Utopia (FOX reality series)

bnt

It reads like an American take on Big Brother: lock up 15 Americans on a farm for a year, to see if they can form a Utopian society on their own. Considering that the contestants are a calculatedly diverse group of extremists - gun nuts vs pacifist stoners, preachers vs atheists, feminists vs "alpha males", and so on - I fully expect at least one fatality before the year is out. :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImWaJAc-AL8

I only heard about this because the on-screen presenter, Dan Piraro, is an established cartoonist whose work I admire. He was brought in by a friend to do some voiceovers. Then, as he says, his life got very weird.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I like the concept, so will certainly give it a fair chance.

Mr E

I just watched the first 10 minutes and it has potential. It's on a week delay. One person will leave every month and a new person will join, so hopefully that gives it momentum. There is a chance that it could get stale. God knows what Fox will do if it doesn't get ratings - will they keep it going until next August?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Mr E wrote: »

I just watched the first 10 minutes and it has potential. It's on a week delay. One person will leave every month and a new person will join, so hopefully that gives it momentum. There is a chance that it could get stale. God knows what Fox will do if it doesn't get ratings - will they keep it going until next August?

They may relegate it to Fridays or something if it tanks, but they'll probably see it out for the year - cheap as dirt to make I'd imagine...

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Who would've guessed that the homeless ex-con would turn out to be the sanest and most reasonable of the lot of them...

Interested to see how it all progresses.

Mr E

Yeah I liked it. Good mix of extreme characters - a devout pastor (REALLY devout), a drunk drunk, a hippy dippy chick, a polyamorous chick (who is said goodbye to her boyfriend, her other boyfriend and her girlfriend), and the hillbilliest hillbilly I've seen in a long time.

I thought it was a bit manipulative (and somewhat reckless) to put a pregnant woman in there.

Agent Coulson

Mr E wrote: »

Yeah I liked it. Good mix of extreme characters - a devout pastor (REALLY devout), a drunk drunk, a hippy dippy chick, a polyamorous chick (who is said goodbye to her boyfriend, her other boyfriend and her girlfriend), and the hillbilliest hillbilly I've seen in a long time.

I thought it was a bit manipulative (and somewhat reckless) to put a pregnant woman in there.

That really is a Fox thing to do.

I enjoyed the first episode a good mix of Survivor and Big Brother and a touch of The Truman Show but I really can't see it getting ratings to last 52 weeks straight.

Agent Coulson

I watched the first 4 episodes now and I have to say it is quite enjoyable.

Sadly the homeless ex-con wasn't that sane really.