UPDATE: WESTWORLD Showrunners Offer To Spoil All Of Season 2 If Their Reddit Comment Receives 1000 Upvotes

UPDATE: WESTWORLD Showrunners Offer To Spoil All Of Season 2 If Their Reddit Comment Receives 1000 Upvotes

Westworld showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy recently announced that, should a Reddit comment of theirs receive 1000 upvotes, they will release a video containing all of season 2's plot points...

By Nebula - Apr 09, 2018 07:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Westworld
Source: Reddit

Surpsisingly, the creators behind HBO's Westworld recently announced that they will release every significant plot point of the show's second season before it airs, should fans want it

During a Reddit AMA, or "Ask Me Anything" on the Westworld Reddit page, showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy answered the all kinds of questions from fans of the show, but it was one comment in particular of theirs that stirred up quite a ruckus amongst the community. As the AMA reached its end, the couple announced their plan to combat spoilers online. Check it out below:

Many thanks for your great questions and thoughts. As I've said before, I've been a member of the Reddit community for years... And I greatly enjoyed watching the friendly folks at this subreddit guess the twists and turns of the season.

Nolan went on to explain that, while having active fans can be a good thing, but it can also lead to things being spoiled. Sometimes these "theories" can be mistaken for spoilers when fans of the show are correct, as they frequently were last season.

In an act of preventing that, Nolan has chosen to let the fans decide if they want the spoilers or not. If they do, he apparently plans to upload an entire video of spoilers from the season, allowing the fans online to protect one another from things they're fully aware are going to happen.

It creates a larger problem for us, though, in terms of the way your guesswork is reported online. 'Theories' can actually be spoilers, and the line between the two is confusing. It's something we've been thinking about since last season. The fans of Game of Thrones, for instance, rallied around and protected the secrets of the narrative in part because they already knew those secrets (through season 5).

We thought about this long and hard, and came to a difficult (and potentially controversial) decision. If you guys agree, we're going to post a video that lays out the plot (and twists and turns) of season 2. Everything. The whole sordid thing. Up front. That way the members of the community here who want the season spoiled for them can watch ahead, and then protect the rest of the community, and help to distinguish between what's 'theory' and what's spoiler.
 

'It's a new are, and a new world in terms of the relationship between folks making shows and the community watching them. And trust is a big part of that. We've made our cast a part of this decision, and they're fully supportive. We're so excited to be in this with you guys together. So if this post reaches 1000 upvotes we'll deliver the goods.

Hasta victoria siempre!
Jonah and Lisa

What do you think about the showrunners' tactic? Will this prevent the show being spoiled or only lead to more chaos?

UPDATE

The aforementioned comment recently reached its goal of 1000 upvotes. There has been no word from the showrunners just yet.

 

UPDATE #2

A newly created YouTube channel, by the name of Singing Traveller047, uploaded the video in question. Don't worry about spoilers. It seems this was all an elaborate and spectacular "rick-roll" by the showrunners and cast.

The video itself starts off threateningly, but just over a minute in, we're treated to Evan Rachel Rood singing Rick Astley's famously mischevious song: Never Gonna Give You Up, beside Angela Sarafyan (Clementine in the show) playing the piano in the centre of Sweetwater.

Well played Westworld showrunners. Well played.

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SupermansTrunks
SupermansTrunks - 4/9/2018, 7:06 PM
Goodbye to any more Westworld articles for me
JK
JK - 4/9/2018, 7:35 PM
@SupermansTrunks - why tho cause of spoilers
superbigguy32
superbigguy32 - 4/9/2018, 7:12 PM
Jeffery Wright NEEDS to play Darkseid (MoCap, voice, Industrial Light & Magic)
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 4/9/2018, 7:14 PM
@superbigguy32 -

Nebula
Nebula - 4/9/2018, 7:28 PM
@superbigguy32 -
TomSolo
TomSolo - 4/9/2018, 8:08 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - That is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen in my life. And I have seen some things.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 4/9/2018, 9:02 PM
@TomSolo - her eyes and tongue... They... They dont move.
Nebula
Nebula - 4/10/2018, 6:34 PM
@Ryguy88 - That's the disturbing thing. Don't even mention how deep in her eyes are.
EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 4/9/2018, 7:19 PM
Horrible,this hurts speculation from reddit community because some troll will spoil it wherever they can. I remember someone saw the leaked GoT ep and went on different geek forums and spoiled it for other people. The one that pissed me off was a cam footage gif of kylo killing Han that was in a DC Comic article on this site.
NotoriousWolf23
NotoriousWolf23 - 4/9/2018, 7:21 PM
Why. So dumb...
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 4/9/2018, 7:24 PM
Avoiding all Westworld articles now

@Nebula

How it should have ended did a video on JL
Nebula
Nebula - 4/9/2018, 7:26 PM
@Kevwebsz - I know, I've seen it. Do they usually get posted?
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 4/9/2018, 7:30 PM
@Nebula - Not really but its JL so there will definitely be a lot of discussions going on. Also its a fun vid.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 4/9/2018, 9:00 PM
This is why nothing should be left to vote!
Legendairy
Legendairy - 4/9/2018, 9:04 PM
Bo shi
Nebula
Nebula - 4/9/2018, 9:57 PM
@SupermansTrunks @JK2point0 @L0RDbuckethead @AlexanderLykins @royale @JH24 @dtv @NotoriousWolf23 @Kevvwebsz @Ryguy88 @Legendairy

Tagging everyone who commented and might avoid Westworld posts in the future. This is hilarious, there's nothing to worry about. I'm updating the post as we speak.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 4/9/2018, 10:32 PM
@Nebula - Haha not gonna lie I was super pissed I was about to watch a 25 min spoiler of season two. It got me for sure.
SupermansTrunks
SupermansTrunks - 4/10/2018, 12:53 AM
@Nebula - Well that was awfully rude of them then wasn't it
Asturgis
Asturgis - 4/10/2018, 3:31 AM
It was obviously a joke, 1000 upvotes on a reddit post is absolutely nothing, especially for a creator comment on a fan sub. That or the showrunners really didn't know how reddit worked, which I would have found hard to believe. Had they asked for 10000 upvotes, maybe I would have believed it, and even then.
Darth258
Darth258 - 4/10/2018, 6:14 AM
Glad they were just trolling us
TREE24K
TREE24K - 4/10/2018, 6:48 AM
Awww snap. So Floki is in this season? Nice.
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