Bluelitespecial

Since he's always made his health a priority it seems like he'll be around into his 90s if not longer.

DJariya

This news is a few months old. But 2023 is the 30th anniversary of Walker Texas Ranger. The entire series was dropped on Peacock back in April.. It's remastered in HD and is now 16:9. It's also on the Roku channel.

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I watched a few episodes today and it looks really good. I have the entire series on DVD (4:3), but now this is not making me want to watch those. . There's no BD and probably never will be.

I know there is a lot of stuff to watch already and catching a series from a few decades ago might not be of immediate interest to anyone. But, just putting this out there for any Norris fans.

DJariya

Chuck Norris turned 84 yesterday




In honor of his birthday, I finally watched my blu-ray of Good Guys Wear Black. I bought it for like $10 at the last Kino Lorber sale.




I don’t know how many of you saw or even heard of this movie. It came out in 1978.

It’s not that good. It’s probably average at best. There are some decent hand to hand old school fight scenes and Chuck (probably a stuntman) kicks and flys through a car windshield. But, it’s kind of boring. The story is kind of convoluted and the lighting and direction are not great. It’s very dated and rough looking even with the new master. Although, one of the co-stars is a very young and pretty Anne Archer. She was 30 when it was made.

Chuck was still very early in his career at this point.

Bluelitespecial

If Walker is on Roku I'll check it out. I'd love it if Vinegar Syndrome would get a hold of Invasion USA for a 4k release.

Brian T

I remember this playing regularly on terrestrial TV (Detroit area) for years not long after it came out theatrically, usually on ‘8 O’Clock Movie’ showings and such, and not the networks. I seem to recall it being a cable mainstay as well (?). Definitely a very average picture. Norris did get a strong (and at that point, needed) supporting cast which made it a huge improvement over his previous two pictures — SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANCISCO and BREAKER BREAKER — and it’s really the movie that set the direction for the rest of his career.

That would be great considering it’s ten times the film that SIDEKICKS is, and they made room for that in their catalog. Shout’s special edition had excellent special features, but it’s OOP and $$$ (and too cherished for me to sell! ) so it would be cool to see it back in circulation with both formats in the same box.

Bluelitespecial

I have the Shout Factory blu-ray as well but might consider a double dip of Invasion USA if Vinegar Syndrome released a 4k edition. They would do an awesome packaged set and I'm sure put together some good extras.