Late 2011 17' MBP suddenly got very loud and hot

http://i.imgur.com/tZ1QZJM.png?1
Was using handbrake when suddenly the fans got loud and stayed like this for several minutes before I decided to cancel my DVD rip.
Looking at iStat the Fans were at 5,500 RPM & CPU at 185.
How bad was this? On occasion this happens but never for more than a few seconds.
Any suggestions?
Also I just upgraded to Mountain Lion last week, if that matters.

i'm afraid it didn't work....
it's like brightness control got stuck on lowest. If I shine a light on the sensor left of the iSight, the keyboard lights turns off, so the sensor works and shouldn't be the source of the problem.

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