Rachel Morgan, "The Hollows" Cast Ideas

I am a huge fan of the Rachel Morgan Series, "The Hollows." Here is my personal opinion on who the cast should be if there were ever a Movie/Tv Series made.

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I made my choices based off the books description of their appearances, personalities, and also who I just thought would do an incredible job. Feel free to give me your opinions on who you'd like to see as the cast.

Let's Begin!





Let's start with the lovable Rachel Morgan...

Who better to cast this witch?

Isla Fisher/Rachel Morgan

The lovable character in the books deserves a red headed also lovable actresses. So I suggested Ilsa Fisher. She has had many silly roles in the past (Wedding Crasher), but I've also seen her in some more serious ones (Leap Year). I believe she could do the part well.



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Maggie Q/Ivy Tamwood

As the book has described Ivy, a slightly Asian appearence, a thin figure, and breath taking beauty.. I believe that Maggie Q is the perfect mirror image to what Ivy would look like.



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James Mcavy/Jenks

Jenks: This one took me a bit to think about, then it hit me. James Mcavoy. Gorgeous, the personality, and the acting skills to pull of someone like Jenks. James Mcavoy is from Scottland. I think he captures that "otherworldly" feel that a pixy would need.


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Robert Downey Jr/Algaliarept

It was a toss up between Jonny Deepp and Robert Downey Jr, while the obvious choice would have been Jonny, I recall the books and how Al had almost a normal feel going on in the newest book "Pale Demon." That as well as I think Robert could pull off a perfect Al without going too over the top. Robert has almost a subtle insanity about his acting.


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Ceridwen “Ceri” Dulciate/Mia Wasikowska

This actress played Alice in Alice in wonderland. Ever since I saw her in that movie I knew she'd be a wonderful Ceri. She has that soft, old time look that I believe Ceri would have without looking too innocent. Ceri is a very powerful Elf.


Also, I could see myself as playing Ceri :P see :D


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Leonardo DiCaprio/Trent Kalamack

This one was rather easy. I think Leo would play a very good Trent. He can pull off that business man role well. Also I think he can play a good semi bad guy.


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Paul Walker/Kisten Felps

One of my absolute favorite characters in this series. Was hard to pick someone to do him justice. Though I do believe Paul Walker would do great. Though they must make him a little more bad boy first of course.

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MORE TO BE ADDED LATER..

Poem - 'I wish I knew'

This is an older poem I had written when I went through a hard break up, which I am sure most people can relate to. Enjoy.

Times cant seem to ever slow down.
My heart is changing.
I'm face down on the ground.
My mind is re arranging.

When you are pushed so far
Then you realize
Who you truly are
I want to thank you
And for how much you tore me apart
I really do
Now I'm stronger and so is my heart.

I learned I do not need another person to make me happy
Don't worry
I'm not trying to be sappy.
I just wanted to say sorry.
For hating you as much as I do.
I'm sure you know this is true.
Seeing you around.
Not even saying a sound.
I know you noticed
How I look through you.

I won't fall back in your arms.
I won't do this to myself.
Don't be alarmed,
I still think about you now and then
I just need time to mend.

As the butterflies begin to die.
All the fire is put out.
I find out your love was a lie.
You don't care without a doubt.

The silver love you sold.
Was nothing compared to the gold.
I wish my sky didn't fall on me.
The clouds are all around my head.
This is where you lead
My heart,
from the start.
I wish I could have quit you.
I wish I knew you.

Poem - 'We All Fall'

I have a passion for all forms of art. Occasionally, the mood for writing will occur for me. Today that happened and this is what I produced. Enjoy.


Do you really deserve the best?
How hard do you really try?
Have you ever made another soul cry?
How many times have you told someone to die?
Did you ever break someones heart?
Have you ever silently watched someone fall apart?

Let the past be the past.
Grow and learn from it all.
At some point we all fall.

The grass is always greener on the other side.
Its always worse when it wasn't you who lied.
There' s always someone out there who has it worse.
What do you really deserve?
Really how bad is your life?


I mainly got inspiration for this from some people in my life. Who seem to think their worlds are falling apart from the smallest of things and need to learn to appreciate what they have more. I think everyone needs to take a step back and realize what they have right before their eyes and that it isn't so bad.

It was good for its time.

Halo 3

iSaruh rating; 5.5 / 10


It seems that everyone has the idea that Halo is the best shooter ever. I do believe the first and second Halo games were ahead of their time and extremely fun. However, as time went on I expected so much from Halo 3. I was so excited I preorder my copy over a year before its actual release.

First let me talk about the first Halo. A very good and balanced game thats for sure. Great graphics for its time and very addicting. It defiantly was the best shooter for its time. I can't stress that enough though.. for its time. Just because Halo used to be at the top of the charts for the best FPS doesn't mean it deserves to stay there. Though I will admit Halo set the bar pretty high for other game developers. I don't even think Bungie (the game creators and developers of Halo) knew that they were making one of the best selling video games ever.

Halo 2, was highly anticipated from the massive success that was the original Halo game. This game surely was all I expected when it hit the stores in 2004. Amazing graphics, a good story line, and of course what Halo was known for.. its addicting multi player. I know a lot of people may and probably will disagree, but I am one of those people who believe Halo 2 was the better than the original.

Halo 3, this game was even more anticipated than I thought. Flipping through the TV channels and stopping on G4 TV I noticed they were having a 4 or 5 hour show BEFORE the Halo 3 release. It was that big of a deal to some people they literally had a show of them showing the first person who received their copy of Halo 3. Not to mention the specially made Halo 3 Xbox 360's. When I first played my copy I jumped right to the online co op mode. After a full day of beating it on legendary I didn't feel as happy as I thought I would watching the ending of the game. The graphics were of course good, but I've seen better graphics in games released way before Halo 3. The multi player is what I thought it would be, but why was I so disappointed. It wasn't much of a difference from Halo 2. Other than the replay feature that lets you watch all your games after you have played them and the customizable armor. It just wasn't enough this game did not live up to the hype it had in my eyes.

So many other games are pushing the limits and surprising us with new features and abilities. Bungie seems to just either be playing it safe or they are just being lazy. I expected something that would blow me away and the most I saw was the female voice you could switch to with a male body. They couldn't even design a little smaller spartan with a bigger breast plate. All in all this game was as big of a disappointment as a fat man walking in on a closed all you can eat buffet.

The effect of the masses.

Mass Effect.

iSaruh rating; 7 / 10


Finally a game where you can choose the way you want to play. This game has so many customizable features which makes any hardcore gamer excited. Some of the customizable features are: The background, attiude, appearance, and of course armor and weaponry of your character. I've hardly ever seen a game where the gamer gets many choices. The choices normally consist of "Would you prefer to go left or right?" In Mass Effect everything you say to another NPC character is your choice. You can go paragon or renegade, paragon being the good and of course renegade being the evil. The dialog, the player stats, etc. One thing after another is customizable and I can't speak for all gamers, but that was something I believe more games should incorporate into their games.

Of course everyone wants to know, "How are the graphics?" They are outstanding and the facial movement of the characters is very life like, but the graphics aren't too much different from other Xbox 360 games I've seen. The cut scenes usually are a lot better graphics wise than actual game play, but I don't see too much difference on this game.

Sadly, the environment isn't very interactive which in a game like Mass Effect I sort of expected it to be. There are some objects that when you walk up to them you press the A button and you get some experience and maybe some more information in your journal, but other than that there isn't much. As well as the aiming and weapons was a disappointment. Most games have some really fun and powerful weapons you come across and mass effect makes every weapon look the same, just different colored.

All in all this is a good RPG and full of customizable features, but still lacks in many areas. Its worth a buy if you are an RPG space fan, but other than that I'd recommend just renting it.

Time flies.

Gears of War

iSaruh rating; 9.5 / 10


One of the best video game shooters ever in my opinion is Gears of War, actually make that the best video game I've ever played. With its incredible graphics, wonderful controls, realistic features, and addicting multilayer and co op game play this game in almost perfect. Theres always room for improvement however, but that applies to every video game. Halo 3 being one of the top shooters out there confuses me because the moment I picked up Gears of War is the moment I realized the poor quality that Halo really is. And how high Epic Games (the game creators and developers of Gears of War) just set the bar for other shooter games. Bungie (the game creators and developers of the Halo games) has a lot to live up to now, but frankly I don't think they will make another successful game like Halo was. Enough about Halo, thats getting into a completely different blog.

I personally am hoping Gears of War 2 has dedicated servers and more customizable character features or maybe even some customizable weaponry. The game runs smooth and is always amazes me with the amount of detail put into it. Gears of War has now been added to the MLG gaming list and they have also won the 'Game of the year' award as well.


Its definitely a gaming experience you shouldn't pass up.

Gears of War 2's release date as of now is November 2008.