This year marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the original (and still the best) of the Indiana Jones series. To celebrate the occasion animator Jeff Gurwood decided to pay homage to the movie that first brought together Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford with a stop-motion animated recreation of Raiders‘ famous opening sequence.

You can watch Gurwood’s video here below.

Steven Spielberg‘s motion-capture animated spectacular The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn won’t be released in theaters until around Christmas, but now you can listen to snippets of the music score by John Williams online at the German website Cinema Musica.

There will be 18 tracks in all on the U.S. release and the Cinema Musica article features brief cuts from each track. The score sounds absolutely wonderful, sprighty old school Williams adventure music with an airy European touch.

May the Force be with you all! Geeks of Doom will be posting a couple of Star Wars articles today, May 25, for Universal Day of the Jedi, which celebrates the anniversary of the release of the first Star Wars movie.

Throughout the history of the Star Wars film saga, we’re taught that there are only two perceptions, or sides, of the Force: the side embraced by the Jedi, and the Dark Side as flaunted by Sith Lords. While the “good vs. evil” motif works well in the films, the Expanded Star Wars Universe explores the Force in depth, where fans have learned there is more than meets the eye than just the light side and the dark side.

Indeed, while George Lucas was painting in very broad strokes of black and white when it came to the Force, which added much to its vague and enigmatic nature in the Original Trilogy, subsequent authors and writers have since looked deeper into the shades of gray. As the Jedi continue forward to embrace the light side, and the Dark Jedi and Sith Lords continue their growth in the dark side, we find more characters and cultures that have very differing philosophies of the Force.

Let’s take a look at these different points of view…

The Super Bowl typically sees some of the best ads of the year during its telecast, and during this Sunday’s game, we’re likely to see some really great material. TV spots for Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean and Paramount’s Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger promise to show new footage from the films, while Volkswagen is winning over the hearts of Star Wars fans everywhere with their “The Force” commercial.

If you haven’t seen the adorable Star Wars-themed Volkswagen commercial yet, check it out here below. Believe me, most of you will relate (to the kid, not the car).

There’s no denying that the score for Jurassic Park from composer John Williams is absolutely amazing, especially the highly memorable piece, Theme from Jurassic Park.

Now, Sound Cloud user Birdfeeder has taken the classic track and slowed it down by 1,000 percent, and you can listen to it right here below.

It’s well worth a listen, as it sounds wonderful, but note, the five-plus minute orchestral song is now over 42 minutes long.