So, it appears that there is a large fire burning inside Universal Studios in Los Angeles California. This fire has consumed several movie sets, though its not known which ones have been burned for sure. To me, the most interesting part of the story came from this quote from the MSNBC story:
The blaze broke out just before dawn on a sound stage at the 400-acre property, fire Capt. Frank Reynoso said. There was at least one explosion.
How appropriate is it that a fire in a movie studio where films such as War of the Worlds have been filmed would feature explosions? I have to say, if there hadn’t been at least one explosion in this fire, I would have been pretty put out. I mean, if the fires at your movie studio don’t even live up to the fires in your movies, isn’t your whole endeavor ring at least a little hollow?
In fact, as the story unfolds, I hope we here about more Hollywood style drama that occurred as a result of the fire. Perhaps a tall, handsome man who has abandoned his family will have been forced to fight through the flames as he redeems himself from his irresponsible past. Or perhaps we will find out that the fire was started by a lovable slacker attempting to impress a date. He will then have proceeded to attempt to put out the fire himself, all the time only encouraging its progress forward. Or maybe the whole thing is a precursor to an alien invasion. That could rock.
However, the reality is sure to be much more mundane. Someone probably knocked over a stage lamp, which started the fire. We can only hope that the reality is a little more Hollywood style, since it is Universal Studios, after all. We shall see what the follow up story brings. My money is on the alien thing, for sure.
