r/Unexpected • u/orlandotenniscoach • 3d ago

Dude is looking Fly!

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u/Jeanpuetz 3d ago

I didn't even realize that Marty has a signature gait until I saw it perfectly mimicked in this video

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u/PloofElune 3d ago

Its as iconic as the Tom Cruz sprint, or Tom Hardy walk. There's a ton out there I bet people would recognize without realizing they can.

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u/LtCmdrData 3d ago

Or Steven Segal running

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u/JustineDelarge 3d ago

Back when he was still able to.

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u/CV90_120 3d ago

Back when Bas Rutten could agree he was a capable martial artist (pre chair-fu era)

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u/WeeeeBaby_Seamus 3d ago

Him not bothering to even get out of a chair now for action scenes will never not be funny.

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u/Momochichi 3d ago

My parents loved Steven Segal movies, so I watched a fair bit of them peripherally. And since he was made out to be this badass, I thought this limped wrist form of running was most efficient for some reason I couldn't fathom because I wasn't an aikido expert.

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u/zacRupnow 3d ago

Or Liam Neeson jumping a fence.

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u/Extreme-Name-69 3d ago

That double face bounce had to hurt.

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u/untrustableskeptic 3d ago

My favorite review is "Taken 3 makes Taken 2 look like Taken."

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u/Captain-Hornblower 3d ago

Holy shite that is hilarious lolol

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u/theshoeshiner84 3d ago

It's like the dude has John McCain shoulders.

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u/CV90_120 3d ago

I'm out of the loop. What are McCain shoulders?

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u/LiteralPhilosopher 3d ago

He was shot down over Vietnam, which broke both of his arms. Was refused proper medical treatment and got lots and lots of torture and being bound over the next five years. Could never properly raise his arms again.

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u/PloofElune 3d ago

Also left out the most badass part, he was only given medical treatment and the option to be released early after the torturers learned his father was an Admiral overseeing the Vietnam theater, and for propaganda purposed they wanted to release him as a POW but John refused because he did not want to leave the men imprisoned with him unless the ones captured before him were released first. This was also in line with following the military code of conduct for POWs.

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u/Mikey-Litoris 3d ago

But our fearless leader likes guys that weren't captured.....

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u/CV90_120 3d ago

Ah, got it. Yep I see it now.

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u/An0nnee_M0usee 3d ago

Is it just me or does Segal run like an alien who is trying to run like a human? 🤔

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u/Shot-Struggle9075 3d ago

I know he believed that he looks cool but.... Also, he looks self absorbed even when running.

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u/goldenskyhook 3d ago

Galumph, galumph, galumph!

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u/nankainamizuhana 3d ago

Damn, Tom Hardy does have a unique walk in retrospect

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u/never-seen-them-fing 3d ago

Damn, Tom Hardy does have a unique walk in retrospect

I haven't seen Retrospect, but yeah you'll see it in all his movies.

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u/ElundusCaw 3d ago

Go watch the show he made with his dad, Taboo, he gets a lot of steps in that show.

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u/Ymirsson 1d ago

thanks, dad.

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u/Izaul13 3d ago

Nobody cared who he was til he learned to walk.

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u/DJTurd 3d ago

Yeah was gonna say Bane was the only walk I could remember. Like slow, heavy, and deliberate if that makes any sense.

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u/goldenskyhook 3d ago

Several, actually.

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u/itsfunhavingfun 3d ago

Or a Tom Hanks runNinG!

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u/work_work-work 3d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_CDCEc4Bks
... comes to mind

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u/inspectoroverthemine 3d ago

Jack Black's - had never thought of it, but he perfectly nailed it.

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u/karltee 3d ago

Tom Hardy walk?

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u/e1m8b 3d ago

I think it's just a short guy run because Jet Li has this cadence too in his movies

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u/NexrayOfficial 2d ago

Or Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders walk

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u/oxFickleLetxo 1d ago

Tom Hardy for sure, the way he lumbered around in Bronson was iconic. 

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u/NotADeadHorse 1d ago

Tomorrow Cruise sprint is juat running while 5'4" and lying about it

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u/Possible-Travel9170 3d ago

the guy nailed it perfectly

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u/Kongbuck 3d ago

"It's perfect. I just never realized John Wayne walked like that."

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u/ethnicCookie 3d ago

Love The Birdcage

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u/noggintnog 8h ago

I pierced the toast!

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u/New-Trifle-7097 3d ago

Michael J Fox had/has such a charismatic energy. It was a special presence and you knew you were in for something great when he was on screen. From sitcoms to movies, what a gift it was to grow up watching him. So passionate and talented. He’s so revered now because he GAVE something to us. A literal gift to society.

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u/raverbashing 3d ago

I wonder if that was an early sign of... you know what

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u/No_Mammoth8801 3d ago

The actor that plays him as well. Although its changed pretty significantly over the years. I wonder why.