![]() Instead of protecting them, the shot will sterilize the human population for three generations. Kevin Christie (the dubious corporation’s founder, played by John Cusack) delivers a lengthy monologue unveiling his master plan: to trick the world into getting vaccinated for a fake disease. After being kidnapped and dumped at their feet, Dr. ![]() Aside from the character-driven twists and turns, the episode also unveils a diabolical plot cooked up by Christie Corp that should strike a nerve. The Season 1 finale gives viewers plenty to think about. “I have always said that I like the things I create to create strong reactions, and I’d always much rather have people who want to talk about it - whether it’s positive or negative - than give a tepid, ‘I liked it,’ and never think about it again.” “It is what I expected,” Flynn said about the response she’s seen so far. Reviews show a similar range: mixed reactions with marks on the high and low ends. Flynn based the show on Dennis Kelly’s “Utopia,” a 2013 BBC series with a similar premise, including the outbreak.Ĭraig Mazin on ‘The Last of Us’: A Love Story Where ‘Love Is the Problem’įlynn knew there would be audiences who already loved Kelly’s original “Utopia” - and were thus predisposed to not liking its (very different) remake - just as there would be new fans who are fully immersed in the twisty thriller. This core story combined with the release timing have made “Utopia” inseparable from viewers’ day-to-day reality, even though its origins date back nearly a decade. ![]() Part prescient mystery, part shocking science fiction, Amazon Prime Video’s new series follows a group of friends who square off against a mysterious corporation for control of a comic book that may hold the key to ending a viral outbreak. But otherwise, it’s interesting watching people debate how close it is to the real-life pandemic, what they would do, and which characters have the reactions they’d have.” “What I’ve seen so far on social media is that there’s a certain segment, which we always knew about, who just don’t want to see anything that has to do with a pandemic,” showrunner Gillian Flynn said in an interview Tuesday morning with IndieWire. Releasing a television show about a fictional epidemic in the middle of a real-world pandemic was always going to be tricky, and initial reactions to “Utopia” have reflected as much.
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