Woke ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Rebooted With ‘Gay, Conservative’ Character - Because The Eyes of West Hollywood Are Upon You

[Mariposa Electrique]

Fans of the beloved old CBS show Walker, Texas Ranger will be sorely disappointed to hear it will be getting the CW treatment in its reboot. In addition to Walker getting a new female partner, media reported on Wednesday that he will have a “gay, conservative younger brother.”

The new series will be titled simply Walker and star Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) who will also executive produce. The original, which starred Chuck Norris as Texas Ranger Cordell Walker and aired eight seasons from 1993-2001, was a wholesome, moral show about good vs. evil and roundhouse kicks. With the show, movie actor and world champion martial artist Norris gained a cult following that went beyond the series and spurred comedic and fantastical “Chuck Norris facts,” like “Chuck Norris can strangle you with a cordless phone” or “Death once had a near-Chuck-Norris experience.”






According to Variety, Keegan Allen was brought on to play Walker's brother Liam in the revival:

Described as smart, slightly smug, but with a strong moral compass, Liam is Walker’s younger gay and conservative brother who has been recently promoted to assistant DA. Liam and Walker are close, but Liam gives his brother no shortage of tough love. Liam has always stayed close to home, often sacrificing his personal life in favor of his family duties. In Walker’s absence, he stepped up to take Walker’s kids under his wing. Liam’s close relationship with Walker’s son and daughter makes Walker slightly jealous.

Knowing the CW, now that Walker is back, Liam will have plenty of opportunity to explore his gay personal life for audiences to watch. It will also be very interesting to see how the CW interprets the conservative side of his character – or if they even know what a conservative is! Something tells me the gay representation is more important to them than getting the far less frequent conservative representation right.

In the description of Walker it says he will "find unexpected common ground with his new partner." No doubt there will be lots of misogyny for “one of the first women in Texas Rangers’ history” to fight and lessons for Walker along the way. No word yet on if there will be a trans or non-binary character, but you can be sure something like will be a nice little Easter egg in there, too.

Woke Walker, Texas Ranger: coming soon to a TV near you.

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[Robert James]

Calling it now the brother is going to be a stand in for Milo, sexist, racist, religous, supports the wall, but will abandon his racist ways once he gets gang-raped by a group of the cartel.

 

[Hux]

If this doesn't have this as the theme song, I don't give a rat's ass

 

[The Last Stand]

Can't they just make their own show? Maybe even say: inspired by Walker, Texas Ranger.

 

[Freya]

aren't republicans pro-gay now anyway? it fits

 

[Stormy Daniel's Lawyer]

Jussie Smollet (Gay Tupac) is the lead, right? If not, he should be. That nigger lynched himself, fuck, that's a Chuck Norris round-house kicking his own throat...

 

[heathercho]

What's wrong with a gay conservative? He's still conservative and will vote for the right side, so who cares? Oh that's right... liberals thinking this is le ebic own. Fuck Drumpf amirite?
Sad.

 

[verissimus]

It never freaking stops. They will ruin everything they can get their hands on, and when people complain they'll blame it on the usual "toxic", racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic trolls.

Just wth is it going to take to break the CW already? Seriously?

 

[Bean Cheese]

Ram Ranch wasn't a meme, but a prophecy.

 

[ScamL Likely]

Wanker, TexAss Rimjob

 

[TheRedRanger]

So there's a gay character? I don't see the problem apart from it being another reboot. It's not like they're having Walker go full Brokeback Mountain.

 

[The Wichita Lion]

I'm less concerned with the gay brother and more that they gave a job to someone from that godawful show Supernatural.

 

[DragoonSierra]

Im surprised they didnt make Walker himself gay. This seems to be a somewhat even handed addition.

 

[soft kitty]

LOL, who the fuck is going to watch this?

 

[Rabidcolombian]

Does Hollywood think everyone is gay now? They get more damn representation in Hollywood than Hispanics, Asians, etc.

I want to be optimistic about a gay conservative character (Done right, I wouldn't have a problem) but you know there's just going to be woke bullshit behind it.

I'd much rather watch a show centered around a gay conservative and how he has to deal with his values vs what society forces him to believe just because he's gay. Milo caused enough attention and uproar, a show like that could come up with lots of ideas. Perhaps a gay character who tries to teach others the "horrid" idea that being gay is not his identity and there's more to someone's character than who you sleep with. For Pete's sake, if you look at the greatest fictional characters of all time, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Luke Skywalker, Spiderman, etc does being heterosexual figure into their identity AT ALL? Don't gay characters deserve that as well, woke Hollywood?

Rate me optimistic though.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Walker, Texas Ranger was always a stupid show and they're not making Walker himself gay.

I can't bring myself to really care about this.

 

[NIGGO KILLA]

 

[Garth]

Who actually watches any of the trash they're regurgitating? Seriously. I "cut the cord" about six years ago. I know that the major news networks such as FOX/MSNBC/CNN et al are all vying for the remaining boomer market too set in their ways to cancel their dish subs, but are they really the target for this trash? "Here you go, boomer. The edge you've been waiting for. Walker's brother is a faggot. Watch him cope!" Is there enough of a thirsty gen X market left hoping they'll get the torch-pass they're jones'ing for? I'm at a loss ...

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Why Hollywood has the desperate need to buy an established franchise and then fundamentally change it beyond recognition, is beyond me.

If you are going to buy a well known IP for a pile of cash, I would presume that you want to actually use the IP.

If they want to make something new, or their own, then why do they need to spend money to buy a used franchise?

Because name recognition won't attract the kind of eyeballs the creators are so obviously aiming for.

 

[Marco Fucko]

Walker's brother meets a Sioux guy and falls head over heels.