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List Price: $38.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 3850
Released: June 13, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Martial arts star Chuck Norris made his transition to the small screen with the action-packed television drama WALKER TEXAS RANGER. Lasting for nine seasons the long-running series followed the crime-fighting adventures of tough-guy Texas Ranger Cord Walker (Norris) as he brought justice to the streets of Dallas with a well-placed karate chop to the city's more nefarious criminals. Walker's unconventional interrogation methods clashed with his computer-expert partner Jimmy Trivette (Clarence Gilyard) and the by-the-book county D.A. Alex Cahill (Sheree Wilson) who also functioned as Walker's love interest. This collection presents all 26 episodes of the series' debut season.System Requirements:Running Time 1458 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 097368809345 Manufacturer No: 880934
Description of Walker, Texas Ranger - The First Season:
An unofficial Chuck Norris fact: With apologies to Al Gore, global warming does not cause hurricanes. They are caused by the wind generated by Chuck Norris' flurry of roundhouse kicks to the head. Which is why this seven-disc set will blow you away. After Norris's movie career stalled, Walker: Texas Ranger revived his career and catapulted him to international icon status of Hasselhoff proportions. He has since been transformed into an affectionate punchline for the likes of Conan O'Brien and the purveyors of the Official Chuck Norris facts website ("Those aren't credits that roll after Walker: Texas Ranger. It is actually a list of fatalities that occurred during the making of the episode."). Co-created by future Oscar-winner Paul Haggis (Crash), Walker: Texas Ranger is a tailor-made vehicle for Norris, whose eponymous character dispenses somewhat suspect justice. "You screwed up," one particularly nasty miscreant tells Walker. "You forgot to read us our rights. Walker obliges, but not before kicking him into submission, "You have the right to remain silent." Walker's methods may perturb Asst. D.A. Alex Cahill (Sheree J. Wilson), but they sure come in handy when she is menaced, Cape Fear-style, by the recently freed corrupt sheriff she sent to jail ("Borderline") or kidnapped by a cult leader ("In the Name of God").
There are three crucial elements for a great Walker episode: A particularly vile villain (drug dealers, rapists, baby-stealing politicians), coolly delivered Chuck-isms ("When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you," reprised from the great Code of Silence), and, to quote Jimmy Trivette (Clarence Gilyard), Walker's new, more by-the-book partner, the "squinty-eyed make-my-day stuff" that Walker punishingly dispenses near the 40-minute mark of nearly every episode. When you've got Chuck Norris, you don't need A-list guest stars, but Walker's first season does feature some familiar faces, including the future Spider-Man Tobey Maguire ("The Prodigal Son"), Stuart Whitman ("The Reunion"), and a post-Wonder Years Danica "Winnie" McKellar ("Stolen Lullaby"). Norris may not be Oscar or Emmy material, but watching Walker unfailingly lay out the bad guys and making the guilty pay is the essence of comfort television. As Trivette says, "I hate to admit; the man is good." In short: don't mess with Texas! --Donald Liebenson
Walker, Texas Ranger - The First Season Reviews:
More Teen / Adult Level Material 
2008-07-03 - I was surprised at the language and story lines in the first season. Not what I expected and not what I wanted my 10 year old to watch. However that being said the few shows I watched were solid Chuck Norris. I only rated it low to bring attention to the PG rating not displayed in the ad.
Walker 1st Season 
2008-06-05 - Walker is totally awesome. I love this show and had to have these. They have some of my favorite shows on them.
The one and only Chuck Norris stars in a show that is truly all his own.
2008-05-24 - In the early 90's, the ever popular martial arts master and action movie star Chuck Norris was not getting many offers for movies. An idea sparked in someone's mind, and Norris was offered the title role for a show called "Walker Texas Ranger", he accepted it, and an entirely new legend was born. This show is most likely what makes Norris best known to today's modern audience. I do not see this show as silly, or stupid, or so dumb that it's good, or anything like that. I sincerely, genuinely, and truthfully see it as a great show. The plots are original and imaginitive. This show also starred Sheree J. Wilson as Assistant District Attorney Alex Cahill, Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Sergeant James Trivette, (Walker's partner in the Texas Rangers), and last but not least, Noble Willingham as C.D. Parker, whose bar was a common meetingplace for the main cast. I am now officially debunking the endless theories that every episode contains the same elements - Alex, Walker, Trivette, or C.D. is kidnapped, Walker transforms into legendary Texas Ranger Hayes Cooper, etc. First of all, in many of the episodes, Alex is not kidnapped, not to mention that she sometimes is barely even if not at all in the episode. Second, Hayes Cooper does not appear until the second season (actually the third season). Do not judge this show by what you have heard from others. Believe me when I say that the show is one-of-a-kind, and it is truly awesome in every way. When you do watch it, if you're like me, you will be bending your ear to every line for one of those well known Chuck-isms, such as "If I wanted a confession, I'd beat it out of you." Great storytelling, acting, and action is what made this show what it is. Don't miss it! Below is a list of episodes included in this seven-disc DVD set.
1. ONE RIOT, ONE RANGER (2-Part Series Pilot)
2. BORDERLINE
3. A SHADOW IN THE NIGHT
4. BOUNTY
5. STORM WARNING
6. IN THE NAME OF GOD
7. CRIME WAVE DAVE
8. END RUN
9. FAMILY MATTERS
10. SHE'LL DO TO RIDE THE RIVER WITH
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. AN INNOCENT MAN
13. NIGHT OF THE GLADIATOR
14. THE LEGEND OF RUNNING BEAR
15. SOMETHING IN THE SHADOWS (Part I)
16. SOMETHING IN THE SHADOWS (Part II)
17. ON DEADLY GROUND
18. RIGHT MAN, WRONG TIME
19. THE PRODIGAL SON
20. THE COMMITTEE
21. DEADLY VISION
22. SKYJACKED
23. THE LONG HAUL
24. RAMPAGE
25. THE REUNION (2 Parts)
26. STOLEN LULLABY
SPECIAL FEATURES
Previews
THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ANYONE, LIVING OR DEAD, INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF "WALKER TEXAS RANGER".
Entertaining and Refreshing
2008-05-21 - It's fashionable these days, I suppose, to scoff at a television show like Walker - Texas Ranger because it promoted traditional values.
I suppose that following the exploits of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears is far more "hip".
But Walker - Texas Ranger had a very successful 9 year run, despite the fact that the critics universally panned it for its one dimensional characters (the "good guys" really were good guys and they always triumphed in the end), the network buried it in a Saturday night slot (traditionally the dead zone for a televsion show)and did nothing to promote it.
But the viewing public watched and enjoyed it for a very long time because each week, you were the recipient of a good story with a very likeable cast of characters led, of couse, by the title character Cordell Walker Texas Ranger.
Each week, Walker,a Texas Ranger cut in the mold of John Wayne, successfully used his investigative and martial arts skills to bring down the bad guys, who were engaged in everything from drugs to good old fashioned cattle rustling in modern-day Texas.
OK - so the guy isn't Lawrence Olivier in terms of his acting ability and the diversity / range of emotions he was required to convey each episode. But he was very, very believable as a resolute and unstoppable force of justice and fair play.
Walker was ably assisted by a supporting cast including Jimmy Trivette, an ex-Dallas Cowboys football player, who turned in his helmet for a badge, Alex Cahill, an assistant district attorney, who provided the love interest for Walker in the latter seasons and CD Parker, an retired Texas Ranger, whose watering hole was the favorite haunt of Walker, Trivette and Cahill in their off-hours. Sadly Noble Winningham (CD Parker) died of cancer during the run of the show.
The show oftentimes was a platform for a number of different issues that Chuck Norris was personally involved in, primarily the fight against drugs and providing healthier lifestyle choices for younger kids who were at risk.
It's easy to be a cynic and laugh at the show's efforts to address these issues. But I'll give Chuck Norris and the producers of the show full marks for not caving in to the critics and trying to create something alittle more "fashionable" just to appease them.
The fact is that the show lasted 9 seasons, a long run by television standards so there must have been alot of very "unfashionable, unhip" people who were very appreciative of a show which promoted the types of values that it did.
Thanks Chuck and cast for a alot of enjoyment watching this great series.
And thans to CBS Video for releasing this series on DVD - I own every season released so far and have spent countless hours enjoying these episodes all over again.
Great Show
2007-09-28 - Walker Texas Ranger . This is a great DVD collection karate kicking beatin up on the drug lords and the rest of the bad guys . This DVD is great family entertainment . Its too bad they don't have more of these types of shows .
