I remember a live-action film with Santa's deer (not sure if it was nine of them including one with a red nose in tribute to Rudolph) shipped in crates and they break out of the crates in a warehouse they're stored in. The people looking after the warehouse keep peeking inside and freak out when the reindeer start flying around. Is this at all familiar to anyone?

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Pokémon Origins tells the story of the very first Pokémon video games, Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version, including the first steps of our hero Red as he sets off from Professor Oak’s laboratory. As he explores the Kanto region, he’ll encounter the nefarious Team Rocket, battle his rival Blue, and challenge the Pokémon League.

Pokémon Origins takes a new look at a classic era of Pokémon. With its original graphical style and new perspectives on the Pokémon hero story, Pokémon Origins will be a can’t-miss experience for every Pokémon fan.

The story is in four parts. The first episode went up today. The second episode will be up on Monday the 18th, the third will be up on Wednesday the 20th, and the last episode will up on Friday the 22nd.

Here's the page to watch the episodes:
Pokemon TV

I've been really excited about this special since Serebii.net first posted about it along with a few screenshots back in September. I wanted to let you guys know about it before I settled down to watch part one.

Tonight I learned of a Hasbro toy called "Magic Jinn". It's an electronic blue cat "genie" that tries to guess the animal the user is thinking of. I was browsing a network site with links to many people's blogs about life advice and hobbies and came across a Muslim parent with small children being offended by this toy. He/she had snail-mailed a bunch of protest letters to Hasbro and wants the toy recalled. I'm sorry the parent is upset by Magic Jinn but I don't want to help him/her fight Hasbro over it. I myself think the toy is pretty cool and I want one. Magic Jinn can sit next to my ceramic figure of Genie from Disney's Aladdin that plays "Friend Like Me".


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Magic Jinn in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aXGZPDzEFw

My family usually has cornbeef, potatoes, and cabbage for St. Patty's supper. We're not Irish at all so it's simply for fun. I wanted one of those yummy shamrock shakes from McDonald's but the drive to the nearest one is too far and I don't want to leave the warm house today (the sun is shining and outside thermometer shows it's 35 degrees F out but the wind sounds so strong pushing against the side of the house it must be closer to 20 degrees out there). So I found a recipe on the Internet to make a shamrock shake at home but I still have to leave the house to get vanilla ice cream and peppermint extract at the store for the recipe.

Shamock Shake
2 cups vanilla ice cream
3/4 cup milk
3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
8 drops of green food coloring
Blend everything in a blender at hight speed until smooth
This recipe makes 1 serving
http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/mcdonalds-shamrock-shake-home-220300449.html

Mmmm, that's going to be so yummy!

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Add the strength and resolve of the Mythical Pokémon Keldeo to your Pokémon Black Version 2 or Pokémon White Version 2 game in a special distribution event via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection! Keldeo will be available from January 25th to February 12th, 2013. This powerful Keldeo will know the moves Sacred Sword, Hydro Pump, Aqua Jet, and Swords Dance.

Once you have Keldeo in your party, complete an in-game event that will teach Keldeo its signature Secret Sword move and reveal a new Form for the Pokémon!

http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/pokemon-black-and-white-2/#en-us/pokemon/keldeo/details-keldeo-distribution

This is great for Pokemon fans in the USA who missed the Lv. 15 Keldeo giveaway at GameStops from August 27th to October 6th last year! 

I hear Europe, France, and Oceania is currently doing the same Lv. 50 Keldeo giveaway.
Europe: January 25th to February 12th
France: January 16th to February 12th
Oceania: January 25th to February 12th

This is what I remember from when I watched the film as a child and it's not much. The main character, a man, is attacked by a gang in an apartment and he was left horribly disfigured and laying out on the apartment's balcony. A little later, Main Man is keeping to himself on the balcony and a man and woman (friends?) approach him and he pleads with them he wants to see his face, one hesitantly offers him a mirror, and Main Man has a breakdown seeing his reflection. Eventually Main Man becomes a vigilante in a trench coat and throws manhole covers at criminals and that stuck with me the most because I thought it was cool. I thought the film was Darkman. I watched Darkman last night and I didn't see the parts I described here (it is a film about a disfigured vigilante though) so now I'm wondering what film I'm actually thinking of. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I was probably ten when I saw this film so that would be 1995/96.

When I was a student in middle school in the 90's, I discovered a book in the school's library about a teen girl finding a young deer and wanting to keep it for a pet so she made a pen in the woods and kept the deer in it. Near the end of the book, the deer gets shot by someone the girl may or may not have known but the shot didn't kill the deer. The girl finds the wounded deer and I think she shoots it because it had lost too much blood to survive. Could someone please let me know if they know the book's title?