I got another advertising email from Amazon Prime at the weekend. And they had some interesting options. So I had a peek at Upload, a comedy sci-fi series about a world, not too far in the future, where people's memories, personalities etc. can be uploaded to a program they subscribe to, so that they can have - essentially - the afterlife of their choice, which they can experience as themselves, in simulated bodies.
To recap, we follow the story of a young man (Robbie Amell, doing a good impression of a young Tom Cruise), whose life is cut tragically short in a freak accident. However, he doesn't die straight away - and his high-maintenance, upper-crust girlfriend has a pretty high-class subscription to the upload service, where all her family plan to spend the afterlife. So she badgers him into being uploaded, on her subscription, so they can (eventually) spend the afterlife together, in genteel luxury.
Anyway, I've been dying to get a chance to continue with the story. And tonight, a break in decent programming gave me that very excuse! In Episode 6, our hero's relationship with his "angel" (customer care agent) grows.. and we get a peek at his girlfriend's family. And jeez, having a family like that, you can see how she turned out like she did! With respect to the mystery surrounding his untimely death, we notice that his erstwhile business partner seems rather reluctant to speak to him.. Dying to get on with the story.
On Saturday - Meetup, for once! The first in over a month.. I'm finally joining 45+ Not Grumpy Old Londoners, for a Swinging 60s Experience - a Live Online Interactive Tour in a Psychedelic Minibus! Also running with their sister group, Carpe Diem. Their last event that I attended was terrifically organised, and I'm sure this one will be, too - it's great to see a group running something during the daytime at the weekend, again!
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