Wednesday, February 27, 2008

It is what it is

Recently I've been watching the first season of Walker, Texas Ranger on DVD. While I could blog and blog and blog about each awesome individual episode, I really just want to bring up one thing. So far I've received the first 2 discs of season 1 through Netflix. For the first 4 episodes (disc 1) the show opens with CHUCK NORRIS IS .... WALKER, TEXAS RANGER. I send disc one away in it's little red envelope, watch a few newer releases and then return to the series. I throw in disc 2 and now the opening credits show WALKER, TEXAS RANGER IS ... CHUCK NORRIS. Whoa. Is that, like, Chuck Norris Zen or something?

What happened between episodes 4 and 5 that they decided to change this? That early in the series wasn't "Chuck Norris" more marketable than "Walker"? Actors play charaters (Norris plays Walker). Characters don't play actors (Walker plays Norris). I find this very confusing. It's like I've entered some sort of backwards bizzarro Chuck Norris world, and I imagine people down south seeing Chuck Norris and saying, "That's Walker, Texas Ranger! He's Chuck Norris on TV!" I look forward to viewing disc 3, and hope that they do a split screen where on the left side there's Chuck Norris and it says CHUCK NORRIS, and on the right side there's Walker, Texas Ranger and it says WALKER, TEXAS RANGER, and there's a big equals sign in the middle.

1 comment:

  1. that is very interesting. And why are you watching Walker Texas Ranger again? I can only assume that someone is paying you to watch it? Or would you recommend it? ANd if so then I must ask, is it good? :) HAHA!

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