POLL: What Series Would You Like TA to Watch?

This is the poll of evil

Adam from Germany

Sliders... some of the same writers and staff as TNG worked on this series.

Stevtrek

And just to say there are 2 actors who just absolutely nailed their characters in B5. And mosts shows have weak links in casting for the cast, but Between those weak links in the cast and some actings by guest performers and background actors, hurts its overall acting quality enough for me.

Mark Wood

While I love the attempt at a cohesive story from start to end with Babylon 5 (and though it's not the first of that style shows Blake 7 is a decade earlier that.I am aware of), I find Babylon 5. less consistent in acting, dialogue and overall production. And of course having to restructure the end of its 4th season and that impact on its 5 does impact a bit of its pacing. And its first season, and its pilot pre series, don't help. But its does earn a tone of respect for what it attempts. Scope and scale, even though it lacks polish, world building from the ground up. And trying to keep a consistent tone in writing from seasons 2 through the end are all major pluses. If I was grading purely on writing? It might be different, but judging from finished product it I still find DS9 the superior overall product. But on a pure outright level of quality, I think the expanse easily surpasses them both by a. significant margin.

Mark Wood

I honestly prefer space based science fiction. But Dark is absolutely excellent television. For myself I still believe the Expanse is a better overall show. But Dark is absolutely in my top ten sci fi of all time.

Mark Wood

The Expanse. Simply put the finest sci-fi space based show that has ever been made. This is someone who watch TOS from 69 on, loved a ton of quality sci-fi shows over 55 years of watching tv. While I love Trek (and I LOVE trek), Expanse blows it out of the water in pretty much every single aspect of filmmaking. Other high quality projects (based on its time) Farscape, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Dark. Just to name a few.

Mark Wood

Babylon 5 is really an early DS9 besides which you get Walter Koenig in it.

Gail Seaton Humbert

It doesn't get a lot of votes, but the Expanse is the best of these. True science fiction, Scientifically accurate, but a slugfest throughout, amazing series. I would suggest you guys watch the first couple of episodes and then drop it if it isnt your cup of tea, but I'm betting you two would get it

Richard Powers Hardt

Agreed. Especially taking into account there was no CGI back then. Extraordinary miniature effects. Frankly I was surprised to see this one on the list. One of my favorites!

Ed Eckhardt

Babylon 5 is true storytelling with true character arcs.

Tom Occhipinti

TNG doesn’t have continuity. There’s no arc. DS9 eventually created some kind of arc. B5’s arc is much more pronounced. It really was the first show to create an arc.

Tom Occhipinti

I agree on the "virgin reactions". Just as I won't vote for (or probably watch a reaction to) something I've not seen myself... with the limited time available and sheer volume of things to choose from... it would be a bit of a waste to watch something one of them has already seen.

Jovet

I would say if you are going to be doing the Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series, then go with the rest of that show (2004) I'm also a huge supporter of Babylon 5 reactions and The Expanse Reactions. Those 2 might be better off waiting a little bit until you get through more of Trek and BSG if you are going to get into that. There is always a thirst for a new B5 reaction, especially if they are spread out some .

Nathan Cline

Yep. Theirs is the video for the audio podcast they started it as. Actually, Mega Reacts is about done as well, he's getting into the spin-off Crusade which is only 13Episodes, and then has like 2 movies or so left.

Nathan Cline

Damn I'm bummed to see DARK get so little love.

Matthew Jimenez

100% Battlestar Galactica. Incredible show.

Clyde Frog

Quantum Leap (Seasons 2 - 5)

David Brown

You guys would get a kick out of Red Dwarf. British comedy/sci-fi series, 30-min episodes, 6-episode seasons. You could fly though it pretty quickly.

Screaming Frog

So there is another series that not many people know about its a kinda slept on because its so hard to find but its called 7 days it aired in 98 and ended in 01 so there was only 3 seasons but it was really good ( i absolutely loved it) wont drop any spoilers but all i am gonna say is it involves time travel lol and thats it nothing else

GamingHour2018

Well... At least Farscape is out voting GoT... 🥺😔

Axis 77

Stargate is a franchise where you can find a lot of actors from Star Trek

Yannik M.

It’s should go b5 the expanse and then stargate

Steve the greeeen hand

I think you should create another poll. Only Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Stargate SG-1. And see which one of the three, people go for. I'd be curious which one gets the majority of support from those who voted for one of the other titles on the list.

Tom Occhipinti

GoT would have had a vote until I read that Alex has seen it. While I wish that experience for Josh at some point, I personally prefer my reactors to be virgins so to speak. As such I voted BSG 2004 because I've heard nothing but great things about it and yet for some reason I've never seen it (I did see Caprica) . Along with Enterprise and Discovery those will be things I can experience for the first time with A&J.

Matt Newmark

M*A*S*H !!!!!

Miah1138

I just have to say I disagree with the Sherlock point made. First I love Sherlock, great show, but IMO without knowledge of the actual Holmes stories the show is not nearly as good. It relies on many twists away from the original stories but if you do not know them (like the guys have said they don't) then the show is not as good. The show that is actually great to "get to know" Holmes stories is the 80's to 90's TV show Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes. Most of which is on You Tube for free.

Prof Moff

Show ain't worth it after season 1, but Check out the original West World Movie from the 70s

Justin DiBari

A lot of these I'm not familiar with, but Babylon 5 and some of these other shows deserve the full Star Trek treatment. Baylon 5 is arguably better than Star Trek and there is so much to discuss. And as others have said, it's best to watch after you've seen DS9. Not just because of the nods and thematic similarities, but because IMO DS9 feels like nothing after you've seen Babylon 5. And this is coming from someone who's favorite show of all time was DS9. DS9 is an amazing show, but now it's my second favorite because I've seen Babylon 5. Something like Sherlock would be better to do right now in the style that you propose. More easily digestible, it benefits from being spread out, and you'll gain some sherlock holmes knowledge.

BN13

@fatproduce Don't remember. Let's just say I remember bits and pieces from the original series from my childhood more than the new one.

Jovet

I think it's good. It could be an acquired taste, though. I'm not really sure what they would think of it! Which is the only reason I mentioned it. 😏

Jovet

@Anthony Bernacchi Yeah, I'm really not sure what they would think of the classic series. They would probably enjoy the new one.

Jovet

You might want to wait on "Babylon 5" until you start watching "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" they're kind of similar premise. *And* there is some debate whether DS9 was based on the B5 (the creator pitched B5 to Paramount, gave them his script, outline, characters, pretty much all the details for his show, but Paramount turned him down and then Paramount announced DS9 right after B5 was bought by Warner Brothers).

William Yelland

I'll write-in "Dead Like Me" [2003] (created by the same guy, Bryan Fuller, as "Pushing Daisies" and was an executive producer of Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Deep Space Nine).

William Yelland

"Dark" is really good (casting was amazing), and the whole story wraps-up in 3 seasons (originally planned that way).

William Yelland

I feel more sci-fi may be a little too much maybe? Voted for peaky blinders anyhow, would encourage me to watch it myself too

SinocTheHodgeheg

You should definitely save Doctor Who for after you catch up to the present day with Star Trek in release order. (I don't say "finish Star Trek" because I assume it will never end.) Doctor Who would be, not only longer, but much more difficult and complicated to do than Star Trek for various reasons, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

Anthony Bernacchi

Dark deserves more votes, a very, very good show and not too long, 26 episodes and done. BSG 2004 and The Expanse are my runner up choices.

Phillip Grischa

Farscape gets my vote I think it would appeal to your sense of humour it will also break your heart when you least expect it. Also hope any other reaction doesn’t limit the Star Trek ones we need more not less lol.

Martin Wilson

I had no idea they were set in the same universe; I never watched Warehouse 13. And if I’m being honest, I watched Eureka in part because of how gorgeous the actresses were. It’s a pretty goofy show.

Will Sofer

I voted, but IMO you guys should just do more ST for now anyways. There's so much.

Rj Simas

Oh no lmao I mean, I think it's a crazy show, not necessarily "good" more of "wtf is this and why does it work?", but I dunno if it would match their tastes.

LMPGames

It's a shame Warehouse 13 wasn't included since Eureka is there. The shows were on the same network, were in the same TV universe and had 3(?) crossover episodes.

MrTickleTrunk

Eureka and Warehouse 13 are both must watches, especially since they're in the same tv universe.

MrTickleTrunk

I chose Sliders, which is great it's first 2 seasons. Still pretty good it's 3rd but unfortunately completely fell apart it's 4th and final season. Still one of the most unique scifi shows out there. Farscape is so much fun. I love the characters and the show is great at balancing fun moments with very serious ones. It also really looks different from anything else out there, with great work from the Jim Henson company throughout the series. Stargate SG-1 is an amazing series that spawned a great franchise. Richard Dean Anderson is just great and a blast to watch as Jack O'Neil. I really think you'd love all three of these series! Sliders ran 4 seasons Farscape ran 4 seasons Stargate SG-1 ran 10 seasons

Katie Jackson

I really enjoyed Alien Nation! I agree you can skip the movie altogether.

Katie Jackson

I think that Severance would check a lot of boxes for you, also, since one of you has already seen GoT, it would make more sense to watch HotD instead.

Leo Greenwood

Sherlock. And that will give you an Appreciation for some future star trek episodes

Jacob Conley

If you want to try a series that isn't scifi, but does have ships and crews, Black Sails is wonderful. Pirates in the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, based mostly around the historical pirate haven of Nassau in the early 1700s. It's got a mixture of historical and fictional people, all very compelling characters. High stakes drama, comparable to a show like Game of Thrones. Great writing. There isn't a lot of action to start with as the world and characters are introduced, but it builds up to some spectacular sequences of naval combat in the age of sail. It's quite funny at times, too, but it isn't an adventure comedy like Pirates of the Caribbean, it's much more grounded and uses humor to break the tension of more serious scenes. It was on a pretty obscure premium cable channel back in the day so not a lot of people knew about it, but it's one of the best shows ever, and I'm seeing it get more attention lately.

mrxak

The bad acting in B5 is really just with the guest stars, and on par with bad Star Trek guest stars. The writing on B5 is often much better than Star Trek in any given episode. They both are around the same peaks.

mrxak

Andromeda and Earth: Final Conflict were both based on unmade Gene Roddenberry pilot scripts. They both started quite strong. They both kind of went off the rails after a while.

mrxak

There might be real value in watching Babylon 5 alongside Star Trek in shared release order. A lot of comparisons are made between B5 and DS9. They are very different shows in the end, but there are enough surface-level similarities that they spawn a lot of discussion and debate.

mrxak

That's a great show, too. Not many reactions to it, which is a real shame.

mrxak

If you should do a poll of shows where you watch the first season only, I would suggest Sliders and True Detective. The first season of Sliders might be the smartest season of TV ever, and the first season of True Detective (while very dark) might be the best single season on TV ever.

Nerd's Gold

Many of us consider The Expanse to be the spiritual successor to Babylon 5. So did the creators, I believe. They should definitely watch both series.

mrxak

Battlestar Galactica was popular back in the day, but it really went downhill quick. I think if they do start watching it they may start hating themselves once they get into season 3 and beyond. The Expanse is reasonably recent, also quite popular, and would bridge the generational gap a bit, bringing in more recent scifi fans to the channel, and then hopefully a lot of them would stick around for older stuff like Star Trek and Babylon 5.

mrxak

Yeah, they should add it in release order, and watch B5 alongside DS9. And hopefully by then they have time to do discussion videos as well, because they WILL want to discuss it.

mrxak

They HAVE to watch Babylon 5 eventually, but I think they should try to watch it in release order alongside DS9. If they want to add something new sooner than that, maybe a shorter show could take that "slot" in the lineup for them. They also really should be including discussion time for it.

mrxak

I would agree with that. They should wait to watch Babylon 5 in release order along with Star Trek. It would be pretty fun seeing those side-by-side.

mrxak

Dark Matter was pretty great, and also fairly short. There was also Killjoys around the same time.

mrxak

I would add The Expanse to the list.

mrxak

Nah, watch all of it, in its utter insanity.

mrxak

Babylon 5 has continuity, you mean. So do lots of shows on this poll. So does Star Trek, particularly Deep Space Nine.

mrxak

My absurd/silly suggestion: LEXX (1997)

Jovet

Yeah, Babylon 5 deserves full discussions afterwards. I still voted for it, but maybe they should go with something like The Expanse instead.

mrxak

Those were my two picks!

Tara S

so i'd love to see yall check out SG-1 but i also love Eureka and i think yall would really enjoy both, either way it'll be interesting to see which series wins

GamingHour2018

I think I would suggest picking whichever series is shortest or whichever one peaks the interest of both of you the most. Almost all of these shows are too modern for me to know much about them. I am told that Babylon 5 is kind of like a soap opera but worse in that once you start it you need to watch ever episode back to back because if you skip one episode you might be completely lost. That's just what I was told. Space: 1999 has been streaming on youtube. I think that Space: 1999, Harve Bennett's The Six Million Dollar Man, and 1983's V all start out as miniseries, but I think you would find most 1970s-era shows to be too slow-paced. However, introductory miniseries like with the newer Battlestar Galatica are a good way to get a sample of something. As I said before, being wrestlers, you two also need to watch the two or three Six Million Dollar Man episodes with André the Giant. Looking back at it, I think Space: 1999 was heavily influenced with its look and slower pace by the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. My write-in vote would be for Red Dwarf, probably my favorite all-time show -- 30-minute science fiction isolation comedy heavily-influenced by Star Trek; it you don't like it after the second the episode, you probably won't like it at all, although the show changes quite a bit at episode 13. (As someone mentioned, the pilot episode of Shatner's T. J. Hooker might be neat too. I would also suggest the Shatner films Airplane II and the obscure movie Free Enterprise from 1998 which has one rare obscure joke that only a big Star Trek fan would get.)

Chtphr Rrr

How many season did you get into it? (Spoiler free-wise?)

fatproduce

Why not just stick with trek you got a lot of Greek coming up soon

Jason Biggs

Anyone else out there watch the show Awake with Jason Isaacs? That was a surprisingly good show that was only on for one season.

Angela Graves

If you want to leave science fiction behind entirely for a while, I strongly recommend Mad Men. Great writing, acting, and three-dimensional characters that you'll find yourself both loving and loathing at the same time.

Timothy Hennon

This just inspired me to rewatch few shows tbh ha ha

Christopher Devlin

I vote Babylon 5, but you're going to find yourself having a hard time NOT doing episodic discussions on it, particularly as the larger seasons-long story arcs unfold.

Timothy Hennon

JMS is a superior writer.

Angela Graves

What about us non-fans? I kinda tried watching it and it was too cliché/melodramatic for me.

Jovet

@Target Audience I'd also recommend Red Dwarf. If you enjoy British humor (humour?).

Jovet

VHS doesn't last forever, 'ya know.

Jovet

I'd definitely forgotten about that one! I didn't hate it...

Jovet

The Incredible Hulk (1978) with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno? The first live action incarnation of the Hulk. Even if you don’t watch the series, the 2-part pilot was released theatrically in Europe so it could make for an interesting movie reaction.

Brian K

I think GoT would really be a complete 180° turnaround from Star Trek. 🙂

Jovet

R Knight's analysis and discussion are weak, in my opinion. I watched them for a time, then dropped off. Meanwhile, I am an eager subscriber to "Babylon 5 for the First Time."

Tom Occhipinti

ewwww

Jovet

Yep, tyranusfan... the channel with Brent and Jeff.

Tom Occhipinti

"Babylon 5 for the First Time" with Brent and Jeff. Each week, Brent and Jeff watch one episode (in order, of course, because the series is an arc).... Brent and Jeff react to each episode separately . . . Brent on Tuesdays, Jeff on Wednesdays.... and they don't discuss their thoughts with each other until the following Monday. (All days above refer to when the reactions and discussion are available to the audience.) Decent duo... but you guys are still my favorite reactors. If you check out their channel.... for God's sake, avoid getting too deeply into it. Avoid spoilers!

Tom Occhipinti

@Target Audience That's a good idea. I enjoyed The Orville a lot. But its inconsistent production schedule hurt it.

Jovet

Game of Thrones is a phenomenal series, and an even more invigorating book series. If my 75 year old father (who read very little fiction that wasn't westerns) can get addicted to reading the books, anyone can enjoy it. The show's production is absolutely top notch.

Jovet

Does Josh have children? I presume Alex doesn't. Just wait! 😬

Jovet

Not as campy as Doctor Who! 😁

Jovet

I watched it a year or two ago. It wasn't for me.

Jovet

Oh, definitely. It was more tongue-in-cheek. 😏

Jovet

Probably the one franchise too long to try and tackle while doing Star Trek

Josh (Target Audience)

Doctor Who (1963) is not an option. 😳

Jovet

Me too :)

PIG

Amen. They go up there as my favorite TV, next to STNG.

PIG

No but I’ve heard good stuff.

PIG

That's fair, and I've talked to other people who felt similarly. And I don't mean to disregard or attempt to invalidate your opinion, but I think it's also safe to say that among people who have watched the show, it's a minority opinion. But a valid one, for sure, even if I disagree.

Sam Ferguson

I feel like since this is such a heavy Trek community so far, the answers are a bit predictable, but if you're looking to expand the audience, go for something different and then circle back to the top picks later.

Tristan Cray

Since I don't afford every channel out there, I can only recommend shows I've seen. That being said, Have you (or anybody else, for that matter) seen "The Prisoner"? Made around the same time as Star Trek TOS, it's a take on the spy themes of the day, with a bit of a twist, one might say.... \\//_

D'Lytning

I've only seen the beginning of the US version, but from what I saw it had the same characters, the same plot lines and even most of the same dialogue. So I think it qualifies as a remake.

Regan

I don't know why "For All Mankind" isn't more popular in general, only why I'm not interested in watching it: it does certain things with the alternate history concept that I, as a lifelong space buff, find extremely off-putting.

Anthony Bernacchi

I voted True Detective (only a few others did, so it's not gonna win). But just the first season....

Greg Quinn

Game of Thrones is an epic series that doesn't quite stick the landing. Still one of the best things ever done for TV, though. Babylon 5 is a MUST. This series is an absolute masterpiece. The first and fifth seasons get a bit slow, but it's a game changer. Farscape is FUN. It starts a little rough, but good. Then it gets better, deeper, and weirder. It's a hell of a ride. Stargate SG-1 is great, not quite on Trek's level, but enjoyable. Battlestar Galactica (2004) is a great series. It has its ups and down and (like GoT) doesn't stick the landing, but it's got some truly amazing and compelling moments. Those are my votes, in order.

Paul O'Neal

The only show in the poll that I've actually seen is Sherlock, which is one of my favorites, so I voted for that. I also think a change of genre would be a good idea, as some others have said, and with that in mind, I'd like to put in a plug for The Chosen.

Christina Brock

Is that Brent?

tyranusfan

Seaquest DSV. (Season 1 only).

tyranusfan

The Orville is a great one to add, but in fairness... do yourself a favor. If you have strong negative reactions to "new trek", like many old-school fans do; do the Orville whilst you are also doing new trek, it will help with your sanity and they were released at roughly the same time. BSG 2004 is a FANTASTIC choice, very different feel from Star Trek, but also very VERY good.

Josh Eversole

T.J. Hooker. Hell On Wheels would be an option given your new interest in a certain actor. Deadwood is a great show worth watching but the use of language makes it a hard to ever stream or show a clip of it without youtube blowing a gasket. No doubt the suggestion to watch all the James Bond films has been made by now.

Alan Thompson

Mad Men

AmmaLeslie

I agree with all of what valen wrote earlier. There's a reason that Star Trek and Stargate series are constantly rerun on British TV, but BSG not so much

DG

Honestly, I think you'd both enjoy a lot of these. But the two that stand out are 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'True Detective'. If you end up liking the BSG mini-series, then the series is a no-brainer for you. It ain't perfect, but it's real good. And the first season of 'True Detective' is probably the best single season of television ever made. You can decide for yourselves about the subsequent seasons (it's an anthology), but the first one is a must-see in my opinion. 'For All Mankind' isn't on the poll, but I saw someone else recommend it. I don't know why it's not more popular. It's on a typical "long hiatus between seasons that streaming shows need these days" kind of break right now, but I think it's the best current show on any platform or network. Criminally underrated.

Sam Ferguson

In the 1980s NBC released INCREDIBLE HULK movies, which were terrible, with really bad Hulk make-up and hair, plus corny stories and a really bad THOR. Those movies were based off of the very successful and highly rated CBS 1970s INCREDIBLE HULK TV SERIES, which was award winning with over 80 episodes, only cancelled because it cost too much. It won a GOLDEN GLOBE for Best Actress. Unfortunately, the garbage 80s movie pictures are what people have seen for decades on the internet. The original TV series was excellent, sometimes scary, with a huge following. The "Hulk" transformations were almost as good as AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON's. People post clips from the TV show and they get millions of views on youtube. My only regret about this series is there are NO reactions to it on youtube, only some reviews. The TV series even has many ties and "easter eggs" in SHE-HULK and Ed Norton's Hulk movie, but reaction channels haven't noticed those easter eggs because they haven't seen the TV series. I would PAY to see a good reaction channel do some "best of" episodes of THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

THE Fans

Thanks for the advice it’s well taken. One thing that I’ve learned from doing this for a few years is comparing individual channel’s results on what they react to is almost meaningless. What’s being reacted to is only one factor of countless others and I wouldn’t even put it high on the list. For any show or movie with reactions that have a high amount of views you can find a number of channels with very low views reacting to the same thing. The show has to have the audience out there obviously, but getting them to find your videos and then come back to your videos is not related very much to the show at all.

Josh (Target Audience)

Fargo and True Detective definitely wont win, but I think would be perfect. Each season is it's own story. There are some connections but very much you could pick any season and be just fine. They both would give variety from the sci-fi you've been watching a lot of if that's what you're looking for. I love both of these shows. I hope they come back on future polls....BSG is gonna run away with this victory; and deservedly so.

Elway Simpson

For All Mankind

Brian Leonard

Star Trek, Stargate SG-1 and Babylon 5 are the S TIER of all scifi shows imo. BSG is just space drama with a feint backdrop of scifi. I enjoy Trek because it has gone beyond the needless interpersonal conflict and drama. Stargate shares this with Trek and the relatively similar tone make it a 2nd favorite for most trek fans. I can guarantee you that you will deeply enjoy stargate if you enjoy trek. BSG has a lot of fans but, like I said, drama is too much. Drama has zero rewatchability from my perspective. Real scifi on the other hand I can watch all day and never get bored. Which is why I enjoy quality reactions to real scifi like Trek and sg-1 coz it makes me feel like I'm watching it for the first time again. Kudos for this list!

valen

too much blood and gore. Needless violence.

valen

I would exercise extreme caution adding to adding a long series that may have a strong cult following BUT that might NOT have been widely popular. As an example another channel that started at the approximately same time as yours that also started doing Star Trek TOS got bogged down doing Babylon 5. The channel is R knight look at their growth it completely lost the mojo when they did that look at the views on reactions to Babylon 5 compared to TOS down by 90%. I luv Space 1999 but you should never do that series as MOST people have never seen it. I would reccomend either short series or widely popular series. As an example have you guys seen the X files from the 90s. Series is long 11 seasons but widely popular in the day. Or i would suggest modern shorter run series like Sopranos Game Of Thrones Madmen because even when series was years long there are short 8 to 10 shows a season. They won't bog down your channel. R knights in my opinion the other channel I mentioned is bogged down in Babylon 5 it is long several years the seasons are long 20 plus shows a year and although popular was NOT widely popular. It shows in the view count on their channel. Its like 90% less on unpopular shows. Anyway good luck 👍

Sherman Lin

Plus it has a better payoff

Scarpad’s Domain

Babylon 5 especially seasons 2-4 are in your mutherfracking wheel house I liked Battlestar but was so disappointed in decisions they made in season 3 and beyond, I love B5, for me it’s up there with Trek

Scarpad’s Domain

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Josh (Target Audience)

I was hoping to see The Orville in the list.

Wayne Thomas

Babylon 5 overlapping the DS9 viewings would make for some potentially truly great reactions

DG

Dark is a masterpiece and I would love to see your reaction to it. last two seasons of expanse are super boring. galactica has enough reactions already. Stargate and babylon 5 are the only 2 sci-fi series I am interested in.

Alecco

'Red Dwarf' would be a good change of pace for you & Alex. 6 half-hour episodes per 'season' and very engaging. Good way to de-stress from your work and channel work.

Numinous2019

The Expanse was a great show, but for me it took too long to get going. My husband and I got into BSG right off the bat and were fans throughout. For the Expanse, we started watching it once and stopped in Season One because it wasn't very good. It was only after people told us that "it starts getting really great in Season 3/4" that we gave it another chance. But it did feel like a bit of a slog. A few times when were in Season 2 or so he said to me "do we have to keep watching this?" and I replied "people tell me it gets really fantastic later if we get to that". And it did, and we loved it. But it was a slog to get there...

Michael Ducharme

Have you seen x-files? It would be the perfect choice for you guys. Its so good (at least through season 5, drops off a cliff after)

Todd Pritchett

I second 'The Prisoner'. The McGoohan original, not the mis-conceived re-make.

Numinous2019

The Wire would be good if you were looking for something to give you a variety away from sci-fi that might bring you new viewers.

Jonathan

I voted for it too

Jonathan

I think stargate sg-1 is the closest thing to star trek in terms of tone and style, i watched it over a decade after finishing all of star trek, and i was surprised how much it FELT like what i used to watch. that being said, the expanse is just an incredible show, best scifi tv in years

TivAcrid

I really like the idea of you guys watching BSG because A) You're familiar with the 1970's series. B) A majority of your content is intense discussion and not straight up reactions. BSG provides a rich springboard for your content you wouldn't get with all those shows.

EnigmaticPenguin

Although I don't expect either to win this poll, it gladdens my heart to see Mad Men and The Wire up for consideration

Moonlander

Reminds me of Gene Roddenberry’s “Earth: Final Conflict. Was fantastic early on. By the end of the series, it was just two members of the early ensemble cast left, and it was a completely different show. Honestly, it’s so much like the writing and direction of later Sliders, it’s hard for me to not lump the two together in my mind. Such interesting premises for a show, ruined by network intervention and hack writing.

Will Sofer

WRITE-IN VOTES * Dark Matter * Doctor Who * Pushing Daisies * Tales of the Gold Monkey * Travellers

DirigoDuke

The Prisoner is also a fascinating pick.

Nolan

What’s the channel

Josh (Target Audience)

Tough options. I haven't seen most of those, but those that I HAVE seen: Space: 1999 has some really big highs and really low lows. Think TNG Season 2 on steroids. BSG (2004): Excellent through the first 2.5 seasons, then it drops off. The Wire: Solid all the way through. Game of Thrones: One of the best shows ever through the first 4 seasons, then it drops off. Westworld: I liked it, but the writing is very frustrating. They really try to confuse you so you wonder what's next. Worked for awhile, then it's just a gimmick. Honorable mentions go for two of my personal reactor favorites: Breaking Bad (excellent start to finish) and Lost (a bit uneven. Starts strong, dips in quality, picks way up again, but crashes in the final season. Crashing towards the end is a big problem that a LOT of series feature. I don't know how much your tolerance is for that).

Ian Westcott

Super agree. Eventually Westworld's writing got "obscure for the sake of being obscure, complicated for no reason than to trick the audience, not because it's a better way to tell the story." It's the ultimate mystery box series, and not in a good way. Seasons 2-4 you are basically slogging through the middle of the season, just waiting for the big reveal that you know is coming that will finally let earlier episodes in the season make sense.

Ian Westcott

The Wire is the best show on this list by miles. And I’d like it for the genre switch up.

John M.

I will say this..... there's a reaction channel with over 500 subscribers (including me) that is devoted ONLY to Babylon 5.... and they'll be finished with the series in a matter of weeks. Those patrons might want fresh reactors for their Babylon 5 addiction.

Tom Occhipinti

Only a demon would say that. : P

Tom Occhipinti

SPACE 1999 had the best special effects :)

Starfleet

Yet another ringing endorsement that is 100% true AND 100% fact. ...and it's REALFACT, not GOODFACT...

MertzRocks

I know another reaction channel that was reacting to Trek and Dr. Who had an audience surge with it. I'm also still wary about starting BSG so soon since it is tied into Trek as much as the Orville, and it's gonna be a gauranteed retainer once you get to the more divisive modern Treks... (In all honesty, I will NOT be paying Paramount any money, nor contributing to their viewing figures to be able to watch uncut Discovery, etc. with you guys. Sorry)

Nolan

That would be torture to me. Don't torture yourself...

MertzRocks

Wow more forgotten shows like Alien Nation my poppet... And SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND as well!

MertzRocks

It would be a fine fit. So would Resident Alien or Curb or Shameless or Weeds or Breaking Bad or even Third Watch! --DOES ANYONE F*****G REMEMBER THIRD WATCH???

MertzRocks

Of those listed, my most wanted is Babylon 5, the one I think you'll have the most fun with is Farscape, and the best written is The Wire (warning - it's excellent TV, but man, it will stomp your soul into the pavement). So them's the votes.

North

We might not get to see much of Josh and Alex during them though... They'd be too busy rolling on the floor! :D

MertzRocks

The title describes what the show is... perfectly! 'Remake' is a bit misleading. It is technically correct but it came HARD on the heels of the UK version (of which I've seen only S1 I believe...) and I think for a short time they ran concurrently (I could be wrong). I think I get the US version better simply because I can relate to Chicago more than I can to London (If someone invents the transporter before I'm dead that'll change, bc all my favorite bands are in UK rn!).

MertzRocks

Imho, the performances in B5 range from the absolute highest "BEYOND STELLAR" to "wftwazzat?" But the writing usually saved those few 'bad' actors' bacon. To me, the performances in BSG are more balanced and overall better in comparison. The writing - Oh yeah, B5 wins - mainly because it was all done (95%+) by ONE MAN named JOE. Those episodes that are lacking are the episodes where Joe was burning out from so much work interweaving his vision and rewriting it when necessary. His genius was in creating 'outs' (contingencies) for the possibilities of cast changes. Now all that is not to cast aspersions on the writing for BSG; it's top-tier as well. In fact the fact that many writers contributed can give BSG a freshness from ep to ep that B5 sometimes lacks. B5 production value also improves as it goes along. Watch an ep with 'yeah! space shit!' from S1 and then one from S4 and you'll se a difference. BSG is pretty consistent from miniseries to finale. Final note - Alex and Josh, I think you'll enjoy them both! As well as the current third place runner The Expanse. Oops I meant 4th. I'm sure you'll love the current #2 as well, I'm just not as well versed in Stargate SG1 or its 'sisters'. I lost interest after a while. Sorry SG1 fans....

MertzRocks

Babylon 5 is also going to have a bunch of recognizable character actors who also worked on Star Trek in the 90s that I think y'all will appreciate. It was very much the scrappy underdog of 90s scifi that really punched above its weight class.

fatproduce

This poll is asking a bunch of Sci Fi nerds to recommend another show, which means it will likely lean Sci Fi. That said, I think the Wire is as good as television has ever been and therefore, it wins my vote.

Paul Sage

I only watched Firefly because of this channel so I hope something great is picked that I haven’t seen. So I’ve voted for things I haven’t seen.

Paul Rymer

Fans know the truth.

MertzRocks

}:) Demons ain't real. }:)

MertzRocks

Westworld is a great show if you pretend that it ended after the first season.

Spencer Loften

You guys would really love it, I think. Plus it was only 4 hours w/commercials, so not a big commitment.

Stephen Fenton

Not in a while, but yeah a few people had. Might have even been on a poll at one point I don’t remember

Josh (Target Audience)

Babylon 5 is an even better example, but it WON'T have you sitting in silence, believe me and the other voters that have B5 in 2nd atm. Actually a bit surprised it's beating The Expanse rn but... YAY.

MertzRocks

Has anyone mentioned the “V” miniseries from 1983?

Stephen Fenton

Fringe is 🔥🔥🔥

James Bottas

TNA (Target Nudity Audience) is their OnlyFans page. Recommended.

StonyD

Hey I would have thrown checks onto Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul if they were included, along with the sci-fi picks I made. The only trouble with BrBa and BCS is that so many creators are reacting to them or have reacted. Last year same could have been said of Game of Thrones - they're all onto House of the Dragon now.... Even the Expanse and BSG are getting or have gotten a lot of reactions now. Babylon5 is probably imho the best of the sci-fi in this poll that gets little or no love from creators (at least so far). Stargate and Farscape pretty much tie for second, then Sliders, Space 1999, and Resident Alien** on this poll; plus Alien Nation, V, Fringe and others not on the poll (I only mentioned shows I KNOW so fans pls don't vilify me for missing something above. **Alan Tudyk is HIGH-LARIOUS in Resident Alien. Great dramedy.

MertzRocks

I'm gonna go with the less popular choices. I'd think you'd like Eureka. I love that series. It's a nice look at futuristic technology with a sheriff that's a 'fish out of water'. First season is more humorous, but later seasons are better written. Sherlock is great, but you'll enjoy it more if you are familiar with the Holmes stories. Westworld hits hard in my opinion, and can get a lot of deep thinking, at least it did for me.

Firekrys FWO

I'm right there with ya

James Bottas

I must be the only guy who voted for MAD MEN...

Darin Wagner

It absolutely was until it wasn't.

Strife

I tossed a vote on there Ken. I've never seen it but Cillian Murphy's great

James Bottas

The most depressing and humorless show is winning.

Michael Nemo

Do it dude.

Michael Nemo

Alien Nation has practically been forgotten! Even I forget sometimes. Another, and I'm not really suggesting this one - especially not over Alien Nation - but let's not forget the series V, which has two incarnations. Neither is stellar, but neither was dreck either. Just curious why B5 wouldn't make any sense unless one has seen DS9 S3...??

MertzRocks

Damn, this is a hard poll. I know we can vote for multiple, but I really want to see the BSG reaction continue. Honorable mentions for me though are SG1 (10 freaking seasons, and Atlantis and Universe are also really good), B5, The Expanse, and Farscape (doesn't get enough recognition). As much as I love Star Trek, The Expanse is miles better. It's hard sci-fi, sci-fi based more within actual physics so you don't see a lot of the contrivances that exist in Trek and the stakes become higher because of that. SG1, overall, is just a great goofy show that has a lot of depth. There is a reason it ran 10 seasons and I am sure that they could have squeezed another season or two out of it if they wanted to. B5 is B5, not much I can add. Very Trek in tone for the most part but its age shows a bit more in the visual quality. Farscape is another goofy show that has many serious moments/story lines throughout. It is decidedly more dark-ish than Trek though; not as dark as a BSG. Still, I think BSG would be the best choice since it's fresh in your minds right now.

LMPGames

🤣

James Bottas

FIRST TIME WATCHING Good Morning America REACTION! (Emotional)🤯

Josh (Target Audience)

Still waiting for that reaction to Chicago Med season 8 episode 13 Alex promised at the end of The Enemy Within

James Bottas

Battlestar has better production value, while Babylon 5 has better writing and performances. Also in my opinion Babylon 5 is the more consistently good overall show.

fatproduce

Battlestar Galactica is truly great. However I truly believe they will enjoy Babylon 5 more as a whole. The care that went into the writing and performances are criminally underrated in Babylon 5.

fatproduce

🤣

James Bottas

Damn I did forget that one! I actually really want to watch that

Josh (Target Audience)

Fits with being called a cultists. 🤷‍♀️

Daxeah

They’re gonna do DS9, anyway. With TNG. But yes… B5!

Tom Occhipinti

Well, since this channel exploded thanks to sci-fi, may as well throw Red Dwarf in the ring...

Nolan

You’re only HALF a demon. BSG or B5.

Tom Occhipinti

Demon!

Tom Occhipinti

It needs to be either Battlestar Galactica or Babylon 5 . . . and EVENTUALLY BOTH. Everything else is a distraction. Ignore those demons voting for other shows. Demons, all!

Tom Occhipinti

We get paid to watch TV, I’m sure we can get through a season of whatever. I appreciate your concern though. If we didn’t connect with it at all then I’m sure it would show in the content and there wouldn’t be any interest in us continuing beyond a few episodes anyway.

Josh (Target Audience)

Yeah, my uncle Adolph was born is 1938. Boy did my grandparents have regrets…

Kurt Linke

Not to mention GoT reactions still do exceptionally well all over yt

James Bottas

Not that I want to tell you how to do your job, but I’d hate you to lock yourself into something loathsome for a full season. I’m sure people would accept a caveat if you wanted to only commit to a month at a time (as people joining Patreon specifically for a new show ought to have a month’s worth as Patreon bill’s monthly). Us subscribers are going to have to meet you half way and concede that you won’t like every single tv series ever made and that it’s not some sort of personal criticism if watching our favourite TV series of all time risks you slipping into a coma.

Smear Campaign

Not everyone hated it. The people who named their newborns after certain characters before the story was done do lol

James Bottas

So many good choices! I have only seen most of the sci-fi series so anything else I’d have to find. But you probably can’t go wrong with any.

wildhunt1973

Game of Thrones was jaw dropping tv every week for nearly a decade. Its consistency was incredible

James Bottas

Most people watch reaction content to relive the initial experience through another’s eyes. Who the hell would want to relive that train wreck of a last season?

Kurt Linke

B5 simply because it blends so well with Trek. At least it did for me, since often they aired back to back where I was.

JGoss

Yeah James…. It doesn’t matter lmao. That could be the first sentence of this post, the vote would be exactly the same. Which is fine btw, we don’t blame sci-fi fans for voting for sci-fi shows obviously.

Josh (Target Audience)

lol, truth be told I pretty much love them all but I realize time is finite. The BSG mini series sets up the series perfectly. If you don’t like it you probably won’t like the series. SG-1 is quite a bit different than the Kurt Russel movie and takes a bit to really get rolling.

Kurt Linke

And I've not seen GoT lmao 😂

Daxeah

Love X-Files so much

James Bottas

I mean, character driven political thriller is GoT through and through. I have not seen Expanse actually. Thats just what I heard about it

James Bottas

Sliders is great for a long period, then at the end the studio interfered and it ended only ehh. Really love this show though.

Triforce of Shadows

The Wire is an excellent show. Some amazing characters to meet with endless topics of discussion. I rewatch it once a year and I still laugh and tear up every time. At least watching a few clips or the first 15 min is worth it, and you'll probably be hooked :)

Sunny

You can vote for as many as you want chief

Josh (Target Audience)

Alot of good choises, but I have to vote for SG-1. I grew up watching both Star Trek and Stargate I feel that they complements each other in a strange way. And the fact that some actors appear in both universes makes it extra enjoyable sometimes.

Potatonano

I don't know if I would call it that exactly, but one of the authors did work for George R.R. Martin. I see the show as more of a character driven political thriller mystery that explores the human condition.

Daxeah

X-Files

MrDeadstu

Seemingly can only cast one vote?

MrDeadstu

Perhaps before one of these votes in the future, a reminder to the audience that you guys aren't necessarily die hard sci-fi fans. Sci-fi isn't your main draw to Trek. I believe you have expressed this on camera before. I know you're trying to appeal to the crowd that's here though..

James Bottas

You say choose all that apply, but can only choose 1?

MrDeadstu

See below

Josh (Target Audience)

The Orville.

David Crabtree

You can vote for both

Josh (Target Audience)

Word spread about The Expanse because it was dubbed "game of thrones" in space.

James Bottas

I love Andromeda. Tyr Anasazi is unironically one of my favourite characters and performances of all time; and Kevin Sorbo, even if his influence as a producer ultimately tanked the show's quality and vision, is a treasure as Space Hercules, especially in the early seasons while he could philosophically spar with Tyr. But it is no doubt an acquired taste, and I'm not sure it would ever be able to win a poll like this, especially with the competition.

Joseph Spiros

Voted for curb

James Bottas

This is a very good point. About GoT, I mean

James Bottas

I was on the fence between SG-1 and BSG (2004) but went with BSG because it hits the ground running where SG-1 takes longer to get really good. And honestly SG Atlantis is my favorite out of that franchise.

Kurt Linke

Babylon 5 is terrible, especially the first season, and I can't stand the later doctor, but I love it. I actually never finished the series bc I got to a cliffhanger episode and didn't want to go into the next episode not knowing how the cliffhanger resolved, but then I didn't like the resolution and I couldn't bear to go forward, so I've been sitting in that limbo for the last 20 years, the VHS tapes just getting dusty on a shelf. I've read all the episode summaries; I just couldn't bear to see it play out.

BS

As a new member of the community my choices in order would be : BSG, Curb, Sherlock, & Sliders.

Grigsy

Looks like Peaky Blinders has 3 at least

Josh (Target Audience)

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Josh (Target Audience)

What about Seaquest, Earth 2, Andromeda, and Earth: Final Conflict?

Eliza B

I recently watched all of SG-1 for the first time (besides catching an episode here or there randomly when it was first aired) and ended up really enjoying it. It feels like they had more 'fun' with it compared to the movie, and some great actors (Christopher Judge) make it fun to watch.

Tim I Hely

Awww, Peaky Blinders can't even get a single vote. Such a good show with an incredible cast , but it can't get any respect outside of the UK it seems. GoT started out so good it entered the discussion for best show of all time, and then the later fanfic seasons happened followed by the producers intentionally killing it early because they thought they were now superstar showrunners with even bigger things ahead of them. Only fitting that that decision is what ruined their reputations.

Ken R

As it was at the time! In fact, why not slip B5 into the chronological viewing order? Then the channel will basically become my teenage years chatting with my buds in the 6th form common room!

Chris Christison

I echo this! Though I was always sad to see the loss of Barry Morse in season 2.

Tim Boxall

All four shows have a cohesive story. Star Trek (even DS9, which kind of does in later seasons) really doesn't have it. There are individual episodes of Star Trek that are really really well liked by me, but as a whole the series does tend to have a "reset button" mentality. That said, DS9, TNG, SNW and LD all crack my top 10.

John

You might want to wait on B5 until you've hit S3 DS9. Only then will it make any sort of sense. Watch Sliders before SG1, But watch SG1 with Farscape. You guys might get a kick our of Alien Nation: the Series. You don't even have to watch the movie, it's pretty much recapped.

Eliza B

Imagine how we feel

Josh (Target Audience)

I'd love to watch GoT with them. Regardless of the complaints by the end that was the biggest tv show on earth for several years for very good reasons

James Bottas

You like those all more than any Star Trek? 🫨

Josh (Target Audience)

I voted Babylon 5, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, and Farscape, because all four shows are in my top four shows of all time, and I think some non Trek science fiction of the 90s/2000s would be a good fit for the channel.

John

I knew there’d be at least one recommended series I have genuine interest in that I forgot. This is it.

Josh (Target Audience)

Star Trek will always be one thing, so regardless of additional series going on at once we would be watching it at whatever pace we are watching Star Trek at that time.

Josh (Target Audience)

I think it would be great for you to react to the first two seasons of Sliders. But if you're commiting to the whole show, I don't know if my conscience will allow me to vote for it. There's a reason almost the entire cast is gone and replaced by the end of that show. But, really, the first two seasons... definitely worth it. And it's a show that doesn't get much attention these days, perhaps in part because of how far it fell, so you could fill a hole in the market. EDIT: This is a repost of the comment above that was accidentally removed due to an error, but apparently not before you guys replied to it. Anyway, given that your reply stated that you'd only commit to a season at a time, my conscience is clear. I have voted for Sliders, and Babylon 5 (which unlike Sliders does not require any disclaimer as to quality).

Joseph Spiros

Oh if only that was a thing this poll would be over already lol

James Bottas

We would most likely commit to a season at a time.

Josh (Target Audience)

I don’t think you can commit to any series without watching the first episode at least. What if you pick something based on a vote and then hate it? I also don’t think that all shows work for a reaction. In some of the series listed you’d probably be sitting there in silence for 90% of the video. It’s not that they’re bad series, it’s just that some have moments that pay off several episodes in. The Wire is a good example of that.

Paul Rymer

Yeah some of them can be kinda crazy but the majority of us love to share the show with others.

Daxeah

Joseph Spiros

I'm not going to vote. I do own GoT and I don't have the complaints about that a lot of other people do, but I don't know if it would be a good fit for the channel. I have very little to no interest in any of the other choices.

KatWithAttitude

The Expanse fan base definitely seems to be one of the most… aggressive 🥴

Josh (Target Audience)

I know for a fact that Alex will lose his mind over the incredible writing of Babylon 5.

Ricky

Babylon Star

Josh (Target Audience)

All my love to those that voted Space: 1999.

Michael Nemo

I’m hoping Trek doesn’t stay at 2 episodes a week… forever…

Josh (Target Audience)

I voted BSG 2004. But if Josh has never seen GoT, this could bring in a whole new bundle of TA viewers and Patreon subscribers. While BSG is my “guilty pleasure” vote for fun, GoT would add a new stream of possible exponentially increased revenue. 🤔

Shatner's Cigarette

Since you're watching in release-date order, there will be a time when a few Star Trek series overlap. Will an additional non-Trek series be too much to watch & edit?

Bandit JW

Curb fans LET'S GOOOO

llama

THE PRISONER ('68)

Michael Nemo

Space 1999 is grim 😁

Silk

Throwing in, as always, for Person of Interest.

Chief

Alex has seen it, Josh hasn’t

Josh (Target Audience)

Good suggestion

Josh (Target Audience)

We did this before for a month and called it “pilot season”, so that coming back as an occasional segment could work 🤔

Josh (Target Audience)

The US Shameless would be a hilarious reaction

Andrew Ramos

The Expanse would the most rewarding experience in my opinion but I also got call a cultists yesterday for my love of that show. BSG was almost unwatchable for me due to the poor writing but the acting, directing, music, and sets are fantastic.

Daxeah

Haha. This is a helluva poll! 😁

Silk

Hard opposite to Trek would be awesome. Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Westworld. Early look at the votes seems to indicate we're keeping you guys firmly pigeon holed though. 'Star' in the title or gtfo apparently lol

James Bottas

That is so many years in the future. With just the star trek already done itll be over 7 years before they finish at 2 episodes a week. In 7 years hopefully they produced 7 years of new episodes brining us to at least a decade.

Eric Wilson

TNA

Josh (Target Audience)

BSG or SG1. Anything that can be summed up in three digits.

StonyD

The Arrowverse shows

Ee'char

Bro, us watching ER at 1 episode a week 💀

Josh (Target Audience)

Considering its close connection to Star Trek we would probably wait until post-Enterprise to watch that

Josh (Target Audience)

Perhaps you have a special occasional segment where you only watch a show’s pilot, and like the networks of the day decide if it should make “full series” or not. For example, you could just watch the Breakaway episode of Space: 1999.

Paul Rymer

There is only one season, but I would like to see a reaction to Severance. The Expanse is the one I think you would enjoy the most as a viewer.

Wynstone

US. I thought about putting (US) in the option but figured it wasn’t necessary. Should’ve known better.

Josh (Target Audience)

Agreed on both points

James Bottas

I appreciate the persistence

Josh (Target Audience)

I don't disagree with the sentiment. I was suggesting in the Discord chat something like The Wire or the TV drama E.R. BUT... I'm also a Babylon 5 guy and I can't let it slip by.

Steven Johnson

The original UK version of Shameless or the US remake?

Regan

This is our one chance to strike a victory for Babylon 5 fans across the universe!

Steven Johnson

Have you never seen Game of Thrones?!?

Regan

The Expanse and Battlestar Galactica would be great to watch. There's quite a few other YT 'reactors' that I've watched react to those series and you'd pull in viewers from the YT algorithm on those shows. BSG was probably the best sci-fi show made at the time it was on. I think The Expanse has taken that crown as the best sci-fi show out there now. Both are great serials with good stories. Sherlock is great because each episode is like a feature film (3 per season) with 2 awesome actors in the lead.

Code76

Agreed, but the hard part is the series WILL flop on YouTube at first because of our existing audience, so there needs to be at least some interest for it to survive in the beginning

Josh (Target Audience)

Babylon 5 and DS9 at the same time could be interesting

Colby Scovil-Turton

You should consider The Orville. A bit goofy at first, it gets real good halfway thru first season and onward.

BossTycoon

This is the correct answer🤣

Jason the Dave

I think Game of Thrones, regardless of what people think of the final season, was a cultural phenomenon of the last decade and is worth the watch. I also think a fantasy series would give a nice contrast to the sci-fi angle with Star Trek.

Cameron Thacker

Honestly, something completely different sounds like a good idea. Diversification can't hurt. You want the channel to exist AFTER star trek after all.

Nolan

Have you heard of an campy old sci-fi show called Star Trek? You should consider watching it.

Evan Guthrie

You should just watch more episodes of Star Trek…..I mean BSG 2004. 😂

Shatner's Cigarette

Not on your list, so feel free to disregard this message, but I'm still pushing for The Six Million Dollar Man. You would not be disappointed.

Steve Salyer

Can I vote for Babylon 5 twice?

Chris Christison