There literally can’t be a movie any better than this. I even asked a guy.
Posted by magflare on March 19, 2008
Rickroll! The Musical: The Greatest Story Ever Rolled
All right. So here’s the pitch: there’s a retired CIA assassin who, unbeknownst to even himself, has been programmed to go after a specific target when he hears the opening bars of Rick Astley’s late-’80s hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The target? A former Mafia don who has since become a famous philanthropist. When two wacky message board regulars pull a prank on the assassin, they must travel across the country in a race against time to stop him from completing the mission they accidentally triggered, finding the true America – and true love – along the way.
A year or two later, after “Rickroll! The Musical” turns out to be a smash hit, audiences will crowd the theaters in anticipation of “Rickroll 2! The Musical,” which will turn out to be just a grainy YouTube clip of the “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video.
(If you’re not familiar with the concept of “Rickrolling,” it’s a common Internet prank wherein someone will post a link which ostensibly leads to something relevant to the discussion, but is in fact a link to a YouTube clip of Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” For reference, here’s the music video such pranksters link to: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rW6M8D41ZWU)
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(Perhaps the first Reverse Rickroll? I’m a goddamned visionary.)
