite an eye-candy so, HAHA, I don't mind watching 

at all. It's kind of like an extended version of Twilight, but nicer, and Damon is here so that counts for something. I've recommend it to my friends and they love it! Let's wait for the next season shall we?

As for the books, I have to say....the TV series is waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy different than the book...

but then again, same case with Secret Circle (I might rant about it next time). So far, I have only read until the 3rd book, which is The Fury and it has been..okay. Not so great like the Mortal Instruments series, but okay. If I were to rate it, maybe 6 out of 10? The TV series is way better. Much better in fact. And the book is released on 1991 so...that's something.

Now let's move on to the music!

Music is crucial when it comes to setting the mood or giving a certain atmosphere. Like when someone's fighting, I doubt a romantic song would be played, except if the fight leads to u-know-what.

So far, www.vampirediariesguide.com gives out recaps of each episode and the songs used in EACH episode. Yes, EACH OF THEM EPISODES THEY HAVE. Well, they're gonna tell you to buy it on amazon, but at least you know the title and the singer. So far, my personal favorite is "Ocean Wide" by The Afters. There's also James Morrison but I knew it from a few years ago already. There's also Ed Sheeran.

I can't seem to find how to widen the youtube videos here....so I'm not gonna post it. Sorry :)

Since I'm not posting videos, I'll post pictures! Not a lot, but official ones I think...

Look at my tumblr for gifs or maybe more ;) Enjoy~

These are all promotional pictures that I found. Credits goes to vampirediariesguide.com and also

of course, Mr. Google images! I do not own any of these pictures!

Well then, there's more eye candy but I'm just gonna post the official ones, for now...

I am sorry though for barely being active lately...haven't had much time to post anything with exams 

and all. I'll post a lot when I have the time.

Anyways, enjoy watching the TV series. You can watch it on several sites, but a friend of mine

recommend downloading the torrents because it is much easier. Happy watching!!!!

Sincerely yours, 

Alicia Velle.