
EPISODE 1.1
Welcome to Upload
After a self-driving car crash, Nathan is uploaded to Lakeview,
... More his girlfriend's family's digital after-life, where he meets his customer service rep, Nora.LessNear-future comedy from the creator of Parks and Recreation following a car crash victim who, at the request of his girlfriend, opts out of life-threatening surgery and instead has his mind uploaded to a virtual world full of fellow "dead" people, modifiable environments, and in-app purchases.
Upload begins with an overwhelming self-assuredness, one that unfortunately starts to wither as familiarity steadily sets in. The show's biggest flaw is that it's trying to be three series, of widely varying quality, all at once.
Full reviewIt's all quite brilliantly imagined and rendered, with a keen eye for the awfulness of gouging corporations -- though it's not as consistently laugh-out-loud funny as some might hope.
Full reviewIt's probably not as good as The Good Place, but it's got plenty of laughs and ideas to make you think.
Full reviewThe intricately realized setting needs a story, however, at which point this fertile if familiar premise begins to suffer.
Full reviewMainly, though, Upload is a wickedly funny, well-executed black comedy. Whenever it threatens to get deep and meaningful, another zinger of a gag comes along.
Full reviewIts commentary about all the ways we’ve allowed corporations’ long tentacles to wrap themselves around our lives (or afterlives) is reminiscent of half of Black Mirror, but that doesn’t make it any less pertinent to our own increasingly dysfunctional world.
Full reviewIt might be “The Good Place,” but less philosophical; or “Forever,” but less in control of its tone; or the “Black Mirror” episode “San Junipero,” but, unfortunately, just not that good.
Full reviewWhat it shares with Daniels’ previous shows is what makes it so compelling: despite being a story set in the afterlife tackling themes of capitalism and loss of privacy, Upload is at heart deeply human and deeply funny.
Full reviewUpload: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand now on Prime Video.
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