The above scene is one of the more bizarrely funny scenes I've seen in quite a while, as Sam Jackson reacts to DeNiro's...transgression in a way typically reserved for finding out a pro wrestler has been smuggling cigarettes across the border to supplement their income.
Thus:
What are your favorite unexpected reactions in movies, TV, games, or wrestling?
Tarantino is actually pretty excellent at this sort of thing, with the scene below, and then the thoroughly hilarious de-balling of the KKK a few scenes later:
In wrestling, naturally the king of this kind of thing is Mick Foley, with his type-b personality generating countless memorable moments amongst the typically macho A-types in the squared circle, though the reaction that's unexpected here is The Rock's smile - which was an even greater moment if you read Foley is Good.
Breaking Bad was pretty incredible at this sort of thing too - as just when you'd expect the show to slow down, or a character to make a rational choice for once, they'd dive right back into the shit in the most unexpected, and thoroughly awesome way possible. See below (Season 3 spoilers):
There's countless more I'm sure I'm forgetting, and I'm excited to see what you all think, so have at it!
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What are your favorite unexpected reactions in movies, TV, games, or wrestling?
ReplyDeleteI know it isn't movie/tv/game/wrestling but...
"I enjoyed reading this" - Someone in the Comments of a Paul Meekin Article
Shane Douglas pulling during a match against Raven was unexpected reaction.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, Kamala and Abdullah the Butcher were the most fearsome wrestlers to me and my younger brother. The reactions from Kamala during the Undertaker match at Survivor Series and the build up to it, were surprising and just made the Undertaker seem just that much better. I love this feud so much, good memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcEiWgYkZDM
ReplyDeleteThe "This is Your Life" segment as the highest ratings ever for WWE was unexpected for me. I thought it was too over the top and ridiculous for my tastes, but evidently I am in the minority.
ReplyDeleteAll the backlash the creators of Transformers: The Movie received when Optimus Prime was killed off. I don't think the creative department saw that coming.
ReplyDeleteI really look forward to these QOTD's. This is a gimmick that should live on forever I tells ya!
ReplyDeleteYou're wrong.
ReplyDeleteSarcasm is NOT an unexpected reaction in the comments of a Paul Meekin article.
That was a shoot according to Meekin.
ReplyDeleteI was totally not expecting Chris Tucker to be annoying in Rush Hour 3.
ReplyDeleteActually liking one of these questions.
ReplyDelete"You cut the cut The Rock OFF at 3rd base!!!"
ReplyDeleteeveryone in the theater laughed when marvin got shot in pulp fiction, esp. since it was followed by "you shot marvin!"
ReplyDeletepeople cheering like crazy when freddie and jason squared off for the 1st time in freddy vs. jason
As a child I was about six when I saw the episode AFTER optimus died, and I was like, wait, did I miss something here?! Optimus is dead?!
ReplyDeletewe ALL cried when aeris died
ReplyDeletedon't even try to deny it
Man, I've been on such a Tarantino kick it's not even funny.
ReplyDeleteActually it's really funny and I'm loving every second of it.
I didn't. Mostly because I knew it was coming.
ReplyDeleteNow that ending to that Lego Movie, THOSE tears were unexpected.
i hadnt even seen it when my friends was like "i saw TF. optimus dies"
ReplyDeletei honestly dont think it registered, and i have no memory of any reaction to prime dying
my 10 yr old self was blown away, however, when spike said "shit"
i loved the last line about "planet duplo"
ReplyDeleteI SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE GUY
ReplyDeleteso, ya know when carter got stabbed in er?
ReplyDeletei didn't see it when it aired, so i knew what happened to lucy, but i didn't know the deets
well, carter falls to the ground in the exam room, after the dude in the stabs him, and it's all dark. carter hits the floor and his eyes get all wide and i'm thinking that he sees the door opening and it's lucy walking in about to get stabbed.
camera changes and it shows he's looking across as lucy lifeless all bloody.
was *not* expecting that to the scene, and i actually gasped
For wrestling I'd have to go with Austin's reaction to the first appearance of Dude Love. From the look on his face, I've always assumed that he'd not seen the Titantron video before the segment.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite unexpected development is coming to this site and not seeing a QOTD.
ReplyDeletei also was like "wtf?!" when romano lost his arm
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh-kw3DOIgk
Spike saying "shit" and Ultra Magnus saying "dammit" was not expected when I was little.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Farva, we'll see it coming a mile away?
ReplyDeleteA Jericho/Goldberg match would've been better than the Goldberg vs. Nobody matches that happened at Fallbrawl 98 and WWIII 98.
ReplyDeleteVince has lost several hundred million dollars already this year. I'm gonna state the last thing he needs to start doing is running shows in Sturgis.
ReplyDeletePart of the deal was that Bret couldn't associate with the other two.
ReplyDeleteIf Cranky Vince is how Vince really he, then his relationship with Kidman is disturbing.
ReplyDeleteApparently the whole "This is Your Life" segment as the highest ratings ever for WWE meme is more Russo bollocks. There is an article in this month's FSM debunking it.
ReplyDeleteMan, I know the QOTD has sucked lately but that is a bad response.
ReplyDeleteSeek a doctor.
Hulk standing next to Thor, then just punching him out of the blue.
ReplyDeleteNo. Just need wrestling events in more outdoor arenas.
ReplyDeleteI kind of liked the 1997 wargames match. Maybe it was bad for business, but it was different to have Mr. Spiffy turn heel and handcuff the horsemen to the cage and beat up Flair.
ReplyDelete"You don't wanna fuck my shit up? You're fucking my shit up right now!"
ReplyDeleteToo soon.
ReplyDeleteWhy? It's Chris Tucker, only time he's not annoying is when he's Smokey.
ReplyDeleteLove that. They actually borrowed a Family Guy technique where they cut out a single frame of motion right before the punch to make the hit look more impactful.
ReplyDeleteI hope we do.
ReplyDeleteI think Farva would want us to crack jokes. I know I would, not that I'd be in a position to gave a damn, being dead and all.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite unexpected reaction was when Meekin wrote an extended article on shoots complete with GIF examples and turned out not to know what a shoot was.
ReplyDeleteA winner is in you.
ReplyDeleteMSL on MLW laid out a pretty convincing argument that it is JBL.
ReplyDeleteWhen Meekin made a QOTD on crap and everyone crapped on it.
ReplyDeleteThat was exactly the reaction I expected.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how WCW1987 shut down Caliber out of the blue.
ReplyDeletei reviewed "starscream live" for the local paper and gave it 5 energon cubes out of 5
ReplyDeletei can't wait till "starscream on ice"!!!
Mad Men, the moment we've waited for as Pete finally lays it out for Cooper how Don Draper is a fraud, using the identity of a soldier killed off, the fear of Don's all along, his secret exposed....and Cooper replies: "Mr. Campbell....who cares?"
ReplyDeleteNo serious responses in this thread guys, clearly Meekin needs to be ripped into more.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't being serious. In fact, I was being sarcastic.
ReplyDeleteNobody knows me, man.
Iran-Nigeria? Yeah, they're the bitches of that group. Bosnia and Argentina should beat both of them convincingly.
ReplyDeleteTJ: anyone see this?
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/t_eoh6vpxnU
I'd give it till after BoD Raw is Farva.
ReplyDelete"Wow that was great"--any woman after having sex with Paul Meekin, unexpected because they are usually suffocated to death before completion.
ReplyDeleteI hear Dr. Death is doing a run in.
ReplyDeleteBotch: unintentional mistake
ReplyDeleteShoot: legit, off script happening, i.e., unscripted promo, legit fisticuffs being thrown, etc.
Totally not the same thing you bulbous twit.
Yeah! Fuck you for answering a question I thought would be interesting considering CM Punk's unexpected return tonight!!
ReplyDeleteSo if a wrestler accidentally throws a punch and knocks out a guy cold, is that a botch or a shoot?
ReplyDeleteThe saga of Cranky Vince escaping Cuba and swimming to Miami with refugees on his back in time to make Wrestlemania 28 was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on any medium.
ReplyDeletequit downvoting me abeyance
ReplyDeleteI find Jackie Chan even more annoying.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised if Cranky Vince was Ziggler.
ReplyDeleteHowever, given the timing of the deletion, maybe it was someone who's been recently released?
What weird WCW coverage we had over the years here huh? For some reason, years went by with random Worldwide stopping and starting. Then we had to put up with one hour Nitros for what seemed like forever despite TNT showing literally nothing else but old movies on their channel.
ReplyDeleteA BOTCH. As in, you were an accident. So it was a botch when your parents conceived you, so they shoot left you in a dumpster.
ReplyDeleteJackie Brown is by far my favorite Tarantino film. Just wanna throw that out there.
ReplyDeleteGoldberg was supposed to have the World War 3 pay per view off and wouldn't work it against Jericho. WCW didn't handle Goldberg perfectly being WCW you have to assume some degree of incompetence but Goldberg wasn't easy to work with either.
ReplyDeleteWhat I take from this is that the Horsemen are losers. Real Horsemen would have broken Sting and Lugers legs for daring to team with them.
ReplyDeleteA certain scene between George Clooney and Brad Pitt in "Burn After Reading", along with the reveal of what Clooney was building in his basement throughout the movie. Died laughing both times .
ReplyDeleteJericho and Goldberg had a story at least. As a one-off Jericho has no credibility, but after weeks of shooting his mouth off people just wanted to see Goldberg crush Jericho - which Jericho was more than willing to do.
ReplyDelete"Goodbye everybody!" - Doctor Nick, Simpsons movie.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to that "Let's support our DDP Yoga efforts!" thing?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I wasn't the only person that never thought Cranky Vince was funny.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching this show live. It wasn't much different than Nitro but I was 14 and could watch hours and hours of wrestling per week. Great time to be a fan.
ReplyDeleteA botch
ReplyDeleteNo, you're wrong.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are cute when you're angry.
ReplyDeleteGood Will Hunting made Ben Affleck a star
ReplyDeletehaha I watched it along with Kill Bill Vol. 2 on that aforementioned Mushroom Trip and holy fucking shit man.
ReplyDeleteTee hee... "avian swerve." That's a good band name.
ReplyDeleteThe Monday Night War DVD is hilarious for, simultaneously, all the right/wrong reasons.
ReplyDelete"Fans were confused, yet interested."
"Alright, we like the USA now... but we *HATE* the south!"
ReplyDeleteWell, that is certainly.... concise.
ReplyDeleteCan someone expand those acronyms for us? JBLis pretty commonly used but the other two lost me.
No way that's a legitimate question. You're just trolling.
ReplyDeleteI saw a local indie fed's public access show where they taped a month's worth of programming on a beach... it was embarrassing. And that's not because Balls Mahoney was their "world" champion.
ReplyDeleteDon't even joke about that. That's like yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater.
ReplyDeleteGood point(s).
ReplyDeleteAh man I shot Marvin in the face!-Vincent Vega
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, it was definitely something -- I would not turn down a Jericho/Goldberg Nitro main event. But what I'm saying is that Goldberg needed to face somebody that was credible on the top level at some point in his reign, and the only time he really did was the September Nitro match against Sting (because if you're going to book Sting vs. Goldberg, you do it on free TV. Because WCW.)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Why he was kept off those PPVs when he was at his hottest is the biggest question mark.
ReplyDeleteDidn't hurt Heyman.
ReplyDeleteNot that i'm comparing them in any meaningful way, of course, but Paul seems to have done okay.
If this was a debate, Candy Crowley would you cut off and talk about how you're wrong and that botches aren't shoots.
ReplyDeleteRusev is Borg!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny because it portrays Vince as a drug addicted bisexual sexaholic with a thing for fat chicks. And even if it is total BS it is completely believable.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed to me that dolphin was an ex-writer who still had friends on the staff.
ReplyDeleteI also think he's way too much of a kissass.
ReplyDeleteThere was also a fake HHH account called "HugeWolfDick" or something.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/HEELWrestling/status/445717821327421440
ReplyDeleteMSL= Mister Saint Laurent from Major League Wrestling (MLW) podcasts. He does podcasts with Konnan and Court Bauer.
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