Westworld's creators just executed the world's greatest Rickroll
I can't believe I was just Rickrolled by Jonathan Nolan. I deserve this. We all deserve this.
Earlier Monday Jonathan Nolan, the co-creator of HBO's Westworld reboot, took part in a Reddit AMA about Season 2 of Westworld. He said something that inspired a fair amount of belly-aching and discussion.
Here's the post in full:
The TL;DR -- Jonathan Nolan said if that particular post on the AMA got more than 1,000 upvotes he would release a video outlining every major spoiler in the upcoming season of Westworld.
Of course Nolan's post got 1,000 plus upvotes. Of course. So we waited.
And waited.
Then this, a post from Jonathan with the words "All right guys. We left this in your hands. Some may feel this is a drastic step, but I, for one, love and trust this community. Here's the link."
For reference, this is the link: a YouTube video.
Yes... yes. Tell me more. Jonathan is doing stuff... things are happening. Then, 1:30...
Ah. I see. Very good. That's Evan Rachel Wood. Singing Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. Yes, Jonathan Nolan has Rickrolled everyone on the Westworld subreddit.
After the Rickroll: a dog sitting at a piano for 20 minutes, which is actually pretty compelling viewing if you ask me, but not the SPOILER-FEST I was expecting.
You got me Jonathan Nolan. You got everyone.
Goddammit.
I deserve this. We all deserve this.