Saw the first episode yesterday it was quite hilarious and much darker than expected. Had a lot of fun watching it.
Some imdb info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384811/
Plot summary from that review posted in my 3rd post I think, hopefully not many spoilers:
Utopia tells the story of a underground graphic novel and five forum users who have never met and are trying to uncover the mystery.
Brooding, dark and atmospheric, the drama establishes a unique style from the opening, within a screen saturated with colour. Rarely does any new drama command such rapt attention from an audience.
Filmed in Liverpool, the drama takes place in an unnamed British city in the near future. The main characters discuss a graphic novel online (one steeped in mystery & intrigue; the author long dead) they learn that one of them has recently come into possession of the second issue, thought to not exist.
The pacing is excellent with the plot slowly revealing just enough to keep the audience guessing. There is much to the show, which borrows heavily from the style of many great modern graphic novels.
Shots are often cropped to look like someone has taken great pains to recreate a frame taken from the classic form of sequential art. Improving on the style of Heroes.
The palette has been artfully tailored to highlight different threads within a carefully crafted tapestry, woven with delightful style for the viewer.
And a trailer:
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I try to like it but I can't get drawn into it. I don't know really why, maybe it's its pace, maybe the fact that they aren't really explaining much. There's the comic book, some kind of a virus and the girl that spends half her time telling that she is the daughter of the author.
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that black dudes 'the fuck is this shit' expression doesnt fill me with enough hope or confidence to want to bother finding out what this show is even about.
I try to like it but I can't get drawn into it. I don't know really why, maybe it's its pace, maybe the fact that they aren't really explaining much. There's the comic book, some kind of a virus and the girl that spends half her time telling that she is the daughter of the author.
its how i feel...it all feels a bit disjointed and badly edited/directed/something?
maybe thats how its supposed to be. i'll stick with it, its watchable and i suspect the last couple episodes will be really good.
It is pretty much a wacky dark conspiracy theory story in overdrive with bodies dropping every episode. And eh I like Jessica Hyde's ass too even if she is mental.
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shame he died.
even if she is mental.
Oh, yes!
