Amazon prime has a new series called Upload. It's 10 episodes that I happened to watch all in one night. I loved the series and can't wait for season 2 which I know we will have to wait since nothing is being filmed right now.
So basically, you have a choice when you die to either go to heaven or to a digital afterlife. This one guy had to make the choice and pretty quick, he chose the digital afterlife.
It's about him figuring out the digital afterlife, if he was actually murdered or if his self driving car really did malfunction and crash and how he feels about a human.
It's set in the year 2033 which is only about 13 years from now. In the afterlife, you can still communicate with the living and you have to still pay for certain things in the afterlife. The more money you or whoever looks after all your stuff has, the better of an afterlife you will have.
There are different companies that run different afterlife programs. There are people that sit behind computers that get assigned to an afterlife person to help them with anything they might need, talking to them through some kind of mic/speaker and/or through a VR. You can even have your farts smell like your favorite smell! You can control the weather/season of your choosing.
Some of the other technology stuff they have are, self driving cars that you can have a conversation with (kinda like KIT in Knight Rider),order the car to do what you want by telling it what to do, drive it yourself by a controller that looks like a PS controller and the bad thing, people can hack into the car to make it do whatever or not listen (which does make it scary for a real life self driving car).
The other interesting things they have are: phones are no longer a physical thing, it's a hologram that appears when you hold your hand in a L shape and a computer watch that can help use it, cops are a human video chat that is on a screen carried by a drone, drones everywhere doing things, a microwave 3D printer that is made by Google/Samsung (it "prints" your food in secs/minutes), grocery stores are completely run by robots, laptop screens are literally just a plate of glass but the keyboards are the same, airplanes are even more cramped with seats and they even have seats above the normal seats where people's feet are dangling above you! (they basically poke fun at what airplanes will come up with next).
Right before having sex, instead of using a condom, a digital disc is placed on each of the person's chest and they both have to give consent to start it, the Oscar Mayer Intel company tries to re-upload the subconscious back into a human so the person can be alive again. There is sooo much more interesting things in this series that I can't possibly get into. It will be interesting to see what if anything does happen.
It's sounds kinda weird but it's a great series and the technology makes it more fascinating. The story lines keep you thinking and wondering what is going to happen next. There is also humor in it. The end is a cliff hanger but I checked and they are coming out with a season 2. It's kinda like a sci-fi mystery, humor series. I think it's worth watching if you have Amazon prime. Question is, would you want to go to regular heaven or would you want to live in a digital afterlife? Would you want your loved ones in a digital afterlife so you could see them and talk to them any time? I would love to be able to see and talk to my mom again even if it was in a digital form.
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
Netflix: Messiah
To start off, I am not a religious person. I do believe in God/universe but I don't believe in religion. At first I didn't want to watch this because I thought it would be another religion filled show and I'm not really into that (although I like the Jesus of Nazareth that I grew up watching every Easter and Passion of the Christ). Finally I gave in because it just seemed interesting, I'm glad I gave in.
I really liked it a lot and hope there will be more seasons especially since this one did leave on a some what cliff hanger. It is basically about what if there was a new son of God in today's world. How would the people around the world act and the government. Is he really the son of God or is he a smart, talented, possibly mentally ill person? I think by the end of the first season, us the audience can figure it out but throughout the season, you do question yourself.
Even though there is some religion stuff in it and talks about God a lot, it doesn't feel like religion is being shoved down our throats and it isn't the main part of the story, trying to figure out who the guy is while the world responds in different ways is the main part.
This show gets you thinking more about life and question yourself like how would you react if there was a new son of God? What would it take for you to believe in him? It is interesting how so many people believed in him so fast and followed him. I can see that happening though. You also have your non-believers which I can also see happening.
There are some parts that will make you gasp and cry a little. It does have messages like just about anything out there but this series makes some really good points and things I have been saying all along. I can see myself watching this again at some point and even getting the DVD set if it comes out.
With movies like Passion of the Christ, it is set so far back and times where way different then. Yes there were non-believers and some that looked at him as evil or just a threat. Today, we have the internet which makes news spread like wild fire. We are also not so quick to believe (a lot of us anyways) and realize that someone can just have a mental illness. I mean there are people out there who claim they are the son of God but those people also have an illness. I think it would just take so much more than someone saying they are the son of God for us to believe them.
This is a VERY interesting take on a Messiah story. I think even if you are not religious, don't believe in a God etc, you will enjoy this. It's for everyone of different beliefs and backgrounds. Just fair warning, there are some content that are not suitable for your kids like a sex scene and violence. The acting is really good especially the guy who plays the Messiah. I do have one complaint, when there has to be captions when people are speaking in a different language, the captions don't always show up, show up a little late or move away from the screen so fast that you can't even read one word. That is annoying so hopefully that will be fixed in the next season which I think there will be one. Below is a trailer.
Trailer: Click Here
I really liked it a lot and hope there will be more seasons especially since this one did leave on a some what cliff hanger. It is basically about what if there was a new son of God in today's world. How would the people around the world act and the government. Is he really the son of God or is he a smart, talented, possibly mentally ill person? I think by the end of the first season, us the audience can figure it out but throughout the season, you do question yourself.
Even though there is some religion stuff in it and talks about God a lot, it doesn't feel like religion is being shoved down our throats and it isn't the main part of the story, trying to figure out who the guy is while the world responds in different ways is the main part.
This show gets you thinking more about life and question yourself like how would you react if there was a new son of God? What would it take for you to believe in him? It is interesting how so many people believed in him so fast and followed him. I can see that happening though. You also have your non-believers which I can also see happening.
There are some parts that will make you gasp and cry a little. It does have messages like just about anything out there but this series makes some really good points and things I have been saying all along. I can see myself watching this again at some point and even getting the DVD set if it comes out.
With movies like Passion of the Christ, it is set so far back and times where way different then. Yes there were non-believers and some that looked at him as evil or just a threat. Today, we have the internet which makes news spread like wild fire. We are also not so quick to believe (a lot of us anyways) and realize that someone can just have a mental illness. I mean there are people out there who claim they are the son of God but those people also have an illness. I think it would just take so much more than someone saying they are the son of God for us to believe them.
This is a VERY interesting take on a Messiah story. I think even if you are not religious, don't believe in a God etc, you will enjoy this. It's for everyone of different beliefs and backgrounds. Just fair warning, there are some content that are not suitable for your kids like a sex scene and violence. The acting is really good especially the guy who plays the Messiah. I do have one complaint, when there has to be captions when people are speaking in a different language, the captions don't always show up, show up a little late or move away from the screen so fast that you can't even read one word. That is annoying so hopefully that will be fixed in the next season which I think there will be one. Below is a trailer.
Trailer: Click Here
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