Admit it, it's the best series ever aired.

i think x-files is the best

>>212384281 (OP)
Yep

>>212384281 (OP)
it’s certainly not. the rewriting of history to make it seem like anyone cared about the characters is disgusting to witness. unplanned and unsatisfying mystery box bullshit.

>>212384281 (OP)
I've watched over 600 shows in my lifetime and yes. For me it takes the top spot

>>212384281 (OP)
It's not the best but its pretty good.

>>212384281 (OP)
I do love it, but it's not the best.

>>212384281 (OP)
It should be watched at least once all the way through. First 3 seasons are good, last 3 seasons are convoluted and over written, but it defined a genre that television likes to drag back up every know and then, see yellowjackets or from. If you’ve seen Lost you’ve seen them all. This is why it’s necessary watching.

>>212384281 (OP)
I don't believe in absolutes, so no...
But i do think its one of the best shows i ever saw, it's not even the story. It's how they tell the story. Kinda like Adolescence

>>212384481
I really don't think Yellowjackets is all that similar to Lost, outside of "people get stranded after a plane crash", but that predates Lost.
From is obviously similar since it has a lot of the same people working on it. I think we need more stupid "mystery" shows where the writers clearly don't have a plan, it's an important part of our ecosystem.

>>212384281 (OP)
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>>212384399
LOST is very good series. X Files is also good. It's a shame how on IMDB Breaking Bad has higher rating than both.

>>212384281 (OP)
First couple of seasons are comfy kino. From time to time I decide to give it a rewatch telling myself I'm going for the whole thing but I always drop it around season 2

>>212384656
>shows where the writers clearly don't have a plan
Most famous show on the planet did that and it got memoryholed and some people curse it to this day. I'm not entirely sure about the feasibility of that, anon.

introducing new characters in the last season was a mistake.
making the most beloved character the bad guy was a mistake.

>>212384399
I really have to rewatch X files, but the show dragged on too long. I think fringe is a better watch.
Breaking bad I stopped at about season3 or something. Everyone says how brilliant it was I could t really get I to it. But I appreciate it has it's fans so I will try and go back and finish it.
Lindelof does amazing TV work. The leftovers is for me I think also in my top 20

>>212384281 (OP)
If you were on the internet when lost was on ina forum with other like minded folks it just really added an amazing other dimension to the show to be able to discuss it with fans. I shit posted a lot on aintitcool and honestly the lost threads where just amazing.

>>212384359
there were probably a bunch of literal children watching all the hackneyed cliched characters who appreciated them

>>212384785
>memoryholed
The word you meant to use here was "forgotten." Things that go nowhere and were completely pointless are commonly forgotten.

>>212384302
Reminder this show never named the jew

>>212384281 (OP)
>be hack writer
>introduce a lot of random mysteries constantly
>jump ship
>new writers brought in
>new writers don't bother to answer questions, just pile on new mysteries
>rinse and repeat for 6 seasons
>phone in a dogshit ending
>"not everything has a satisfying conclusion in real life"
>retards lap it up as "deep"
Thanks, you fucking mongoloids that constantly switch your content huffing nozzle between this kind of mystery garbage, vtuber lolis, and nascar exhaust fumes have irreperably damaged writing as an entire medium, fuck you all

>>212384359
from jack dying in the first episode until it got nixed by an abc exec at the last minute to the showrunners getting a 3 fucking year heads-up (shorter seasons as well) to sketch out a coherent conclusion it's actually impressive and almost unbelievable what a convoluted clusterfuck the series is after season 1

>>212385322
based

>>212384733
Never seen x files but loved twin peaks. Should I give it a try?

>>212384302
The overarching plot doesn't hold up but many of the monster of the week episodes are great.

>extremely expensive show filmed on location in hawaii with gigantic cast
utterly miraculous the series lasted more than a season (JJ left for a reason) and from there it's very obvious there was zero long-term plan whatsoever no matter how hard you-didn't-get-it/trust-the-planners want to argue otherwise

>>212384733
Man I always meant to watch X-Files but someone who likes Lost saying it's good is not filling me with confidence

>>212385704
yes

>>212384995
I've tried chasing that high again with so many shows on /tv/ and it never comes close. A few shows almost capture that feel for a season or two, like From, but it's never the same.

>>212384995
I liked theorising about so many different shows while they were airing. It's such a shame that Lost basically never went anywhere and was essentially just a constant stream of fan fiction

LOST was the most profound show about faith and perseverance i've ever seen. GORGEOUS

It can’t be considered the best show because it’s a bunch of red herrings to keep people interested. LOST is like an old soap opera where each episode must end with a cliff hanger to keep folks tuning in next week to find out who really is the smoke monster.

>>212384908
>making the most beloved character the bad guy was a mistake
jfc you MORON that wasn't actually locke

>>212385322
filtered

>people are still getting hung up on the mysteries when lost was always a character drama in a sci-fi costume
one of the rare cases of a mainstream product being lost on most viewers

>>212385704
it's nothing like twin peaks but yeah, watch it

>>212387445
no one was watching for the characters.

>>212387499
plenty of people were, those are the people who dont cry about the ending

>>212387445
There's only 2 good characters, which is admittedly more than a ton of shows but not exactly a gold star

>>212387599
>There's only 2 good characters

LOST is too sci-fi for most people

>>212387599
again, plenty of people felt otherwise

>>212387587
so practically no one, hence why the show is completely forgotten and most audiences are poisoned against anything even remotely appearing to have a slowly unfolding narrative?

>>212387630
You're right, it's 1 at best.
>>212387672
Why do I care what the masses of shit munchers think? Plenty of dumb cunts gobble down Marvel turds by the bucketful and claim it's good

>>212387738
you worded that in an impressively try-hard way, congratulations, but that doesnt make up for your insecurity about matters of taste
while were at it, what are some works that a cultured patrician such as yourself might like?

>>212384281 (OP)
Yes
Also Juliet best girl
Kate can suck Eko ass

>>212384281 (OP)
I watch for she

>>212387445
>series high 24m viewers for the s2 premiere to find out what would happen with shannon and sayid
for sure

>>212387952
yeah dirty sweaty kate in that dress is virtually the only good thing after s2

>>212384281 (OP)
If you skip all flashbacks and all scenes with Kate in them and only watch the first three seasons, then yes, arguably.

>>212384281 (OP)
Dark was LOST but with an actual plan.

>>212384281 (OP)
>>212384281 (OP)
I tried to rewatch both and realized they were praised because everything else was shit back then.

>>212387952
I jerked off to her phone sex commercials at 3AM.
And then she shows up in a hit primetime TV show.

>>212388140
>everything else was shit back then
zoomer moment

>>212387838
I suppose anything more than 3 syllables would be "try-hard" to an American.
Ok off the top of my head things I liked recently:
>Return of the Living Dead
>Predator
>Ran
>An American Werewolf in London
TV shows are much harder, they have tend to suck a lot more often

>>212388281
Ran is such a try-hard movie, please don't include that with the greats.

>>212387445
this is what the writers started to say when the pressure was mounting on giving satisfying answers

>>212388321
I dunno I thought it was cool as fuck, only thing I didn't like were the repeated shots in some of the fight montage sequences

>>212388070
Pontificate on the aroma.
>>212388211
I wonder how she looks back on those, kek.

>>212388038
you just proved my point though

>>212388276
Not an argument, kid.

>>212384281 (OP)
Nah, Seinfeld is.

>>212389202
How would the Seinfeld cast fare on The Island?

>let's make it up as we go, and figure out a new shark to jump
>And shoot it like we're on CW
Yeah incredible art

>>212387671
I was in HS when LOST came on and it seemed to appeal to a lot of different types. We would talk about it the next day during lunch.

>>212389329

It was how I started talking to girls. They appreciated my smoke monster theories

>>212389273
Idk, but it would actually be entertaining.

>>212388420
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>>212384281 (OP)
Sawyer popped Kate's cherry

>>212389446
this is rape

>>212389446
Idgaf that she’s 45 now, I still wish that was me.

>>212387952
>>212388070
>>212388211
She did a lot of weird stuff later in her career

>>212390366
Bad faceswap, ranjeet

>>212384281 (OP)
Nah. There's a ton of shows that are better. What LOST excelled at was the discussions around the mysteries that happened every week after a new episode, or between seasons. No other show except The X-Files had as much speculation and interest in the worldbuilding. Which is why I never suggest anyone should watch it, because it simply won't be as good to just marathon it on Netflix. Doing that is missing a key component of what made the experience so great. Zoomers will simply never know.