(techno music)
- [Justine Voiceover] A huge thank you to Amazon Prime Video
for sponsoring this video.
What is this?
Lakeview.
- A digital afterlife to which you can upload
your consciousness after you die.
Free preview.
Click now.
(computer mouse clicking)
- [Nathan] Hey!
- I'm sorry?
- Justine, What's going on?
Thanks for your interest in Upload.
- Oh my gosh.
Is this actually...
Are you--
- [Nathan] This is the digital afterlife.
- So what, you're there right now?
You're actually in... - I'm there
- You're inside Lakeview?
- I mean to be honest with you, I'd rather be alive,
but this is pretty cool too.
- I just thought this was an e-mail invite,
and I think it was actually gonna be real.
Hi!
Well, I'm just seeing...
What's it like over there?
I mean, I've been looking into the program
and I have this opportunity to kind of hop in
and just check it out, to get like a little preview.
- You won't have full access,
but you can check out some of what we have to offer.
I will tell you the breakfast buffet is killer.
There's something called the memory parlor,
which is really cool.
They can take any memory from your past
and project it onscreen in front of you,
turn it into a little home movie.
- Well, my biggest concern though, is like, I mean,
right now, just with my regular phone,
like I'm always going over my data plan.
So I was looking through the different options
and I saw there was one like the lowest tier
is like a two gig and I use 16 gigs on my phone.
- Yeah, you do not want to be a two gig.
If you using that much data in the real world,
you're gonna use a lot more when you're here.
So I would go for the biggest data plan that you can have.
I got uploaded to my girlfriend's plan
and she has unlimited data, but I have to get everything
cleared before I purchase it.
So it's not the best.
- So your girlfriend though, she's in the real world?
- There are things called hug suits
and she can use that to come into Upload
and see me physically.
Then she can just leave and I'm kind stuck here.
But you know, things could be worse.
I could be old-fashioned, real dead.
- Well, when you were in your real life before
like all of this happened, what was your job?
Can you still work?
- They don't want dead people or AI
taking real people's jobs,
so there's no actual careers or jobs here.
But before I uploaded, my friend and I were working
on a version of Upload that people could have within
their families and just passed down
from generation to generation.
- They were enticing me with the game mode.
I feel like they are doing some really specific
targeting advertising towards me.
- It's unreal.
So if you turn on game mode,
all of the AI that are there to normally help you
like the bellboy, etc, they turn into monsters
and you can play first person shooter,
you can play Street Fighter-esque games.
It's actually pretty sweet.
- Yeah, I clicked this link and, you know,
you're technically working for the company.
So are there any downfalls (laughing)
that I should be aware of?
- Well, I actually think the downfalls
help make it feel more like real life.
You know, it's not a utopia.
It's definitely not a dystopia.
It's kind of this middle-topia.
I definitely miss being in the real world,
but this is its own world with highs and lows
and ups and downs.
- So if you didn't know that you were uploaded,
would you know that you were uploaded?
Does that make any sense? (chuckling)
- Definitely not right away.
But you know, you'd end up seeing little things that would
probably start to tip you towards that.
I mean, it's much more beautiful here than it is
back in the real world.
The colors are more vibrant.
But there are little glitches as well,
like the water is essentially a repeating gift.
- I mean, how big is this place?
Like do you run into the same people all the time?
- So think of it as a world with a bunch of floors.
You'll see the same people from your floor,
but you can go to one of other thousands of floors
that will look similar, but will have
different people on it.
- I'm so nervous. (chuckling)
I don't even know, I mean, do I...
I guess I'd have to worry about what I'm wearing,
'cause I can choose my outfit when I get there, right?
- Anything you want.
Don't go near the torrent.
- The torrent?
What's that?
- It's the digital stream from the real world to upload.
And if you jump into it, you don't get to go back
to the real world.
- Okay.
So it's kind of like pulling a plug or something?
- A little bit.
- Okay. - Think of it as the Matrix.
- All right, well I'm about to head in.
Thank you so much.
Maybe I will see you there.
I mean, hopefully not too soon.
That's kind of that's kind of graphic.
This is weird, because you're not really alive and I am.
This is so strange. (chuckling)
I'm so sorry.
Well I hope you're at least having
a good time. - You're gonna be great.
I'm having a great time.
You're gonna love it.
Have fun.
- All right. - And, um...
Just don't go near the torrent.
Okay, I'll see you in the Upload, bye.
- [Nathan] (chuckling) Bye.
(slow techno music)
- Guys, I didn't really upload my consciousness.
This isn't real.
But while I was having that conversation with Nathan,
aka Robbie Amell, who plays Nathan,
I was almost convinced that this was something that is real.
I did get a chance to chat with "Nathan," Robbie afterwards.
So this was our chat.
We were just chatting and I was actually convinced
that you were there.
So this is really insane. (chuckling)
- You've watched too many episodes.
- I did. It's really good.
I got a preview of it.
And it's awesome.
So how long were you guys shooting this for?
- We shot the pilot back in January of 2018.
We shot the first season in February, March, and April 2019.
And now we'll premiere.
I love the show.
I think it's really interesting.
I think Greg Daniels who created Parks and Recreation
and The Office, who created the show is a genius.
I think the show is really funny and weird.
I think weird is a great way to describe it.
- And the whole concept of it when I originally heard it,
I was like wow, like this is not too far off from
potential reality, which is kind of crazy to think about.
- Yeah, some of the stuff on the show has come true
since we've started filming.
- Thanks to Robbie for being in my video
and a huge thank you again to Amazon Prime Video
for sponsoring this video.
If you guys want to check out "Upload,"
it is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
I'll put a link in the description.
And I would love to hear what you guys think of this whole
crazy concept of uploading your consciousness
to the internet.
I love it.