Utopia - TV show

Utopia is one of those shows where a guy walks into a school and kills some children. And all for the camera to see, all for the eyes of the audience. Of course, you don't exactly SEE the shot hitting the child, but, you know it does, because he aims his gun at a child, shoots, and the starting credits roll. The first episode has what feels like a ten minute torture scene of someone putting bleach, sand and chilli into someone's eyes, after which he fully takes one whole eye out with a spoon. Offended? Good, because Utopia breaks the mould for British television. It's HARD, incredibly dark, beautiful and violent, brave enough to show scenes that could cause controversy for decades. It's a British show that DOESN'T know its limits. It isn't afraid of what the viewer might think. This show goes up there with Britain's best to offer, amongst Sherlock, Top Boy and Luther.

As well as a lot of blood, Utopia has a lot of yellow in it. One of the best features of Utopia are the beautifully framed and crafted shots that are shown to us. Each shot is like a piece of art, the framing so excellent it'd make an excellent piece as a photo on a wall. The show is very artistic. You can't help but stare in awe. And within these shots is a lot of yellow. It's hard to explain, the creators were insistent on including this colour in almost every scene. It's a recurring theme or so, perhaps, maybe. One thing's for sure is that it does make the show look even more good and even more attractive. An additional plus is that the music or score or whatever, is also brilliant, very edgy and nervy, yet maintaining and pushing the pop arty feel of the show.  

Utopia is a conspiracy story of a group of people who are brought together by a cult graphic novel, due to the fact that these people are the only only known humans to know of this mysterious and rare comic, and there is a known sequel that they all wish to read, so they are brought together to share their appreciation, because they al think that the story is incredible, the artwork fantastic and the back story to the author scary. At the same time, another group of people, called "The Network" are seeking the sequel to this comic, because it holds information that is vital to their intentions. The Network are ruthless and brutal. They pretty much just kill anyone who gets in the way and torture anyone with information. The people in possession of the sequel are in constant danger. And so finally it lands in the hands of six people who just wanted to read a comic. Though through reading, they discover a deep, dark and nasty secret that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, thus begins their plan of trying to stop the conspiracy of The Network. 

Edward Nigma