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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 13:24:21 GMT
Hey all. Short time lurker here finally posting. I'm Minnesota Jones. I've been a dinosaur fanatic since around 1974 when I was in 1st grade. I've still got most of my dinosaur toys that I had as a kid (some still up in the attic) and I've never stopped collecting figures, fossil replicas, and going out fossil hunting. Unfortunately, no dinosaurs here in Minnesota, but we have lots of great Ordivician fossils. Even found a couple trilobites. Well, parts of trilobites that is...  You all have a great site here and hope I can contribute as well.  Museum of the Rockies  "Welcome... to Jurassic Park!" - Islands of Adventure in Orlando Mike/MN Jones |
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Post by gwangi on Oct 25, 2011 13:30:40 GMT
Welcome to the site, I certainly can see where you got your name from!
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 13:49:07 GMT
 Yeah, I was 13 back in 1981 when "Raiders of the Lost Ark" came out. The rest is history. Indy is another of my other passions. |
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Post by stemturtle on Oct 25, 2011 14:48:05 GMT
Glad to welcome a fellow Minnesotan to the forum. I like the Ordovician too. You will learn much from the brilliant membership here.
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 25, 2011 15:16:22 GMT
Welcome! |
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Post by gwangi on Oct 25, 2011 17:13:36 GMT
Yeah, I was 13 back in 1981 when "Raiders of the Lost Ark" came out. The rest is history. Indy is another of my other passions. They're some of my favorite movies as well and I like to sport a fedora myself whenever I'm out and about. What did you think of the 4th movie? |
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Post by weaver on Oct 25, 2011 18:14:43 GMT
I like you already Mr. Jones (I don't think you'd like it if I called you 'Minne' although 'Sota' works well enough) and I can tell you've got a lot to contribute.
Hey. Hey, I'm a Coloradoan (south of Pueblo) so hello from Colorado too!
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 19:40:17 GMT
Gwangi,
I liked Crystal Skull a lot. It's not Raiders, but any Indy is good Indy for me. Besides, it's nice knowing Indy is still punching out the bad guys in 1957. Loved the cameo of the Ark in the Area 57 sequence. I'm on the staff on IndyGear.com and we had some members on our board get so riled over the last movie I swear they were gonna pop a blood vessel in their heads! Life's too short to get that worked up over a movie... so we gave all the hot heads two week suspensions!
weaver,
On IndyGear, a lot of the members over there abbreviate Minnesota Jones to "MJ." But sometimes that makes me think of Michael Jackson... ha! Although I've gotten used to the MJ nickname, just "Minnesota" is fine too! You're from Colorado? I've got to get back there and spend more time at Denver's museum (only had about 2 hours there back in 2003). I also want to hit the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park. Have you been there before and is it worth it to go?
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Post by gwangi on Oct 25, 2011 20:01:48 GMT
I enjoyed Cyrstal Skull as well. For me it was another Indy movie, no better or worse than the rest. I maintain that if it came out just after the first three it would be considered a classic just as they are but toss in a decade or two and people don't feel like they're allowed to like it. I have my complaints about it but they're all pretty minor.
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 20:12:19 GMT
Shia swinging with the monkeys? Everyone it seems loves Raiders. Over on IndyGear, there are those that LOVE Temple of Doom, and those that can't stand it. Same for Last Crusade and Crystal Skull. Pretty much both sequels and the prequel (Temple) have their fans and their haters both. It's amazing how many fights there are over it all. It gets to be almost funny after awhile. I'm sure the same is here. From the little I've been here, I can see Papo being a powerkeg in topics too. |
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Post by gwangi on Oct 26, 2011 0:06:04 GMT
Shia swinging with the monkeys? Everyone it seems loves Raiders. Over on IndyGear, there are those that LOVE Temple of Doom, and those that can't stand it. Same for Last Crusade and Crystal Skull. Pretty much both sequels and the prequel (Temple) have their fans and their haters both. It's amazing how many fights there are over it all. It gets to be almost funny after awhile. I'm sure the same is here. From the little I've been here, I can see Papo being a powerkeg in topics too. Shia in general actually but yeah, the monkey scene comes to mind as does the sword fight where he is standing on two cars. A bit too cartoonish for me. Honestly I think Temple of Doom is the weakest and I love Raiders and the Last Crusade the most. Most of my friends on the other hand love Temple. |
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Post by fooman666 on Oct 26, 2011 5:54:03 GMT
Welcome, enjoy your time here ;D
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Post by mnemosaurus on Oct 26, 2011 6:49:29 GMT
Hi there Minnesota Jones & welcome to the forum! I like it that you bring some Indiana Jones to this place always loved the movies, they really inspired me as a kid ( and I must confess I had a bit of an Indy crush, haha)! |
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 26, 2011 13:03:04 GMT
Thanks everybody! Indiana Jones and dinosaurs go together like peanut butter and jelly... Actually, one of the Indiana Jones novels from the 1990's is "Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs" where he goes to the Gobi and finds a live Triceratops. And yes I have the book but no I haven't read it... yet. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 27, 2011 12:57:40 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by jurassicjr on Oct 28, 2011 7:49:00 GMT
Hey MN Jones and welcome to the forum! Great pics, I hope to go Universal Studios Island of Adventure in Orlando someday. I'm also a Indy fan along with being a huge Dinosaur fanatic!
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You all have a great site here and hope I can contribute as well.
