Backdraft is a firefighter classic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have its flaws. Well, major flaws. What other firefighter movies do you want to see reviewed?
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@takashiross8553 Жыл бұрын
“Don’t let it know you’re scared!” Same logic applies to: spiders, snakes, bears, muggers, and Sunday afternoon when you realize work is less than 24 hours away.
@MichaelDavis-cy4ok
Жыл бұрын
I recently heard that the rules for handling electricity are the same rules as for handling explosives: 1) Have fun 2) Be yourself 3) It's more scared of you than you are of it 😂😂😂
@miriamweller812
11 ай бұрын
Thing is: that CAN have an effect on animals and even humans, while fire will give a giant fuck about your feeling when it burns you to a crisp.
@MaboPete
5 ай бұрын
Same applies on monthly visits to the mother-in-law.
@liano9711
4 ай бұрын
Also, printers. If they smell fear they'll jam immediately just to ruin your day
@joywarriorspack
3 ай бұрын
@@MaboPete Came her to reply it work with my mother 😂
@lasonris8934 Жыл бұрын
Summary: “I love this movie, it started my career!” “Don’t do any of it!!!!”
@theutahtexan6276 Жыл бұрын
Backdraft is the top gun for firefighters, can't do any of that shit either but still looks cool lol
@abhishekjee919
Жыл бұрын
Now that explains why I came across this video while I was surfing through Top Gun scenes. Who knows! I might run into Days Of Thunder next.
@OtherSideOfMorning
Жыл бұрын
Like rounders for poker players..
@x43902467
Жыл бұрын
It's also Die Hard, and Lethal Weapon, and... Well most cop movies. but fuckit, we still love them.
@MickeyKnox
Жыл бұрын
that pretty much sums it up very accurately
@TurtleSauceGaming
Жыл бұрын
@@abhishekjee919 Days of Thunder is like backdraft for Nascar. Now that's a thought that keeps me warm and cozy.
@Dubanx Жыл бұрын
I love how the fire extinguisher waits until they throw it into the fire to explode, even though the nozzle had been broken off several second earlier.
@eriksand9262
Жыл бұрын
Right. Like, if they wanted it to possibly explode shouldn't they have left the nozzle on. Breaking it off just gives it a hole to vent through 🤷♂️🤔🤣
@Ole_Rasmussen
Жыл бұрын
Pressurized gases are just polite like that
@thorr18BEM
Жыл бұрын
Guys, it works just like a grenade. Just pull the pin to start the timer, right? ,... right?
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
Hiw about the visible shockwave?
@mikeholmstrom1899
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I had once worked in servicing fire extinguishers. I made the mistake of still having some pressure in it, when I unscrewed the nozzle head. Powder instantly goes *everywhere*, no delay like that scene.
@LUVEMDPOWER Жыл бұрын
Most realistic part of that movie was the guy [can't remember the character] doing overhaul on the first fire, no mask, coughing & hacking, pulls a pack of cigarettes out of his coat and lights one up.
@LongIslandP8ntball
Жыл бұрын
Robert deniro I think lol
@Addrit85
Жыл бұрын
Adcox lol
@WillNotTheGamer
Жыл бұрын
it is so true lol
@firefighteruppy9121
Жыл бұрын
We all laughed hysterically because that was totally true!
@devinhallsworth5531
Жыл бұрын
100 % legit.
@bobsmith-wg9fz Жыл бұрын
A buddy of mine worked the EFX crew for Backdraft and each member on day one got a denim jean jacket with a cool embroidered logo of the movie on the back and each one was lined with fire retardant cloth for safety. One of the best and coolest crew gifts I ever saw in my 30 years of working in the biz
@ellencameron3775
Жыл бұрын
IATSE?
@bobsmith-wg9fz
Жыл бұрын
@@ellencameron3775 EFX like blowing or burning stuff up EFX
@ellencameron3775
Жыл бұрын
Like are you or your buddy IATSE?
@ilovelamp61
Жыл бұрын
Your mom works in the biz!!! I’m sorry… Jim Beam made me say that. 😂
@williamdegnan4718 Жыл бұрын
Respiratory protection? Back in the '70s only specialized teams had air packs. I used to watch guys come out of a working fire and cough up liquid smoke onto the sidewalk. These were the days of leather helmets, tall boots and long rubber coats. I would not be surprised if they used the boots to brew coffee, back in the day.
@flyingled3176
Жыл бұрын
Late 60s early 70's we had aluminum helmets, hip boots and fireball gloves that when your in the heat of it they shrink around your hands......good times
@lovelight6973
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow.
@lovelight6973
Жыл бұрын
@@flyingled3176 wow
@Croz89
Жыл бұрын
And we all lived to tell the tale! You yungun's don't know how easy you have it! **emphysemic cough**
@MichaelOnines
Жыл бұрын
I'm also told there was a bit of an east/west divide in full adoption of breathing apparatus. The eastern US departments valued clarity of communication over the inhalation hazard. If I recall correctly Backdraft was supposed to be Chicago FD, so they probably didn't adopt breathing gear as quickly as say LAFD or SFFD. Would be interesting to see what the philosophy of the real department was at the time the screenplay was written.
@Ezeikeil73 Жыл бұрын
When I was a rookie a couple of us were studying first aid and one of our crew burst saying "wtf are you guys doing? Backdraft is on!" So, of course we dropped our books. Just as the big finally fire started we got a call for a structure fire! Needless to say we were pretty keyed up by that point LOL
@Vesperitis
Жыл бұрын
I'm just imagining you guys running into the fire, jackets unbuttoned, chiseled faces exposed, an axe in one hand, and running from explosions in slow-motion.
@evilsharkey8954
Жыл бұрын
Did you remember not to show fear?
@lilfizzypoplollipopzvonecek14
Жыл бұрын
@@Vesperitis XD
@jbianculli1
Жыл бұрын
The most unrealistic thing you said was being invited to watch tv as a probie and actually doing it
@thecleaver7606
Жыл бұрын
The words you never say are to the point of nothing's going to happen now
@charlessaint7926 Жыл бұрын
All you need is Kurt Russell yelling at the fire, "Yeah. F*ck you, too!" then throws a stick of dynamite at the fire.
@nikkijack911
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@Tera_GX
Жыл бұрын
This kills the fire
@charlessaint7926
Жыл бұрын
@@Tera_GX They used exploding dynamite to put out the oil-well fires in Iraq. They set them off beside the burning geysers so the explosion sucks out all the oxygen and puts out the fire.
@Klaaism
Жыл бұрын
@@charlessaint7926 John Wayne did it when they made the movie about the dude who invented all this.
@amzarnacht6710
Жыл бұрын
@@charlessaint7926 Sometimes they even use the detonation to crimp the pipe and stop more oil from escaping. Guess that takes quite a wallop. Brave as F* thing to do, considering how close they have to get.
@fightfire001 Жыл бұрын
Without a doubt, one of the reasons I wanted to be a firefighter. Along with Emergency TV show, this movie was definitely an inspiration, very quoteable and fun even though unrealistic.
@dinascharnhorst6590
Жыл бұрын
The difference being Jack Webb insisted on accuracy over spectacle and using actual incidences for the calls. Yep. A whole generation got i to the biz because of that show. Paramedic since 1980 and still going.
@ripvanwinkle2002
Жыл бұрын
get him on some D5W.. STAT!
@Darthbelal
Жыл бұрын
"Emergency!" was almost mandatory watching for Gen Exers. Loved that show back in the day....
@thejohnbeck
Жыл бұрын
I remember that opening clip, seeing the syringe squirt to remove air bubbles, not knowing why, and thinking "He's wasting some"
@johnharris6655
Жыл бұрын
A couple of fun facts about Emergency. Mike Stoker, who played Engineer Mike Stoker, was a real LA County Fireman and engineer. LA County did not mind a couple of actors driving the squad but they insisted every Fire truck or other rig be driven by a real engineer. Mike Stoker was an engineer who happened to have a Screen Actors Guild card. Ron Pinkard. Doctor Mike Morton, was a Navy Corpsman and retired from the Naval Reserves with the rank of Commander. He could do most of the medical procedures on the show and was the unofficial technical advisor. 60's teen heart throb Bobby Sherman quit acting to become a Paramedic after doing one episode on this show. Jack Webb told the writers every incident had to come from a fire department somewhere. Producer Bob Cinader thought that would be boring until he started reading actual logs and said "The best writers could not come up with some of this stuff."
@leadpilled5567 Жыл бұрын
My dad had 45 years in and at his death (cancer) was a deputy chief. I grew up at the fire house. The first scene was me playing with turnouts and every now and then got to go on a run. Now I’m 20 years in still on the truck. I just love breaking shit too much to take the LT exam
@LilDucker
Жыл бұрын
My father who was also a firefighter for 20 years passed 2 months ago from cancer me him and my older brother at least once every few months would watch backdraft together and we'd listen to my dad talk about the calls he went to when he was a volly on long island New York idk I just think of him when I see anything related to backdraft and well he's the reason I'm trying to get into firefighting/EMS full time (the EMT basic class I applied for starts in January so that's exciting)
@danacarter9147
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss, guys.😔
@jonathanharwood1255
9 ай бұрын
@@LilDuckerso, how's the training going mate?
@johnharris6655 Жыл бұрын
A friend of mine was a new firefighter and he got to go to a special Premier of this movie. Kurt Russel was there and he said Kurt was honestly in awe of every firefighter there. He said Kurt was a genuine nice guy.
@spacetexan1667 Жыл бұрын
As a kid I LOVED this movie 😂 was the first time I ever thought “wow it’s not only soldiers and cops that are badass”
@Vesperitis Жыл бұрын
Astronauts have Star Trek, fighter pilots have Top Gun, political operatives have The West Wing. Just because a film or TV show isn't realistic doesn't mean it can't inspire people to do the real thing.
@seanhartnett79
Жыл бұрын
Yep
@le13579
Жыл бұрын
Correction/clarification: Political operators have Veep.
@MakeItWithCalvin Жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see your take on the show Emergency being it was based on real calls and they tried to make it as realistic as possible.
@Trinidadianlove
Жыл бұрын
I loved Emergency!
@rabidsamfan
Жыл бұрын
I would like that too. I am sure some of the episodes are ripe for commentary!
@seanconlin8712
Жыл бұрын
Let's leave Johnny and Roy out of this they have stood the test of time this year Mark's the 50th anniversary of the show
@MrYfrank14
Жыл бұрын
The woman who was having trouble breathing because her girdle was too tight and when he cut it off it smacked him in the face, was pretty realistic.
@joyfisher8008
Жыл бұрын
@@seanconlin8712 good grief! I didn't know it's been 50 years. I loved that show. And Adam 12, the LA police show.
@erincosta565 Жыл бұрын
I love Donald Sutherland in this movie. He is one of those actors who can play a really creepy bad guy.
@unidenprogrammer3867
Жыл бұрын
with those teeth lmao.
@amzarnacht6710
Жыл бұрын
@@unidenprogrammer3867 Steve Buscemi
@DigDug513
Жыл бұрын
Yes. The parole hearing scene with Deniro as the fire inspector, when he gently taunts Sutherland, the arsonist into exposing exactly why he should remain in prison, is perfect. The acting by both was superb. Sutherland was chilling and terrifying while speaking so gently. IMHO, this was the best, non-firefighting scene in the film. I served with a medic in the army who was also a volunteer firefighter. He loved this movie, and we would watch it regularly. He'd nitpick all of the mistakes, of course, but were always quiet when we reached the parole board scene because it was so powerful. I definitely understand why firefighters love it so much.
@hillbillynurse7212
11 ай бұрын
He's my favorite living actor. The breadth is his talent is indescribable-from the arsonist in Backdraft, to the assassin in Hollowpoint, to the pothead professor in Animal House, to the idiot soldier in The Dirty Dozen, he's covered just about every conceivable personality there can be in a movie.
@censors_starve Жыл бұрын
My favorite part of that movie is the grocery scene because that is the save-a-lot grocery store my grandfather ran at the time. Idk it is kinda cool knowing that my grandfather gave them the ok to shoot in the store and that it was somewhere I had been even before the movie was shot. Sadly he was offered a spot in the movie as an extra but turned it down.
@seanhartnett79
Жыл бұрын
Should have done it
@Firesword534 Жыл бұрын
Rescue 911 and Backdraft were the two that really got me into wanting to be a firefighter. Became a paramedic instead, but Backdraft is always great even with how over the top and outlandish it is.
@johntabler349
Жыл бұрын
William Shatner narrating true stories, loved the show
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
I'm not a firefighter but I'm a new emt. This is a great freaking movie!!! It's never gets old. Thank you Jason for the video! So many great scenes in that movie. The cast hit it out of the park.
@ShinGojira-xq7fm
Жыл бұрын
I'm a new EMT too, how are you liking the job so far?
@jimmyc4329 Жыл бұрын
I'd always wanted to be a fireman before Backdraft ever came out, but it definitely revived my desire to try even harder to be one. At the time l had been working as a Paramedic but when l saw that movie it really rejuvenated my desire to get into the Fire Service and eventually l finally got the opportunity. It was the best years of my life. Retired July 31st 2022 with 35 years combined service under my belt with 22 years and six months as a fireman. And yeah, like most of you l have the movie poster, DVD and soundtrack in my collection. Keep the videos coming Jason!
@PaleBaldFlMan Жыл бұрын
I’m a nurse and that’s how I feel when I watch medical dramas/movies/shows, etc. Well played sir as always.
@146TS Жыл бұрын
Fans of firefighter movies/shows: "I hope Hollywood learns from its mistakes in 'Backdraft.'" Hollywood: produces Station 19 and 9-1-1 on Fox Fans: @#$%!
@chainsaw5vent
Жыл бұрын
Best FF tv show after “Emergency!” Was “Rescue Me” with Dennis Leary. Lou. Black Sean. White Sean. Mikey. Yep!
@vedbed
Жыл бұрын
@@chainsaw5vent Rescue me is my favorite tv show as of right now, it’s pulled me in and I can’t escape it’s grip
@bkane573
Жыл бұрын
The only good EMS show is Third Watch, only on the Roku channel now. Their first stuff is very tight tho. It just wasn’t a focus. They shot in NYC. During September-11th. They handled it perfectly.
@YusDyr
Жыл бұрын
@@bkane573 , agree completely! "Third watch" series are hilarious! Even here in Russia we (ff and ems medics) love it!
@ForcedHandleName
Жыл бұрын
If we wanted realism, we'd watch reality TV. /s
@the_once-and-future_king. Жыл бұрын
Backdraft is the greatest fire department movie ever made, and nothing will change my mind about that!
@swaggson2250 Жыл бұрын
What he really needs to do is green screen himself into Ladder 49 aswell. I'd love to see how that goes.
@janiexoxo
Жыл бұрын
That was a good movie
@lizzie5919 Жыл бұрын
I know every word of this movie. My son (now a firefighter) watched it on repeat........forever
@paulmatakovich9096 Жыл бұрын
Considering that at that time CFD still wore only boots , nomex uniform pants and rubber slickers to fight a fire. Air packs were optional. Not sure how the rubber coats didnt melt is beyond me.
@thisissparta789789
Жыл бұрын
They used them until 2006, in fact, though the coats were made of the same stuff modern gear is today by then, at least.
@Mrhalligan39
Жыл бұрын
If you really got in it, those rubber coats could indeed scorch up very nicely. They could be scalding to the touch for a few minutes afterward. I turned in my nomex coat in 2006, but I kept the rubber one I got from a retiree. I,d take the long coat and boots back in a second.
@chainsaw5vent Жыл бұрын
I was inspired by Johnny Gage and Roy Desoto. “Emergency!” Is still the best!
@RICDirector
Жыл бұрын
Forever and ever!!
@seanconlin8712
Жыл бұрын
It has stood the test of time 50 years
@kurskfirebrand4494 Жыл бұрын
that fire extinguisher one comes straight out of 40k logic
@erikbovee2158
Жыл бұрын
40k logic would have been reducing the building to rubble from orbit. There can't be a structure fire without a structure.
@buckberthod5007 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Finally! After recommending this multiple times, we finally get a Backdraft video. Even if it is awesome, there's still some real BS moments in it.
@Klaaism
Жыл бұрын
"Its cool but it will still kill you."
@susantully1533 Жыл бұрын
Backdraft is like watching hunt for the red October. It could happen, we all want it to happen and it's so outlandish that it can't help but to be entertaining.
@tatashady Жыл бұрын
Watching EMERGENCY! was the thing that made my friend become a firefighter AND paramedic. Luckily, he made it to retirement alive.
@80airforce Жыл бұрын
Every time we’d be in an elevator we’d always quote the scene when they’re in the high rise and the probie asks what to do if the floor is on fire. Don’t get out 🤣
@zebruh2794 Жыл бұрын
Backdraft is either makes me roll my eyes or laugh but some moments make me go okay 😌🙂
@Argosh Жыл бұрын
There comes a point where the rule of cool just takes over.
@coleman4840
Жыл бұрын
@Amenadiel stop
@bjverzal Жыл бұрын
For me, it was the TV show emergency. That’s what got me started.
@ruthsaunders9507 Жыл бұрын
Manly men and awesome soundtrack! I haven't watched it in years but I probably still have it memorized.
@joshuabrowncrow Жыл бұрын
“You go, we go!” That phrase is like an anthem.
@cameroncooper5922 Жыл бұрын
Ladder 49 next ??
@danevertt3210 Жыл бұрын
Man I love this guy I wanna join his department just to hear all the crazy shit that comes out of his mouth everyday
@lilfizzypoplollipopzvonecek14
Жыл бұрын
Me too
@jordanevans3735 Жыл бұрын
The investigation aspect was oddly accurate compared to the suppression aspect. Not perfect of course, but there were true things in that like the light bulb thing.
@johnkenley4687 Жыл бұрын
Backdraft was one of those movies i grew up watching with my grandpa, he and my dad were for a period both firefighters, and my uncle still is.
@Ozzy83666 Жыл бұрын
Dude I've loved that movie from the first time I saw it. Thank you so much for your service and dedication to saving lives
@thisissparta789789 Жыл бұрын
Chicago used hip boots later than any other department in the US, 2006. There are still some videos out there from very recent of their guys not even wearing packs on roofs, let alone using them.
@raeorion Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid my Dad, volunteer for fighter and first responder, to me to Universal Studios and the Back Draft ride was awesome. I remember that experience the most vividly (and admittedly the dinosaur ride...). It was an awesome experience with my Dad and he made sure to tell me all about fire safety before, during, and after the ride 🥰
@Favorline Жыл бұрын
Seriously, I can't get enough of your videos, keep up the great work :)
@romancarlisle7577 Жыл бұрын
Might be unrealistic. Still one of my all time favorites because it’s awesome and got me started in the fire service.
@johntabler349 Жыл бұрын
Good story telling can survive technical inaccuracies and still achieve inspiration and entertainment, fun episode
@42TRGSako Жыл бұрын
Awesome! 👌 Do the TV show Emergency! next! Then the haters will come after you with their torches & pitchforks!!!🤣
@RICDirector
Жыл бұрын
He knows he'd better not. Emergency! Is sacred! Plus, its harder to pick apart from the standpoint of its own time; was reasonably accurate and incidentally, was the LAST time any Hollywood production listened to its technical advisor....!
@realtsavo
4 ай бұрын
@@RICDirector Eh, M*A*S*H did pretty well in that regard, but yeah, after that...
@wrecktech Жыл бұрын
Parts of this movie were filmed on a structure built on the outdoor 10m diving tower and 16 ft. Diving well at the Rehm Park pool in Oak Park, Illinois right next to OPFD station #3.
@Medicbythesquare Жыл бұрын
Work at a station once where a newer member invited his girl over late one night and they reenacted that firehose love scene. Unfortunately he had forgotten that the bay had a motion activated security camera...😆 He was given a short vacation. To my knowledge his girl was too embarrassed to ever come to the station again.
@jonathanehn35255 ай бұрын
I love the extinguisher grenade strategy. Always guaranteed to work.
@kellyscott6361 Жыл бұрын
I can relate. After watching Dirty Harry, I wanted to be Clint Eastwood - which was awkward because I’m a girl - a girl who likes guys - making it an even more unrealistic dream since I’d essentially be a girl stuck in Clint Eastwood’s body. Like I said - awkward. I ended up being a girl with an irritable disposition and a pretty big mouth 🙃
@yocapo32
10 ай бұрын
Hey, if you can't start a conversation by talking about a Smith & Wesson Model 29, then it's a not conversation that's worth your time anyways.
@kellyscott6361
9 ай бұрын
@@yocapo32 😂
@TotallyHuman
6 ай бұрын
This. Is. A Mood.
@kellyscott6361
5 ай бұрын
@@TotallyHuman 🤣🤣🤣
@fubar9214 Жыл бұрын
I remember when i was in if you got your picture in the newspaper or you got on tv. You now owe everyone at the firehouse a pizza party or you have to buy a shitload of ice cream for everyone..
@user-db6wv4rd9m11 ай бұрын
Loved that film! Especially his concern for his brother ❤️
@GunBuddy08 Жыл бұрын
I’m glad you didn’t tear my favorite movie apart. It IS AWESOME and I enjoyed your “kinda green screen video.” 😎
@collinmorris1632 Жыл бұрын
I'm unfortunately a little to young to grow up with backdraft, I do love it though, the movie that got me into firefighting was ladder 49. An amazing movie and my all time favorite. Love your content brother, stay safe
@chrispyshade Жыл бұрын
Always really great videos, fun and informative, brightening my day
@cellocat-sm8lx11 ай бұрын
Backdraft is the only movie that ever made me cry...the brotherhood in the fire department field is so heartwarming ❤️ It was also one of my dear uncle's favorite movies (he was in the fire service all his life, from a probie to an air force fire department chief; a great man to look up to, I still miss him terribly)
@mkcl90732 ай бұрын
My older brother recorded Backdraft on the VCR and watched the tape it for weeks over the summer of his Freshman year in HS. His vernacular was similar to the dialogue from the movie, (e.g., washing the cars, he'd yell charge the line!) he joined the Jr. volunteers then the actual volunteer FD, and then became a paid firefighter- he's been doing it for 25 years now. Backdraft was the single inspiration for his career. That's my brother goddamnit!
@lairdcummings9092 Жыл бұрын
Do "Emergency!"
@thephreak2151 Жыл бұрын
How am I just now finding your channel?!!! Love the content you put out there.
@nlpnt Жыл бұрын
I still say the only truly realistic workplace-based shows ever made were Are You Being Served and Superstore. You can hire a fire, medical, police or courtroom consultant, but with retail you can fill the entire cast and writers' room with people who'd worked in retail right up until they made it big in showbiz by being hired for that show.
@llamasugar5478
Жыл бұрын
Molly Sugden said she made Mrs. Slocum (Slocombe? I forget) as a composite of heads of department that she worked under. My mom bought my daughter the complete set of videos for Christmas one year; she’s the only Gen-Z I know who regularly makes AYBS? references!
@Dave-in-MD
Жыл бұрын
Most realistic workplace movie is "Waiting". If you have worked food service it is a Documentary, if you haven't it is a Horror movie.
@louhodo5761 Жыл бұрын
I remember when Backdraft came out. All of the Anchorage Fire and Rescue got to see the movie for free. And they had their fire trucks parked outside the theater. It was amazing for the younger me.
@cheyennelayton11 ай бұрын
True story. When I was a kid I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up. Mostly because when I was in kindergarten and grade one my elementary school had a simulation rig that the fire department would bring once a year that had light and smoke and the door would warm up. They would then have us go through this simulator to teach us what to do in a fire. I thought this was the coolest job and those firemen were heros. One day my Dad rented Backdraft. I was terrified of being a fireman from that day on... so ya I'm not a fireman. Anyway awesome videos keep them coming you are so creative and fun I love it. Cheers.
@georgecrosby113 Жыл бұрын
BACKDRAFT!! Greatest comedy ever filmed, but then there was the Towering Inferno!!!!!👨🚒
@songmarysmith Жыл бұрын
I had a boyfriend in high school who was a volunteer fireman in our town. He also loved Backdraft and found it to be inspirational. But the other thing was, the volunteer firemen in our school got to carry the radios to class and run out if there was a big fire. I think they enjoyed that perk!😆😆
@octaviasanders86967 ай бұрын
Backdraft always made me cry as a kid haven’t seen this movie since but the smile it brought when they stuck together and saved people it was heart wrenching
@EchosTackyTiki Жыл бұрын
I'm not a firefighter, but "Don't let it know you're scared!" is seared I to my memory from the time me and a couple of buddies almost blew ourselves up by throwing plastic bottles full of gasoline into a raging bonfire. Ahhh. One thing I know, no matter where I go, I keep my heart and soul (and eyebrows) in the boondocks.
@charlayned7 ай бұрын
Yanno, I've become addicted to your sarcasm. It's seriously very awesome. The Backdraft "fire growl" and "fire breathes" and "fire thinks" parts were a bit over the top but so good anyway. And it's Kurt "the tennis shoes" Russell. What's not to like? And the fire hose.......yeah, did they not catch that the fire hose gets dragged through little splinters of GLASS and it catches that stuff? Let's just take a hay roll in a nice razor blade field. Thanks for this channel, I love it.
@doomsdayaddams28948 ай бұрын
I love these so much.
@chuckzechman1497 Жыл бұрын
Been a volunteer long before Backdraft. Never forget we had a rookie who was so excited about the movie and had seen it a dozen time in the first week it was. But as I always tell people, very entertaining, but not at all realistic. Keep up the great content Brother!
@ShellyS2060 Жыл бұрын
Live your dream everyone!! Thanks for another great vid.
@DCYote1 Жыл бұрын
Can confirm. 10 year old me saw this movie and was like "Yeah. That is what I want to do when I grow up."
@igotthatgoinforme9182 Жыл бұрын
The scene where its raining and he takes his bunker coat off to put on the person stuck in the car before they cut the door is what got me into the fire service.
@wjadam815 Жыл бұрын
I love the green screening! It's very very funny!
@easternncrailfan7594 Жыл бұрын
I have been looking forward to this for a while now
@robsalisbury2550 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for respecting the classics
@bobby1021 Жыл бұрын
Actually… I pour water on myself with my helmet after each fire because of this movie!
@derklemmbausteinbahner Жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this so long, and this rings so true.
@johns7734 Жыл бұрын
When I first saw Backdraft, I had just gone through FF I class. My wife never got to enjoy it between her thinking that this was going to happen to me and me yelling at the TV!
@Clemsoncrawler362 Жыл бұрын
Dude. Ur awesome. I remember watching backdraft in theaters
@rwjducati19591 Жыл бұрын
Your laughter.... i love it 👏👏
@ADPX24 Жыл бұрын
Well said. Love the brotherhood and miss it almost every day
@reecedrystek2992 Жыл бұрын
That whole fire extinguisher just reminds me of Kelso on That 70's Show "So I shot another flare at the fire, because you know what they say you have to fight fire with fire."
@iamnolegend483 Жыл бұрын
Yessir. I agree Fun fact: I was an extra - along with about 300 others - in the funeral parade scene.
@geekforeverpixelgamingsurl50078 ай бұрын
I hope we get to see more of this green screen videos. They're both entertaining and educational.
@hannahormsby5073 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting forever for this video!!😃😃❤️❤️
@R.A.Keyser Жыл бұрын
Man that movie got me into the job... It was the best 21 years of my life!
@Frosty_tha_Snowman5 ай бұрын
I reallly want more green screen videos. These are the best videos on this channel, in my opinion.
@RecklessOne11 Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I was hooked on this movie as a kid.
@chefbillybaroo2056 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding!!!!!
@dragondancer1814 Жыл бұрын
22 years ago, I was talking to a newspaper reporter at my job site (I was working as a security guard at the time), and I mentioned I was also a volunteer firefighter. The reporter asked me if firefighting was really like in “Backdraft” (BIG mistake!), and I said, “Are you kidding?! If we did HALF the shit they do in that movie, we’d be dead before we even got into the building!” To this day, my husband and I joke that the best form of entertainment at a firehouse is to throw a bunch of us into the TV room, stick that movie into the Blu-Ray, and watch us pick the movie apart. The result is almost always better than television! But seriously, I LOVE the lunch scene at the firehouse, and I can tell you that all the joking and grab-assing that goes on just shows how tight we are once the guys accept you as part of the gang. I’ve been a “volley” for 23 years now, and I love it as much as I did at the beginning, especially now that we’ve got the next generation to mess with! 😈
@dougf124911 ай бұрын
“They’d be dead in a heart beat”. With that smile 🤣🤣🤣
@ambergabel4919 Жыл бұрын
YES! I've seen the movie and wondered if you had responded to it yet XD Amazing.
@leahk938210 ай бұрын
Love these! More pls 🙏
@katherynedarrah4245 Жыл бұрын
OMG that hose bit is so true! The only time I saw a hose that clean was on the new rig. That subsequently turned black 20 minutes after we got it cause we had to do a rescue at the coal pier.
@talesmateus3401 Жыл бұрын
YES, I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!! Thank you
@lisasanchez7908 Жыл бұрын
I come from a family with lots of firefighters. I am so proud of them all❤️
@mikexxxmilly Жыл бұрын
one of my favorite movies of all time. I watched it every day as a kid (probably shouldn't have been ... lol) but I still have fond memories
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“Don’t let it know you’re scared!” Same logic applies to: spiders, snakes, bears, muggers, and Sunday afternoon when you realize work is less than 24 hours away.
@MichaelDavis-cy4ok
Жыл бұрын
I recently heard that the rules for handling electricity are the same rules as for handling explosives: 1) Have fun 2) Be yourself 3) It's more scared of you than you are of it 😂😂😂
@miriamweller812
11 ай бұрын
Thing is: that CAN have an effect on animals and even humans, while fire will give a giant fuck about your feeling when it burns you to a crisp.
@MaboPete
5 ай бұрын
Same applies on monthly visits to the mother-in-law.
@liano9711
4 ай бұрын
Also, printers. If they smell fear they'll jam immediately just to ruin your day
@joywarriorspack
3 ай бұрын
@@MaboPete Came her to reply it work with my mother 😂
Summary: “I love this movie, it started my career!” “Don’t do any of it!!!!”
Backdraft is the top gun for firefighters, can't do any of that shit either but still looks cool lol
@abhishekjee919
Жыл бұрын
Now that explains why I came across this video while I was surfing through Top Gun scenes. Who knows! I might run into Days Of Thunder next.
@OtherSideOfMorning
Жыл бұрын
Like rounders for poker players..
@x43902467
Жыл бұрын
It's also Die Hard, and Lethal Weapon, and... Well most cop movies. but fuckit, we still love them.
@MickeyKnox
Жыл бұрын
that pretty much sums it up very accurately
@TurtleSauceGaming
Жыл бұрын
@@abhishekjee919 Days of Thunder is like backdraft for Nascar. Now that's a thought that keeps me warm and cozy.
I love how the fire extinguisher waits until they throw it into the fire to explode, even though the nozzle had been broken off several second earlier.
@eriksand9262
Жыл бұрын
Right. Like, if they wanted it to possibly explode shouldn't they have left the nozzle on. Breaking it off just gives it a hole to vent through 🤷♂️🤔🤣
@Ole_Rasmussen
Жыл бұрын
Pressurized gases are just polite like that
@thorr18BEM
Жыл бұрын
Guys, it works just like a grenade. Just pull the pin to start the timer, right? ,... right?
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
Hiw about the visible shockwave?
@mikeholmstrom1899
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I had once worked in servicing fire extinguishers. I made the mistake of still having some pressure in it, when I unscrewed the nozzle head. Powder instantly goes *everywhere*, no delay like that scene.
Most realistic part of that movie was the guy [can't remember the character] doing overhaul on the first fire, no mask, coughing & hacking, pulls a pack of cigarettes out of his coat and lights one up.
@LongIslandP8ntball
Жыл бұрын
Robert deniro I think lol
@Addrit85
Жыл бұрын
Adcox lol
@WillNotTheGamer
Жыл бұрын
it is so true lol
@firefighteruppy9121
Жыл бұрын
We all laughed hysterically because that was totally true!
@devinhallsworth5531
Жыл бұрын
100 % legit.
A buddy of mine worked the EFX crew for Backdraft and each member on day one got a denim jean jacket with a cool embroidered logo of the movie on the back and each one was lined with fire retardant cloth for safety. One of the best and coolest crew gifts I ever saw in my 30 years of working in the biz
@ellencameron3775
Жыл бұрын
IATSE?
@bobsmith-wg9fz
Жыл бұрын
@@ellencameron3775 EFX like blowing or burning stuff up EFX
@ellencameron3775
Жыл бұрын
Like are you or your buddy IATSE?
@ilovelamp61
Жыл бұрын
Your mom works in the biz!!! I’m sorry… Jim Beam made me say that. 😂
Respiratory protection? Back in the '70s only specialized teams had air packs. I used to watch guys come out of a working fire and cough up liquid smoke onto the sidewalk. These were the days of leather helmets, tall boots and long rubber coats. I would not be surprised if they used the boots to brew coffee, back in the day.
@flyingled3176
Жыл бұрын
Late 60s early 70's we had aluminum helmets, hip boots and fireball gloves that when your in the heat of it they shrink around your hands......good times
@lovelight6973
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow.
@lovelight6973
Жыл бұрын
@@flyingled3176 wow
@Croz89
Жыл бұрын
And we all lived to tell the tale! You yungun's don't know how easy you have it! **emphysemic cough**
@MichaelOnines
Жыл бұрын
I'm also told there was a bit of an east/west divide in full adoption of breathing apparatus. The eastern US departments valued clarity of communication over the inhalation hazard. If I recall correctly Backdraft was supposed to be Chicago FD, so they probably didn't adopt breathing gear as quickly as say LAFD or SFFD. Would be interesting to see what the philosophy of the real department was at the time the screenplay was written.
When I was a rookie a couple of us were studying first aid and one of our crew burst saying "wtf are you guys doing? Backdraft is on!" So, of course we dropped our books. Just as the big finally fire started we got a call for a structure fire! Needless to say we were pretty keyed up by that point LOL
@Vesperitis
Жыл бұрын
I'm just imagining you guys running into the fire, jackets unbuttoned, chiseled faces exposed, an axe in one hand, and running from explosions in slow-motion.
@evilsharkey8954
Жыл бұрын
Did you remember not to show fear?
@lilfizzypoplollipopzvonecek14
Жыл бұрын
@@Vesperitis XD
@jbianculli1
Жыл бұрын
The most unrealistic thing you said was being invited to watch tv as a probie and actually doing it
@thecleaver7606
Жыл бұрын
The words you never say are to the point of nothing's going to happen now
All you need is Kurt Russell yelling at the fire, "Yeah. F*ck you, too!" then throws a stick of dynamite at the fire.
@nikkijack911
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@Tera_GX
Жыл бұрын
This kills the fire
@charlessaint7926
Жыл бұрын
@@Tera_GX They used exploding dynamite to put out the oil-well fires in Iraq. They set them off beside the burning geysers so the explosion sucks out all the oxygen and puts out the fire.
@Klaaism
Жыл бұрын
@@charlessaint7926 John Wayne did it when they made the movie about the dude who invented all this.
@amzarnacht6710
Жыл бұрын
@@charlessaint7926 Sometimes they even use the detonation to crimp the pipe and stop more oil from escaping. Guess that takes quite a wallop. Brave as F* thing to do, considering how close they have to get.
Without a doubt, one of the reasons I wanted to be a firefighter. Along with Emergency TV show, this movie was definitely an inspiration, very quoteable and fun even though unrealistic.
@dinascharnhorst6590
Жыл бұрын
The difference being Jack Webb insisted on accuracy over spectacle and using actual incidences for the calls. Yep. A whole generation got i to the biz because of that show. Paramedic since 1980 and still going.
@ripvanwinkle2002
Жыл бұрын
get him on some D5W.. STAT!
@Darthbelal
Жыл бұрын
"Emergency!" was almost mandatory watching for Gen Exers. Loved that show back in the day....
@thejohnbeck
Жыл бұрын
I remember that opening clip, seeing the syringe squirt to remove air bubbles, not knowing why, and thinking "He's wasting some"
@johnharris6655
Жыл бұрын
A couple of fun facts about Emergency. Mike Stoker, who played Engineer Mike Stoker, was a real LA County Fireman and engineer. LA County did not mind a couple of actors driving the squad but they insisted every Fire truck or other rig be driven by a real engineer. Mike Stoker was an engineer who happened to have a Screen Actors Guild card. Ron Pinkard. Doctor Mike Morton, was a Navy Corpsman and retired from the Naval Reserves with the rank of Commander. He could do most of the medical procedures on the show and was the unofficial technical advisor. 60's teen heart throb Bobby Sherman quit acting to become a Paramedic after doing one episode on this show. Jack Webb told the writers every incident had to come from a fire department somewhere. Producer Bob Cinader thought that would be boring until he started reading actual logs and said "The best writers could not come up with some of this stuff."
My dad had 45 years in and at his death (cancer) was a deputy chief. I grew up at the fire house. The first scene was me playing with turnouts and every now and then got to go on a run. Now I’m 20 years in still on the truck. I just love breaking shit too much to take the LT exam
@LilDucker
Жыл бұрын
My father who was also a firefighter for 20 years passed 2 months ago from cancer me him and my older brother at least once every few months would watch backdraft together and we'd listen to my dad talk about the calls he went to when he was a volly on long island New York idk I just think of him when I see anything related to backdraft and well he's the reason I'm trying to get into firefighting/EMS full time (the EMT basic class I applied for starts in January so that's exciting)
@danacarter9147
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss, guys.😔
@jonathanharwood1255
9 ай бұрын
@@LilDuckerso, how's the training going mate?
A friend of mine was a new firefighter and he got to go to a special Premier of this movie. Kurt Russel was there and he said Kurt was honestly in awe of every firefighter there. He said Kurt was a genuine nice guy.
As a kid I LOVED this movie 😂 was the first time I ever thought “wow it’s not only soldiers and cops that are badass”
Astronauts have Star Trek, fighter pilots have Top Gun, political operatives have The West Wing. Just because a film or TV show isn't realistic doesn't mean it can't inspire people to do the real thing.
@seanhartnett79
Жыл бұрын
Yep
@le13579
Жыл бұрын
Correction/clarification: Political operators have Veep.
It would be interesting to see your take on the show Emergency being it was based on real calls and they tried to make it as realistic as possible.
@Trinidadianlove
Жыл бұрын
I loved Emergency!
@rabidsamfan
Жыл бұрын
I would like that too. I am sure some of the episodes are ripe for commentary!
@seanconlin8712
Жыл бұрын
Let's leave Johnny and Roy out of this they have stood the test of time this year Mark's the 50th anniversary of the show
@MrYfrank14
Жыл бұрын
The woman who was having trouble breathing because her girdle was too tight and when he cut it off it smacked him in the face, was pretty realistic.
@joyfisher8008
Жыл бұрын
@@seanconlin8712 good grief! I didn't know it's been 50 years. I loved that show. And Adam 12, the LA police show.
I love Donald Sutherland in this movie. He is one of those actors who can play a really creepy bad guy.
@unidenprogrammer3867
Жыл бұрын
with those teeth lmao.
@amzarnacht6710
Жыл бұрын
@@unidenprogrammer3867 Steve Buscemi
@DigDug513
Жыл бұрын
Yes. The parole hearing scene with Deniro as the fire inspector, when he gently taunts Sutherland, the arsonist into exposing exactly why he should remain in prison, is perfect. The acting by both was superb. Sutherland was chilling and terrifying while speaking so gently. IMHO, this was the best, non-firefighting scene in the film. I served with a medic in the army who was also a volunteer firefighter. He loved this movie, and we would watch it regularly. He'd nitpick all of the mistakes, of course, but were always quiet when we reached the parole board scene because it was so powerful. I definitely understand why firefighters love it so much.
@hillbillynurse7212
11 ай бұрын
He's my favorite living actor. The breadth is his talent is indescribable-from the arsonist in Backdraft, to the assassin in Hollowpoint, to the pothead professor in Animal House, to the idiot soldier in The Dirty Dozen, he's covered just about every conceivable personality there can be in a movie.
My favorite part of that movie is the grocery scene because that is the save-a-lot grocery store my grandfather ran at the time. Idk it is kinda cool knowing that my grandfather gave them the ok to shoot in the store and that it was somewhere I had been even before the movie was shot. Sadly he was offered a spot in the movie as an extra but turned it down.
@seanhartnett79
Жыл бұрын
Should have done it
Rescue 911 and Backdraft were the two that really got me into wanting to be a firefighter. Became a paramedic instead, but Backdraft is always great even with how over the top and outlandish it is.
@johntabler349
Жыл бұрын
William Shatner narrating true stories, loved the show
I'm not a firefighter but I'm a new emt. This is a great freaking movie!!! It's never gets old. Thank you Jason for the video! So many great scenes in that movie. The cast hit it out of the park.
@ShinGojira-xq7fm
Жыл бұрын
I'm a new EMT too, how are you liking the job so far?
I'd always wanted to be a fireman before Backdraft ever came out, but it definitely revived my desire to try even harder to be one. At the time l had been working as a Paramedic but when l saw that movie it really rejuvenated my desire to get into the Fire Service and eventually l finally got the opportunity. It was the best years of my life. Retired July 31st 2022 with 35 years combined service under my belt with 22 years and six months as a fireman. And yeah, like most of you l have the movie poster, DVD and soundtrack in my collection. Keep the videos coming Jason!
I’m a nurse and that’s how I feel when I watch medical dramas/movies/shows, etc. Well played sir as always.
Fans of firefighter movies/shows: "I hope Hollywood learns from its mistakes in 'Backdraft.'" Hollywood: produces Station 19 and 9-1-1 on Fox Fans: @#$%!
@chainsaw5vent
Жыл бұрын
Best FF tv show after “Emergency!” Was “Rescue Me” with Dennis Leary. Lou. Black Sean. White Sean. Mikey. Yep!
@vedbed
Жыл бұрын
@@chainsaw5vent Rescue me is my favorite tv show as of right now, it’s pulled me in and I can’t escape it’s grip
@bkane573
Жыл бұрын
The only good EMS show is Third Watch, only on the Roku channel now. Their first stuff is very tight tho. It just wasn’t a focus. They shot in NYC. During September-11th. They handled it perfectly.
@YusDyr
Жыл бұрын
@@bkane573 , agree completely! "Third watch" series are hilarious! Even here in Russia we (ff and ems medics) love it!
@ForcedHandleName
Жыл бұрын
If we wanted realism, we'd watch reality TV. /s
Backdraft is the greatest fire department movie ever made, and nothing will change my mind about that!
What he really needs to do is green screen himself into Ladder 49 aswell. I'd love to see how that goes.
@janiexoxo
Жыл бұрын
That was a good movie
I know every word of this movie. My son (now a firefighter) watched it on repeat........forever
Considering that at that time CFD still wore only boots , nomex uniform pants and rubber slickers to fight a fire. Air packs were optional. Not sure how the rubber coats didnt melt is beyond me.
@thisissparta789789
Жыл бұрын
They used them until 2006, in fact, though the coats were made of the same stuff modern gear is today by then, at least.
@Mrhalligan39
Жыл бұрын
If you really got in it, those rubber coats could indeed scorch up very nicely. They could be scalding to the touch for a few minutes afterward. I turned in my nomex coat in 2006, but I kept the rubber one I got from a retiree. I,d take the long coat and boots back in a second.
I was inspired by Johnny Gage and Roy Desoto. “Emergency!” Is still the best!
@RICDirector
Жыл бұрын
Forever and ever!!
@seanconlin8712
Жыл бұрын
It has stood the test of time 50 years
that fire extinguisher one comes straight out of 40k logic
@erikbovee2158
Жыл бұрын
40k logic would have been reducing the building to rubble from orbit. There can't be a structure fire without a structure.
Yes! Finally! After recommending this multiple times, we finally get a Backdraft video. Even if it is awesome, there's still some real BS moments in it.
@Klaaism
Жыл бұрын
"Its cool but it will still kill you."
Backdraft is like watching hunt for the red October. It could happen, we all want it to happen and it's so outlandish that it can't help but to be entertaining.
Watching EMERGENCY! was the thing that made my friend become a firefighter AND paramedic. Luckily, he made it to retirement alive.
Every time we’d be in an elevator we’d always quote the scene when they’re in the high rise and the probie asks what to do if the floor is on fire. Don’t get out 🤣
Backdraft is either makes me roll my eyes or laugh but some moments make me go okay 😌🙂
There comes a point where the rule of cool just takes over.
@coleman4840
Жыл бұрын
@Amenadiel stop
For me, it was the TV show emergency. That’s what got me started.
Manly men and awesome soundtrack! I haven't watched it in years but I probably still have it memorized.
“You go, we go!” That phrase is like an anthem.
Ladder 49 next ??
Man I love this guy I wanna join his department just to hear all the crazy shit that comes out of his mouth everyday
@lilfizzypoplollipopzvonecek14
Жыл бұрын
Me too
The investigation aspect was oddly accurate compared to the suppression aspect. Not perfect of course, but there were true things in that like the light bulb thing.
Backdraft was one of those movies i grew up watching with my grandpa, he and my dad were for a period both firefighters, and my uncle still is.
Dude I've loved that movie from the first time I saw it. Thank you so much for your service and dedication to saving lives
Chicago used hip boots later than any other department in the US, 2006. There are still some videos out there from very recent of their guys not even wearing packs on roofs, let alone using them.
When I was a kid my Dad, volunteer for fighter and first responder, to me to Universal Studios and the Back Draft ride was awesome. I remember that experience the most vividly (and admittedly the dinosaur ride...). It was an awesome experience with my Dad and he made sure to tell me all about fire safety before, during, and after the ride 🥰
Seriously, I can't get enough of your videos, keep up the great work :)
Might be unrealistic. Still one of my all time favorites because it’s awesome and got me started in the fire service.
Good story telling can survive technical inaccuracies and still achieve inspiration and entertainment, fun episode
Awesome! 👌 Do the TV show Emergency! next! Then the haters will come after you with their torches & pitchforks!!!🤣
@RICDirector
Жыл бұрын
He knows he'd better not. Emergency! Is sacred! Plus, its harder to pick apart from the standpoint of its own time; was reasonably accurate and incidentally, was the LAST time any Hollywood production listened to its technical advisor....!
@realtsavo
4 ай бұрын
@@RICDirector Eh, M*A*S*H did pretty well in that regard, but yeah, after that...
Parts of this movie were filmed on a structure built on the outdoor 10m diving tower and 16 ft. Diving well at the Rehm Park pool in Oak Park, Illinois right next to OPFD station #3.
Work at a station once where a newer member invited his girl over late one night and they reenacted that firehose love scene. Unfortunately he had forgotten that the bay had a motion activated security camera...😆 He was given a short vacation. To my knowledge his girl was too embarrassed to ever come to the station again.
I love the extinguisher grenade strategy. Always guaranteed to work.
I can relate. After watching Dirty Harry, I wanted to be Clint Eastwood - which was awkward because I’m a girl - a girl who likes guys - making it an even more unrealistic dream since I’d essentially be a girl stuck in Clint Eastwood’s body. Like I said - awkward. I ended up being a girl with an irritable disposition and a pretty big mouth 🙃
@yocapo32
10 ай бұрын
Hey, if you can't start a conversation by talking about a Smith & Wesson Model 29, then it's a not conversation that's worth your time anyways.
@kellyscott6361
9 ай бұрын
@@yocapo32 😂
@TotallyHuman
6 ай бұрын
This. Is. A Mood.
@kellyscott6361
5 ай бұрын
@@TotallyHuman 🤣🤣🤣
I remember when i was in if you got your picture in the newspaper or you got on tv. You now owe everyone at the firehouse a pizza party or you have to buy a shitload of ice cream for everyone..
Loved that film! Especially his concern for his brother ❤️
I’m glad you didn’t tear my favorite movie apart. It IS AWESOME and I enjoyed your “kinda green screen video.” 😎
I'm unfortunately a little to young to grow up with backdraft, I do love it though, the movie that got me into firefighting was ladder 49. An amazing movie and my all time favorite. Love your content brother, stay safe
Always really great videos, fun and informative, brightening my day
Backdraft is the only movie that ever made me cry...the brotherhood in the fire department field is so heartwarming ❤️ It was also one of my dear uncle's favorite movies (he was in the fire service all his life, from a probie to an air force fire department chief; a great man to look up to, I still miss him terribly)
My older brother recorded Backdraft on the VCR and watched the tape it for weeks over the summer of his Freshman year in HS. His vernacular was similar to the dialogue from the movie, (e.g., washing the cars, he'd yell charge the line!) he joined the Jr. volunteers then the actual volunteer FD, and then became a paid firefighter- he's been doing it for 25 years now. Backdraft was the single inspiration for his career. That's my brother goddamnit!
Do "Emergency!"
How am I just now finding your channel?!!! Love the content you put out there.
I still say the only truly realistic workplace-based shows ever made were Are You Being Served and Superstore. You can hire a fire, medical, police or courtroom consultant, but with retail you can fill the entire cast and writers' room with people who'd worked in retail right up until they made it big in showbiz by being hired for that show.
@llamasugar5478
Жыл бұрын
Molly Sugden said she made Mrs. Slocum (Slocombe? I forget) as a composite of heads of department that she worked under. My mom bought my daughter the complete set of videos for Christmas one year; she’s the only Gen-Z I know who regularly makes AYBS? references!
@Dave-in-MD
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Most realistic workplace movie is "Waiting". If you have worked food service it is a Documentary, if you haven't it is a Horror movie.
I remember when Backdraft came out. All of the Anchorage Fire and Rescue got to see the movie for free. And they had their fire trucks parked outside the theater. It was amazing for the younger me.
True story. When I was a kid I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up. Mostly because when I was in kindergarten and grade one my elementary school had a simulation rig that the fire department would bring once a year that had light and smoke and the door would warm up. They would then have us go through this simulator to teach us what to do in a fire. I thought this was the coolest job and those firemen were heros. One day my Dad rented Backdraft. I was terrified of being a fireman from that day on... so ya I'm not a fireman. Anyway awesome videos keep them coming you are so creative and fun I love it. Cheers.
BACKDRAFT!! Greatest comedy ever filmed, but then there was the Towering Inferno!!!!!👨🚒
I had a boyfriend in high school who was a volunteer fireman in our town. He also loved Backdraft and found it to be inspirational. But the other thing was, the volunteer firemen in our school got to carry the radios to class and run out if there was a big fire. I think they enjoyed that perk!😆😆
Backdraft always made me cry as a kid haven’t seen this movie since but the smile it brought when they stuck together and saved people it was heart wrenching
I'm not a firefighter, but "Don't let it know you're scared!" is seared I to my memory from the time me and a couple of buddies almost blew ourselves up by throwing plastic bottles full of gasoline into a raging bonfire. Ahhh. One thing I know, no matter where I go, I keep my heart and soul (and eyebrows) in the boondocks.
Yanno, I've become addicted to your sarcasm. It's seriously very awesome. The Backdraft "fire growl" and "fire breathes" and "fire thinks" parts were a bit over the top but so good anyway. And it's Kurt "the tennis shoes" Russell. What's not to like? And the fire hose.......yeah, did they not catch that the fire hose gets dragged through little splinters of GLASS and it catches that stuff? Let's just take a hay roll in a nice razor blade field. Thanks for this channel, I love it.
I love these so much.
Been a volunteer long before Backdraft. Never forget we had a rookie who was so excited about the movie and had seen it a dozen time in the first week it was. But as I always tell people, very entertaining, but not at all realistic. Keep up the great content Brother!
Live your dream everyone!! Thanks for another great vid.
Can confirm. 10 year old me saw this movie and was like "Yeah. That is what I want to do when I grow up."
The scene where its raining and he takes his bunker coat off to put on the person stuck in the car before they cut the door is what got me into the fire service.
I love the green screening! It's very very funny!
I have been looking forward to this for a while now
Thank you for respecting the classics
Actually… I pour water on myself with my helmet after each fire because of this movie!
I have been waiting for this so long, and this rings so true.
When I first saw Backdraft, I had just gone through FF I class. My wife never got to enjoy it between her thinking that this was going to happen to me and me yelling at the TV!
Dude. Ur awesome. I remember watching backdraft in theaters
Your laughter.... i love it 👏👏
Well said. Love the brotherhood and miss it almost every day
That whole fire extinguisher just reminds me of Kelso on That 70's Show "So I shot another flare at the fire, because you know what they say you have to fight fire with fire."
Yessir. I agree Fun fact: I was an extra - along with about 300 others - in the funeral parade scene.
I hope we get to see more of this green screen videos. They're both entertaining and educational.
I’ve been waiting forever for this video!!😃😃❤️❤️
Man that movie got me into the job... It was the best 21 years of my life!
I reallly want more green screen videos. These are the best videos on this channel, in my opinion.
Awesome! I was hooked on this movie as a kid.
Outstanding!!!!!
22 years ago, I was talking to a newspaper reporter at my job site (I was working as a security guard at the time), and I mentioned I was also a volunteer firefighter. The reporter asked me if firefighting was really like in “Backdraft” (BIG mistake!), and I said, “Are you kidding?! If we did HALF the shit they do in that movie, we’d be dead before we even got into the building!” To this day, my husband and I joke that the best form of entertainment at a firehouse is to throw a bunch of us into the TV room, stick that movie into the Blu-Ray, and watch us pick the movie apart. The result is almost always better than television! But seriously, I LOVE the lunch scene at the firehouse, and I can tell you that all the joking and grab-assing that goes on just shows how tight we are once the guys accept you as part of the gang. I’ve been a “volley” for 23 years now, and I love it as much as I did at the beginning, especially now that we’ve got the next generation to mess with! 😈
“They’d be dead in a heart beat”. With that smile 🤣🤣🤣
YES! I've seen the movie and wondered if you had responded to it yet XD Amazing.
Love these! More pls 🙏
OMG that hose bit is so true! The only time I saw a hose that clean was on the new rig. That subsequently turned black 20 minutes after we got it cause we had to do a rescue at the coal pier.
YES, I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!! Thank you
I come from a family with lots of firefighters. I am so proud of them all❤️
one of my favorite movies of all time. I watched it every day as a kid (probably shouldn't have been ... lol) but I still have fond memories
The green screen we've all been waiting for!