Upload (Prime Video show)

[LaxScrutiny]

But that was not my premise. My premise was, and is, that Upload is an afterlife show ar it’s core, regardless of the extraneous details.

I never said Uploas was the same as all other afterlife shows. But the things that some might think make it “not necessarily an afterlife show,” really don”5 change what the show is, fundamentally.




Oh, that’s what you meant? Okay. But again, what I’m saying is not that the extraneous details don’t make the show unique, I’m saying that the extraneous details don’t change the show into anything but ab afterlife show.

That’s no insult. I said The Good Place and San Junipero are also afterlife shows.

You know, you also should check out San Junipero.

Ok, I get that. I think we're good. Although I have a loooong list of things I should check out.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

Exactly! To me though, when people talk of an "afterlife" show--it is a show whose premise takes place in a world or reality after people have passed on or died, and its purpose/theme is to ask the questions about the meaning of life or our life's purpose.

As with any other premise (super-heroes, crew on a space ship, hospital staff, lawyers, police officers, first responders, etc) it is the "extraneous details" that make it unique and interesting/entertaining or not interesting/entertaining.

I need the ability to like this post numerous times.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I quite enjoyed Upload. While it is an "Afterlife" show it also has a foot firmly planted in "Life" with characters dealing with what's happening in the real world.

 

[LaxScrutiny]

I quite enjoyed Upload. While it is an "Afterlife" show it also has a foot firmly planted in "Life" with characters dealing with what's happening in the real world.

Yeah, that's what hooked me. The quirkeness, yeah, but also the office politics, the relationships, and the intrigue of the two worlds interacting all drive the plot. A show that has multiple layers that really work together is hard to come by.