Utopia

2013

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  • 1
8.4| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 15 January 2013 Canceled
Producted By: Kudos
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/utopia
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The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant
Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
PeaceGuard A virus which only lets 5% of people be fertile leads to either the annihilation of the human race or the dystopian reality of 'Handmaid's Tale'. For some moronic reason they're talking about stabilizing world's population at 500 million people, but either it's not hereditary and it will only work for one generation or it is hereditary and the population will be decreasing permanently. Sustaining billions of humans also isn't a problem even if oil and similar sources run out, because it's not a problem to run the whole energy supply with the use of renewables. It's just about corpo-political will. Uruguay did switch to 95% of clean energy in 9 years, for example. Of course the overpopulation will become a problem one day, but there's no reason not to simply limit the number of children you can have. China did it and survived. It even grew to economic superpower in the same time. It can be decided that you can only have a single child and you can randomly select people who can have more. Or it can be based on some kind of IQ score, for example, with the lower half being able to have 1 child, so that no one would be excluded from the possibility to have offspring, and the higher half being able to have two children and the smartest ones maybe 3 or 4. 1/3 or more of the people will not want to have any children either way, the same as it is now. Developed countries have stable fertility rates or even negative. Developing countries have positive ones, the same as developed ones once did, but will have stable ones once their living standard goes up.This show is simply trying to sell an idea which is completely incredible. It would be easier to watch if the show would state that some insane group of radical imbeciles fell for it, but it is also suggesting some smart people did, which is just idiotic.Why would a man who changes sides and decides to oppose his fellow madmen, put a virus he's now against into his daughter? It also does not make any sense.A guy whose eye is gauged out and father killed approves people who did it, even though their killing spree methods are a separate thing from their ideology.A girl who wants to kill Mr Rabbit changes her mind, because her father is alive. Like these two are in any way linked. She can track him down with a phone, but whatever, not that anything makes sense in this series.The characters can't simply e-mail the info they have to everyone to alert people, even at the very start of the story. It's not 19th century where it was hard to pass an info. Their enemy is supposedly a limited number of folks without many high figures (one minister?), but they're somehow able to know everything and silence everything. No one is interested in their killing sprees. In general there's some kind of problem with information transfer in this series. In most cases no one passes the crucial information to others or does it late enough for it to be a problem. It's like watching the new Prison Break, both with senseless, half-baked stories.The visual effects are one of the worst I've seen, the credibility of events is awful, the acting is mediocre. It's hard to believe it's a 2013 show, maybe if it would be created in the long gone past, it could be at least a little more credible.And a typical rubbish ending with history coming full circle and a rebirth of the evil/danger.One of the biggest disappointments in terms of average rating vs real quality. I'm only giving it a 6 for reflection inducing value, because most of its aspects deserve less. Maybe impressive for naive people, but cheap for smart ones. If you're an intellectual who enjoys elaborate psychological drama/crime, you won't be satisfied with this title. If you just want a cheap conspiracy theory with Illuminati, evil politicians, scientists, big pharma and vaccines and you have nothing against mediocre execution of the show, then you might enjoy it. As one the characters states at the end of the show - "Well, there are bad people in this world. People, who need to control others." If you're the type of person who likes to see it this way as a part of conspiracy, that's a show for you.
jordan quinn This was the first time i binge watched something and it did not disappoint. This is utopia, a show that ran on channel 4 from 2013 to 2014 for two seasons.It was created and written by Dennis Kelly.It's a about a small group of people who find a manuscript of a sequel to a cult graphic novel called Utopia and now are on the run with everyone trying to get the manuscript back.THE GOOD The cinematography is so amazing and beautiful.It was breath taking. The Music was like a techno track and sometimes chilling but my favourite track was the theme song. Well Done Cristobal Tapia de Veer. Acting was amazing as well from actors like Nathan Stewart- Jarrett(Misfits) to Paul Higgins(The Thick of It) everyone was great. The Story really does fit the show very well and gets very interesting. The visuals are so lovely and so many bright colours.It's hard not to look awayTHE BAD (Spoilers) At the end of series two. it end's on a cliffhanger which really makes me angry but not as angry because all of the good things about the show takes over the bad things (or bad thing)All in all it's a amazing show. go and buy on DVD or watch it on All 4.
donizback This is my first review on this site; I have many, many TV series but I have to admit, this one is seriously one of the best. I am such a fan of British TV shows!The story revolved around a number of strangers, meeting online on a forum, discussing about conspiracies and a comic book they all know about. Soon after, things starts to get dirty... well, you gotta watch it to know more! This show, in specific, has made me question if all the viruses are man made. I watched this show in a week and I question everyone as to what they think about the idea of killing people by viruses. Also, I totally loved Alexandra Roach and Paul Higgins' accent. I always smiled when they were on screen. Adeel and Neil were fantastic! Overall, a great piece of director and cinematography. I hope to watch something as good soon!
SnoopyStyle Two killers go into a comic book store looking for the Utopia manuscript and somebody named Jessica Hyde. Becky is an orphan after the death of her father and she's trying to get the graphic novel 'The Utopia Experiments' funded. Ian Johnson is a nice IT guy. Grant Leetham is a foul-mouthed 11 year old boy pretending to be older online. Wilson Wilson is a conspiracy nut. Bejan calls on the followers of his Utopia forum to meet IRL. Michael Dugdale is a minor government official blackmailed to do Letts (Stephen Rea)'s bidding on a flu vaccine. The two killers find Bejan. They kill him but Grant steals the manuscript. They torture Wilson Wilson and pursue Grant for the manuscript. Then Jessica Hyde shows up.I love the start. Actually I probably love the show's music the most. The show is odd and quirky. It's violent. It's visually cool. I really like the first series. The second series tries to explain a lot and expand on the show. The problem may be that it's impossible to live up to the expectations built up over time. It gets a little convoluted and static. Also the logic of the show struggles more and more as more of the conspiracy is revealed. By the end, the conspiracy fails to impress me but it's still a fun ride.

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