{"id":414244,"date":"2022-03-10T02:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T23:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload\/"},"modified":"2022-03-10T02:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T23:36:32","slug":"the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Office&#8217; creator Greg Daniels on his quirky show &#8216;Upload&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a354c72d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e3a354c72d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_Office_creator_Greg_Daniels_on_his_quirky_show_%E2%80%98Upload%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;The Office&#8217; creator Greg Daniels on his quirky show &#8216;Upload&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;The Office&#8217; creator Greg Daniels on his quirky show &#8216;Upload'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Greg Daniels first got the idea for his Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cUpload\u201d back when he was\u00a0 a writer on \u201cSNL,\u201d from 1987-1990.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was actually trying to come up with a sketch for SNL, and this was so long ago that people were advertising CDs as being the next big thing \u2013 all of your music digitized,\u201d Daniels, 58, told The Post. \u201cI was like, \u2018What else could be digitized, what if we could digitize ourselves?\u2019 It would be a way for human beings to create our own form of heaven. And I was like, \u2018Well, if we did it ourselves, we would screw it up.\u2019 It would be like any other product roll out. And I was like, \u2018That\u2019s a really funny idea, but it\u2019s bigger than a sketch, I\u2019ll put it in my pocket.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now going into its second season (premiering Friday, March 11 on Prime Video), \u201cUpload\u201d is a sci-fi comedy set in a near-future in which humans can \u201cupload\u201d their consciousness into a virtual afterlife after they die. There, they can still communicate with living loved ones through phone and video calls, and the perks and luxuries of their afterlife worlds range, according to how much they pay for it. <\/p>\n<p>The plot follows computer programer Nathan (Robbie Amell), who finds himself living in the luxurious afterlife of Lake View after his untimely death \u2013 thanks to his wealthy and vapid girlfriend, Ingrid (Allegra Edwards). As he explores his new surroundings and grows feelings for Nora (Andy Allo), his living customer service rep, he also comes to realize that he was murdered. Season 2 picks up with Nathan and Nora separated after a misunderstanding, and Ingrid having \u201cUploaded\u201d herself in order to cling to Nathan forever, much to his dismay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_203_210225_HENLIA_00112RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"Robbie Amell in a suit, standing, next to Allegra Edwards in a dress, sitting \" class=\"wp-image-21472162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_203_210225_HENLIA_00112RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_203_210225_HENLIA_00112RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_203_210225_HENLIA_00112RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_203_210225_HENLIA_00112RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Nathan (Robbie Amell) and Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) in their virtual afterlife together in \u201cUpload\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Liane Hentscher<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI pitched it as a romantic comedy satiric sci fi philosophical murder mystery,\u201d said Daniels. \u201cIt was sort of a joke in the pitch that I was going to try and push all these genres together. But as a viewer\u2026 it was something I thought I\u2019d like. Overall, it\u2019s very much a romance, and it\u2019s funny, but you\u2019re kind of off balance with these weird moments of sci fi horror sprinkled in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_206_210327_HENLIA_00398RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Nora (Andy Allo) and her co-worker, Aleesha (Zainab Johnson) stand on a sidewalk looking worried in &quot;Upload.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-21472302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_206_210327_HENLIA_00398RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_206_210327_HENLIA_00398RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_206_210327_HENLIA_00398RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/UPLO_S2_UT_206_210327_HENLIA_00398RC.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nora (Andy Allo) and her co-worker, Aleesha (Zainab Johnson) in \u201cUpload.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Liane Hentscher<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniels, who\u2019s also known for \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d and \u201cThe Office,\u201d said he used some inspiration from the latter to inform Nathan and Nora\u2019s relationship on \u201cUpload.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked making the Jim and Pam romance over several seasons [on \u2018The Office\u2019], and the key to it is having obstacles. And so, when I started to think \u2018What would be a big obstacle?\u2019 the fact that Nathan is dead and has no physical body and is just uploaded and living in the cloud, hosted by a tech company, and Nora is alive and living in Queens\u2026.that\u2019s a pretty big obstacle to overcome. And it could have that poignant feeling that you have when you can\u2019t see a way for them to get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=860\" alt=\"Greg Daniels \" class=\"wp-image-21472368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1720 1720w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1290 1290w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=860 860w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=430 430w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/38046209.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"\/><figcaption>Greg Daniels at the \u201cUpload\u201d Season 2 premiere. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even though \u201cUpload\u201d is a whimsical sci-fi comedy, Daniels said that he and the writers look to the real world for inspiration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the show is only set 15 years in the future, we do a lot of research in terms of what inventions are coming down the pike. We\u2019ll put something in that might be a slight exaggeration \u2013 for instance, we had on the show that you don\u2019t eat natural food, you eat printed food. We thought that would be funny, futuristic and slightly unpleasant. And as soon as the show aired, people started sending me <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories about 3-D printed fake steaks, which are real now. Every month, I get another text saying, \u2018Remember that joke you guys did\u2026 They\u2019re doing that now.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s kind of a weird part of it. It\u2019s set in the future, but the future is catching up to the show.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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