And with something like Backdraft, which had a literal monument in the form of a theme park attraction constructed in its honor, my fascination only increases. Man, if only there were a snappier term for that phenomenon.Īny time a Whole Ass Thing utterly disappears (such as Game of Thrones post-finale, or James Cameron’s Avatar), I instantly become completely fascinated with it. It was a Whole Ass Thing, and like many Whole Ass Things of late, it completely vanished from the zeitgeist almost as quickly as a gas explosion caused by the sudden introduction of oxygen into an oxygen-depleted environment. It also inspired an attraction at Universal Studios that stayed operational until 2010, at least two decades after anyone visiting the park would’ve had any idea what the hell Backdraft even was. It nabbed a little over $150 million worldwide back when that was still impressive and earned three Oscar nominations for its jaw-dropping special effects.
I was almost relieved to learn that the film legitimately was a massive success, and that the pop culture pervasiveness of Backdraft in 1991 wasn’t just an artifact of my fallible memory. It’s a pure popcorn film stuffed with enough melodrama to make it eligible for a Daytime Emmy.
WATERWORLD MOVIE SHARK SERIAL
Ron Howard’s effects-driven action thriller follows estranged brothers Stephen and Brian McCaffery ( Kurt Russell and William Baldwin, respectively), two firefighters who must contend with their own bitter rivalry as they try to catch a serial arsonist cleverly utilizing the titular phenomenon to murder victims in spectacular fashion. Or at least it seemed that way to an 8-year-old kid like me who religiously watched primetime television and saw an endless stream of Backdraft commercials declaring this fact to be the sovereign truth of the land. 30 years ago this month, Backdraft was the biggest movie in the world.
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