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DVD Walker Texas Ranger - The Final Season
In the world of Walker, Texas Ranger, there's no problem that can't be solved with a big truck, a few roundhouse kicks, and the unflappable-bordering-on-comatose cool of martial-arts-champion-turned-B-movie-star Chuck Norris (Good Guys Wear Black, Forced Vengeance). As Texas Ranger Cordell "Cord" Walker, Norris helmed this fusion of karate chops and cowboy hats for nine seasons; for some reason, the last season is being released on DVD before any of the earlier ones. By this point, the show's formula--non-stop action and high drama with no concern for common sense or coherent storytelling--has been honed to a science. No opportunity for peril is overlooked, particularly when it affords Walker a heroic moment. In the season's first episode, firemen recoil from a burning building, but Walker strides in without a word (and without any of that cumbersome protective gear) to rescue a cute boy and his loyal dog. This is refined cheese: Bad guys wear evil on their sleeves and criminal masterminds act like morons whenever it's convenient to conclude the episode. Norris wisely keeps his dialogue to a minimum, usually curt commands to his multi-ethnic troupe of high-kicking Rangers (Clarence Gilyard Jr., Judson Mills, and Nia Peeples) or warm endearments to his beloved wife Alex (Sheree Wilson). Most episodes bounce between a couple of overlapping high-tension elements (say, arms dealers and an outbreak of the Ebola virus), though this season also features an epic four-episode arc about a villainous computer genius known as "The Chairman" (Michael Ironside, Scanners, Starship Troopers). The standard two-pronged attack can be amazingly effective; no matter how absurdly the characters may behave, the next stirring scene is underway before anyone has time to notice. It's as addictive as potato chips. Fans will find Walker, Texas Ranger: The Final Season crunchy and completely satisfying. --Bret Fetzer
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One star for no extras and what will obviously be re-released wit extras later on.
Yes. That's right. Soon they will probably release all the Walker episodes on DVD and these episodes, released as season 8 or 10, will have all the extras, out-takes, promos, interviews, gag reels, documentaries, etc. etc. etc. Just the idea alone that the box has no season number on the side is enough to make anyone collecting the series sick. This was done because I don't think that the Norris production company even knows which season the last season was as their is some question as to if the first three episodes were a separate season, part of the first season, or just aired pilot episodes. Anyway, there would be no way in hell they could get away with releasing the first three episodes as season #1.
There is a huge problem with releasing the entire run of Walker: Texas Ranger in volumes. When the series originally debuted as a summer series it was suppose to run for several episodes. But Norris, who produced the show himself, ran through the budget halfway through episode #3. Asking CBS for more money to finish the season, instead he was only given enough to finish the third episode in post and the three were aired. When the ratings proved good CBS ordered more episodes giving Norris a chance to finish the initial summer season and continue it to the end of the year.
The first season mess aside, The season before the last season is something else that could be a problem. Problem #1, there is a crossover episode with "Martial Law" where part one takes place on the series "Martial Law" and part two takes place on "Walker: Texas Ranger". [ This is also a problem for Martial Law should they ever decide to release them on DVD. ] The other is the spin off series "Sons of Thunder" which replaced Walker for a few weeks, although walker did make many guest appearances as well as the SOT cast showing up on many episodes of W:TR. When CBS reran some of the Sons of Thunder episodes they were retitled as Walker: Texas Ranger. Norris's production company must now decide if those episodes count as a different series or now as sub episodes of the Walker series.
And then there is those TV movies with Walker which may or may not count as episodes. No wonder they simply released the last season instead of trying to figure out the mess of the seasons before.
Perhaps another reason why this season was chosen was the addition of Nia Peeples to the cast. Sadly, in the last couple of seasons Chuck Norris was in his 60's and could not physically carry the episodes anymore. So new characters were introduced to do much of the legwork, and bar fights, that Walker usually did. It was his age that finally convinced Norris to end the series after 8 years. In an amazing wrap-up episode they were even able to bring back a long dead character, CD Parker. Noble Willingham had played the role for six years but left the series to run for congress. As he was campaigning his characters absence was explained as "Away on a fishing trip". When he won his congressional seat and was not coming back, they decided to end one of the episodes with Walker getting a letter saying that CD had died in his sleep, and the character was buried. In the last episodes of the series "The final showdown prts 1 & 2" The villains not only hunt down all the rangers but let walker know that CD did not die of natural causes but was poisoned, giving Walker a huge motive for revenge. The episode also saw the birth of Walkers daughter as well as flashbacks showing the fate of Hayes Cooper [ Walkers alter ego from 100 years earlier ]
And then they decided to make a TV movie, "Trial by fire" which ends with a cliffhanger. That suggests a new season of Walker, which means this box set is not really the final season after all.
so when do we get the other seasons :(
I'll be completely honest that I never watched Walker: Texas Ranger while it was airing new episodes. I've caught a few here and there of course, but never took the show seriously. I had 2 weeks of vacation, and for some reason my mother had this collection sitting in with her dvd collection. She said that she never watched it. I was at a loss as to why she'd spend money on it. Then I put in the first disc. 3 days later I had watched them all. I was honestly moved by a few episodes. This series was entirely overlooked, and thanks to this collection, I am a Walker fan. I seriously hope that the previous seasons are all released in the near future.
Walker Texas Ranger Final Season
This was an excellent series. The final series had lots of action packed adventure but was still a show that a family could enjoy together.
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