It does give a little history of his involvement with the Cross Of Coronado and ties in directly to him getting it back many years later. I don't have a problem with that at all. In fact, I thought it was a nice change from the previous openings where we were catching the tail end of a different adventure. I like those a lot too, by the way.

My problem with the circus train scene is that it's the unnecessary back story of all his character traits. Like I said before; No more using our imaginations to wonder how he may have grown into the character throughout the course of his life. It turns out he got the hat, the whip, the jacket, the scar, and a fear of snakes - all on the same day - within a few minutes of each other - when he was just a kid.

To me, it completely takes away from the depth of the character we meet at the beginning of Raiders. Once again, Lucas doesn't know when to quit.