Weird, Jared Padalecki doesn't fight a single bear in The CW's Walker teaser
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Chuck Norris’ Walker, Texas Ranger is a strong contender for most unhinged series of all time, so we were delighted to hear that The CW is rebooting it with Supernatural’s Jared Padalecki. Surely the network will maintain the original’s joie de vivre, confronting Walker with as many Native American spirits, bears, and telekinetic children as he can handle.
This week, Padalecki himself shared the reboot’s first teaser, which is, oddly enough, lacking in jet-packs and martial arts. Instead, it’s all 10-gallon hats, horses, and sad musings about the ex-wife Padalecki’s Cordell Walker couldn’t save. “You are chasing ghosts!” one character yells. We hope he means we literal ones, but, you know, he’s probably talking about the dead wife.
Anyways, you can watch it via Padalecki’s Twitter below.
As we wait for The CW’s Walker to really deliver the weirdo shit, we can always revisit Conan’s magic lever.
Walker, which also stars Lindsey Morgan, Mitch Pileggi, and Molly Hagen, is set to debut on January 21.
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I swear, CW’s entire mindset for picking shows now is “Just try to find a property we can’t make dark and sexy.”
“Alright, some changes right off the bat; no chest hair. Not allowed on CW, can’t have any body hair on the main character or the kiddos won’t fap it to them.”“What about the beard? The beard was kind of a thing for the original.”“If Padalecki, the eternal Tallest Boy Man on the planet, can grow a real fucking beard have at it. Otherwise, there is no way we are stapling fake hair on that man’s visage. Why the fuck do you think people are going to watch this show, the fucking cowboy hats?”“Huh?”“WE WILL NOT CONCEAL PADALECKI’S FACE. Period.”
While I kind of liked the teaser, I am still laughing how it has absolutely nothing in common with the original show. Still, hadn’t realized they got Keegan Allen in the show, which makes it more interesting to me as for reasons I can’t quite explain I thought he was one of the best performances in PLL.
It’s going to take some getting used to to see him without Jensen Ackles.
Hopefully the show lasts long enough for Padalecki to grow an actual beard.
This is what happens when Conan cancels his show. The lever breaks and now we have sexy Walker.
Funny enough, OG Walker was actually pretty serious and gritty (well, as gritty as late 90’s CBS can get) until everyone realized that kids made up a significant chunk of the viewing audience, so they toned things down and made it wackier.
I’m curious to see if the CW version will maintain the original’s innovative “each time Chuck Norris kicks a guy show it from 5 different angles to pad the running time” approach.
and in slo-mo!
Walker started a bit more grounded in reality if I recall before Cordell began developing supernatural senses and all the wackiness came to be. That said, I am here for it.
That Conan clip just made me feel sad.
Too bad it didn’t include this clip:I would always tune in for the last 15 minutes, because I knew that’s when Walker would have to kick some ass. Otherwise, I never watched a single minute of the show.
“I can’t think of anything else but her.”No kidding, Walker. Not one person in the entire teaser says a single line that isn’t about you having a dead wife.
The entire remake is based on a SN throw away gag.I’ll allow it.