Chuck Throws One Bird, Kills Two Stones
Chuck Norris:FORCE When I was a small boy, my family was very cautious about what we could watch. And rightly so, I was a terror of a boy. Films like Way of the Dragon and Return of the Dragon were strictly off-limits. But, the resourceful 8 year old knows that if you drape a comforter over the console TV in the middle of the night and turn the volume all the way down, you can get away with some quality television! Okay, maybe 'quality' is too strong a word, but we're talking about the point of view of a mental 8-year-old. It was a few years later when I was able to catch Delta Force in theaters. I didn't even know who Chuck Norris was, but I loved it. I loved the action, the cornball acting, the ridiculous vehicles and props. I haven't watched it since, in part because it's a magical moment in my life and revisiting the film would surely dash those memories that are so lovingly shrouded in the mists of time. Thankfully, Walker Texas Ranger has continued the exports of this outrageous character. The illustration started originally as a concept for a graffiti piece about building protection wherein the text added the reminder that 'this structure protected by Chuck Norris', A play on those ubiquitous security plaques all over North America. The man is over the top. He's the guy who told Haley Joel Osment that he had AIDS. Norris is a Force of reckoning.
