I get the Matrix comparison now. It doesn't really kick in until later on, but yeah...I've finished season 1 and that's more or less what I expected a few episodes ago but there are still a lot of things to explain, so I'm still interested. It's not the same quality as Matrix though (I didn't watch Dark so for me that's the closest setting I know of).
You should definitely check out Dark. I think it's one of the better Netllix exclusives, and it's not overly lengthy.