Dirk Abides: First He Was Tron, But Now the Dallas Maverick is a Big Lebowski

A while ago we looked at that Dirk-as-Tron video, which was yanked from Vimeo but resurfaced on YouTube just this week. Then, a few days back, came the comic-book origin story -- not bad, not great. Both of those flashbacks are after the jump. Now, via USA Today today, we...

By Robert Wilonsky

April 8, 2010

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A while ago we looked at that Dirk-as-Tron video, which was yanked from Vimeo but resurfaced on YouTube just this week. Then, a few days back, came the comic-book origin story -- not bad, not great. Both of those flashbacks are after the jump. Now, via USA Today today, we find this: Nowitzki cut and paste into The Big Lebowski, which is as creepy as it is clever. He's a one-Mav film fest.

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