Lost Monster Files

To be honest, I was super excited for this, I love lore and myths so I thought to give it a go.

However, it felt flat for me really quick. I didn't buy the "actors" behaviors, it felt way to fake for me which annoyed me from the get go. I continued watching mainly for the stories, but just to realise that it's a show like most others where they talk about these "monsters", find eccentric personalities to go out and search for them just to find absolutely nothing at all. For me this show only works as a background noise when I have nothing else to watch, I'm quite disappointed and hopefully something better shows up in the future.

It's wonderful that there's a new cryptid show that highlighting the work and voice of Ivan Sanderson. Being able to watch and hear him while the cast explores his life's work is really something special.

The cast is an interesting mix of personalities. I like that there isn't consensus between them when discussing the animals and that they each have their own takes. Only the chupacabra episode has aired so far, but if it's any indicator of the quality of witnesses they bring on, I think we're in for a real roller coaster. The lady with the taxidermy was compelling and analytical while the rest were what you might expect at a local watering hole. I think that blend was perfect.

I have high hopes for the future of this show - great cast, compelling witnesses, and really well put together.

A good show for any fan of cryptozoology!

The cryptozoologists in this show are completely blind to the very real evidence they acquire in the show for the things they "can't explain". Luckily there are two people in the crew who don't shrug off the obvious and often stumble upon an actual explanation, much to the dismay of the CZs...

When presented with "inconclusive" on a dna test, cryptozooligists tend to see that as evidence of an unknown species. Instead of a poor sample, which would be almost certain given that I saw zero actual scientific collection methods.

It's over-sensationalized, somewhat entertaining, but ultimately, completely worthless. I wish there were actual analytical minds going through Sanderson's files, instead of people who saw complete fact in his writings and audio, and took them as gospel.

I enjoy the exploration aspect, but the pretend scientific nature is ridiculous.

There is no such field as "zoo-ology", no such practitioner as a "zoo-ologist", and the fact that that they use those terms kills off any pretense of professionalism.

The term's origin is the Greek word "zoe" (in English characters), which is pronounced "zo-ay" not "zoo-ay". The study of life, zoology, is therefore pronounced "zo-ology", and not "zoo-ology", and a person who works in the field, a zoologist, is pronounced as "zo-ologist", and not "zoo-ologist". A person who is not simply an actor, who actually works in the field would know that. They would have learned that even if they took a zoology (zo-ology) course as a college freshman, much less someone who claims to be a professional "zoo-ologist".

I love history and find the legends interesting, but as a person with a graduate degree who works in a STEM field, the unprofessionalism is like nails on a blackboard to me.

Like most shows of this kind, they go around the country investigating some of the creatures from folklore. Unlike other shows they use the library of research from Sanderson to Jumpstart their investigations. Most of the hosts appear to keep open minds during these searches. They interview witnesses, look for evidence, and delve into some of the lore of the creatures. While open to possibilities the cast mostly keep a practical and scientific eye, except one. Brittany, the cryptozoologist, constantly argues no matter what the evidence says that it could be a cryptid. While it is good to not write off other explanations, she consistently writes off everything and assumes all things are true and everything is really just a cryptid and they just didn't find it this time. She's obnoxious and you can tell at times the other investigators are quite annoyed by her. She's the only one who constantly seems like the dumb one and entirely out of place.