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25 to Life My Relationship With Jurassic Park

When I sit down and think about this franchise I am heartily reminded that it has had probably the largest impact on my life out of every factor ever to cross my path. It led me to study paleontology, genetics and for a few months work as a zookeeper. But where did it all begin? I was three or four and I was bored waiting for my mother to finish up talking to a store clerk and I as a small child was looking through the VHS tapes for rent. My eye caught a holographic case and it was fascinating. A monster would appear roaring out at me and while I was a little scared I picked it up. The movie was The Lost World Jurassic Park the best of the three sequels to the original. My mind raced as I read the back there was a story here and I had to figure it out. My mother came over and rushed me out of the store, but I remembered the name. My family was reluctant to show me the film I was young and to a child the films can be a bit scary. But my father wanting to be the cool dad got me the