Dull dinosaurs (was RE: when dinos ruled)

[Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>]

--- "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>
wrote:

>  The problems I
> (and from their postings, others) on the list have
> with the show was the
> *execution*: it didn't have to sacrifice accuracy
> for entertainment.

Jawohl, Herr Doktor Holtz.  Suggestions otherwise seem
to insinuate that accurate information about dinosaurs
is innately dull, a sad statement for non-masochistic
dinosaur enthusiasts (NMDE's) to be making.

Coincidentally, this is why I personally have no
interest in depictions of mile-long sauropods and the
like -- the dinosaurs, as they existed, are plenty
interesting enough for me.

Yes, yes, yes, even _Camptosaurus_.

By the way, what's your favorite bone-headed line from
WDR?  I admit that I saw little of it, driven as I was
screaming into the night by the bad reconstruction of
preparator work, but I just loved this one:

"Iguanodons were so common that they were known as the
Cows of the Cretaceous."  

"Were?"  By whom?  Turok?  OK, I admit it -- I DID
find that highly *entertaining.*

===
Larry

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