The Pretty Decent Dirk Gently TV Spot of the Soul
The BBC’s Dirk Gently series is really happening, and there’s now the above trailer for it. I will fully admit I haven’t read the Dirk Gently books in forever, and I enjoy them, but don’t hold them as close to my heart as Douglas Adams’ more well-known series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide — so if this is off in some horrible way, I can’t tell. It looks reasonably groovy to me, but if any of you hardcore Adams nerds could weigh in, I’d greatly appreciate it. (Via Blastr)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.