Jeza posted:

Recently remade to little fanfare and lukewarm critical reception in the US, the original UK show Utopia is a criminally underrated/unknown show. It's not particularly well-known in the UK, and gained essentially no traction in the states. It was cancelled because it simply wasn't particularly successful.

As far as TV shows go, Utopia is probably the most stylish show I've ever seen. It's definitely a little bit style over substance at points, but cinematographically/compositionally it's gorgeous. The music is also top-tier and very memorable. It's absolutely brutal/shocking viewing at times as well, with a lot of uncomfortable scenes.

It's available on Amazon Prime, but be warned that if you can access it another way, I recommend it because they have made a lot of editorial decisions to cut out certain parts.

Also, it feels almost more relevant than it did at release, what with climate change and a pandemic being key plot points.

Trailer (No spoilers, give a good flavour of the visual style and music):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJnN3WMwDsk

Opening scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOeeFajZtE4