Utopia (Amazon Prime)

cdgalwegian

Deleted User wrote: »

Ok.. just finished it.. overall I thought it was pretty good..

Suitably different enough and similar enough to the original..

Wasn't as dumbed down and Americanised as I was expecting..

Solid effort I thought..

Half-way through, and similar thinking so far. Can't help comparing with original, obviously, which hampers enjoyment a little, but pretty good I think. Didn't expect it to be more violent tbh, and certainly didn't expect

Samantha's out-of the-blue killing by Jessica Hyde

; kudos on one level, but it felt a bit overly gratuitous, as a means to exemplify Jessica's character.
Defo missing Cristobal Tapia de Veer's music equivalent. Obviously the colour palette has shifted, but the music was standout in the original.

cdgalwegian

cdgalwegian wrote: »

Defo missing Cristobal Tapia de Veer's music equivalent. Obviously the colour palette has shifted, but the music was standout in the original.

I thought the music was done well.. like I said similar enough and different enough..

The first half of it was probably stronger than the second half..

ItsHoggie

Has this been taken off Prime?

cdgalwegian

ItsHoggie wrote: »

Has this been taken off Prime?

Utopia not on my special tv app, and got Prime free for 1/12- so finally got round to watching it. However, I found I can't get it on the Prime tv app, but I can on my computer, which is how I have to watch it.

ItsHoggie

cdgalwegian wrote: »

Utopia not on my special tv app, and got Prime free for 1/12- so finally got round to watching it. However, I found I can't get it on the Prime tv app, but I can on my computer, which is how I have to watch it.

Yeah it’s not on Prime on my phone or PlayStation, which is how I only watch Prime.

Francescoli

I have it on my phone and on the app on Nvidia Shield.

cdgalwegian

Releasing a conspiracy thriller concerning a virus, amid a pandemic, ordinarily might have boosted interest, but not so with Covid- people's instincts at this stage might be to avoid it like a plague, or a pandemic. Utopia then, is already on the back foot, before the inevitable frailties it's going to suffer from in comparison to the sleeper hit masterpiece that was the C4 original.
I thought it was pretty good- all the time trying not to make comparisons to the original, so as to try and take it on its own merits. There was lots of clever enough change-arounds, and obvious attempts at new emphases e.g. new "where is"'s, etc, but it did feel rushed. Part of the charm of the original was the time given to characterisation through dialogue, instead of relying on action as a means to maintain interest. That said, the action in this was pretty entertaining.
The biggest let-down was Jessica Hyde's role, played by Sasha Lane. I say role, rather than acting, as I think Sasha probably did what she was supposed to do;

her role was supposed to be psychopathic, just like all the others of 'the Harvest', due to her upbringing, but the saying "to understand is to forgive" just didn't seem to apply here- there was very little empathy for her

, so it was hard to root for her. John Cusack was excellent, Rainn Wilson was pretty good, as were most of the rest.
Although it does suffer in comparison, it has enough entertainment, and quirkiness that makes it refreshing, that I'd definitely like a second series.

magentur

This is very curious. A few weeks ago Amazon released a major new series . Available worldwide on Amazon Prime. Except for one country. Ireland. Where it is not available.

The plot relates to a global pandemic which is actually a ruse to persuade people to take a vaccine which sterilizes them. Leo Varadkar recently announced that he was hopeful that we would be the first country to be given a widely distributed vaccine for covid.

This is by the by. Who decided that this series could not be shown in Ireland.
The govt.. Amazon... The pharma companies.

MrStuffins

magentur wrote: »

This is very curious. A few weeks ago Amazon released a major new series . Available worldwide on Amazon Prime. Except for one country. Ireland. Where it is not available.

The plot relates to a global pandemic which is actually a ruse to persuade people to take a vaccine which sterilizes them. Leo Varadkar recently announced that he was hopeful that we would be the first country to be given a widely distributed vaccine for covid.

This is by the by. Who decided that this series could not be shown in Ireland.
The govt.. Amazon... The pharma companies.

I am a fan of the original show. The original series was available in Ireland the whole time. Its original C4 run, it was available to Netflix for a while afterwards.

Sorry, could you please substantiate your claim that the show has been banned in Ireland? Or have you just made that up?

Morathi

I literally just checked, available for me no problem.

magentur

MrStuffins wrote: »

I am a fan of the original show. The original series was available in Ireland the whole time. Its original C4 run, it was available to Netflix for a while afterwards.

Really. Could you tell me where. Not saying it wasn't available.
Just that this major new release in not available in Ireland

Morathi wrote: »

I literally just checked, available for me no problem.

Are you using a UK vpn or one from another country?

MrStuffins

magentur wrote: »

Just that this major new release in not available in Ireland

Well no, you're not just saying that. You're saying it's banned.

Could you substantiate this please?

magentur

This is the series I am referring to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(2020_TV_series)

Morathi

magentur wrote: »

Are you using a UK vpn or one from another country?

Nope.

magentur

Morathi wrote: »

Nope.

I don't believe you.

magentur

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well no, you're not just saying that. You're saying it's banned.

Could you substantiate this please?

Semantics. Let me rephrase. Who decided that this show was not to be available in Ireland?

Atlantic Dawn

Working fine for me too, no VPN.

Morathi

magentur wrote: »

I don't believe you.

XD XD XD XD

I guess you have to get Prime then, the only way to be sure.

magentur

Morathi wrote: »

XD XD XD XD

I guess you have to get Prime then, the only way to be sure.

I have a full prime subscription. You obviously do not.

Morathi

What an incredibly strange thread.

Zhane

Available here too...

Morathi

Like.....when I logged on tonight for a bit of boards TV chat, I never thought my subscription to Prime would be called into question. :pac:

magentur

Morathi wrote: »

I literally just checked, available for me no problem.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Working fine for me too, no VPN.

This is very strange. Not available for me on Amazon Prime Video... Irish account

And google gives me this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfEH3i6NEmE

This is it

So it's not "banned". Good lad.

/Close thread

MidlanderMan

Available for me too.

Stop watching conspircy ****e on youtube.

TheChizler

Not to fuel the conspiracy but it's not listed on PrimeVideo which seems to filter geographically. You can see what shows are available in your country on JustWatch and it's available in the UK, France, and US but not Germany, Austria, Italy, and Japan. Maybe you're on to something OP...

magentur

This is it wrote: »

So it's not "banned". Good lad.

/Close thread

MidlanderMan wrote: »

Available for me too.

Stop watching conspircy ****e on youtube.

Well. I watched the conspiracy ****e after I was unable to find the show.
Are there two types of Amazon Prime accounts. Because it definitely isn't available on mine, Why? Still an issue here to be teased out

magentur

TheChizler wrote: »

Not to fuel the conspiracy but it's not listed on PrimeVideo which seems to filter geographically. You can see what shows are available in your country on JustWatch and it's available in the UK, France, and US but not Germany, Austria, Italy, and Japan. Maybe you're on to something OP...

Strange that a major new show would not be available in select countries.
And it was announced for release in Ireland last week. Just seems to have been pulled after a few days. And yet some here with irish accounts can get it.
Puzzled.

MidlanderMan

Not only can I watch the new one, I can watch the original 2013 version too.

Go to bed lad.

TheChizler

MidlanderMan wrote: »

Not only can I watch the new one, I can watch the original 2013 version too.

Go to bed lad.

Do you have your region set to the UK or something? All I have is the cr*p Irish selection.