Platypuschow Utopia is a show I'd never heard of and truth be told had it not been a recommendation I don't think I'd have ever given it a chance even if I had.It's a remarkably crafted British television show that managed 12 episodes across 2 seasons and it's certainly difficult to categorise.It tells the story of a group of people who get pulled into a shady plot that......nope, I pretty much say anything at all and I'll wander into spoiler territory.What I will say about Utopia is that its creation is outstanding, the use of colour is hypnotic and highly memorable! Twin that with some great sound work and a fitting score and it's crafted in a way that puts other shows to shame.The story, the execution, the performances also fantastic so why am I not rating it higher?Though the creation is a pure masterwork it is also riddled with flaws. The characters are mostly very two dimensional, generic, cliched and not all that interesting. Don't get me wrong there are some good ones, but the majority are somewhat lacking.Though I'm not keen on 6 episode television series I think this story was perhaps on too big a scale to successfully work in such a format and thus in places the pacing does seem rather off.And then the finale (Which of course I won't ruin). I'll just say I assume they thought they were going to be renewed for a third season and therefore Utopia is like an enjoyable book that you read only to discover to your horror has had the final chapter ripped out.Watchable stuff but by all rights should have been better.The Good:A couple of interesting charactersUse of colour and sound is very originalOverall decent effortThe Bad:Grant is just the pits, very damaging to the showSome very mediocre charactersFinale is far too open endedThings I Learnt From This Show:A person will hold a grudge should you remove their eye with a spoon

rchalloner While the central premise of the series is a good one and deals with one of the central problems facing humanity today, what might have been a brilliant undertaking is spoiled by several factors. Firstly, the insertion of paranoid conspiracy nonsense which detracts from the main plot line.Secondly massive plot holes, including: improbable characters; a vast number of murders (many public) to which the police appear to be oblivious; a supposedly international conspiracy which only involves British people; and meaningless attempts to weave in real assassinations to the story, which have no relevance and have no historical basis. Thirdly, the extreme and graphic violence, which it seems, does not bother any of the reviewers. Also extremely disturbing is the number of children murdered throughout the series, which again, has not drawn any comments. This is what is so wrong with out society today; we are so inured to violence that we are prepared to accept any amount of it, however graphic and distasteful, in the name of entertainment. Yes it is well made, well acted and visually good, but that is not enough in my view, to overcome some of the truly vile aspects of this series. Handled intelligently it could have been so much more. A great disappointment.

rseyoum UTOPIA. Thrilling. Suspenseful. Unsettling. Tense.Probably the best show ever made (and I've watched lots of great tv shows such as Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire etc.) Not only is it stunning visually, but thought provoking too. It's extremely dark, violent, but has some comedic moments as well. The sountrack is so weird yet amazing and fits perfectly with the show. It's been over a year since I've watched Utopia but there's not a day that goes by when I don't think about it. It hurts me knowing that people have not experienced this masterpiece. The show lasted only 2 seasons after being cancelled and although it ended on a cliffhanger, most of the show's story and character arcs were wrapped up which is fine. With only 6 episodes in each season, there's no filler and the plot always keeps moving forward.If I could recommend one show, it would be UTOPIA.

kbohna Utopia.Petopia is probably one of the most realistic and truthful series that we can ever hope to watch I believe in it 100 and 50% it is something that we cannot even fathom 30 years ago there was only 3 billion people on the planet we're at 8 billion now what does that say about the population growth. One thing I know for certain I know this to be a fact that if 3 billion people can turn into 8 billion what can a trillion turn into if 3 billion turned into eight billion in less than 30 years there what is 8 billion now climbing to 9 billion going to turn into in the next 10 years. We have to take everything in this series 2 account it is probably the most truthful actual if that's even a word series of our time and that's probably why it was cancel. Think about it everything that they're saying in the show we only got two seasons of it but it was enough to make us all open her eyes and realize what we've done if you want to call this a global Earth that's fine I believed in Globe Earth for my whole life but if you want to believe we live on a plane that's also fine you can look these things up on YouTube and find out exactly what I'm saying the point being is that this plain or ball that we live on cannot sting population growth that we are producing. It is definitely the most detrimental thing we've done in our history in this series you will find out the most incredible things that no one thinks about on day-to-day life. I hope everyone gives this attend and maybe a creator if his life isn't in Jeopardy already will make more episodes to show us what we are actually doing to this planet or plane.