Flatliners

"I wish I had a million dollars.... Hot dog!"

:-D

Oh. OK.

Yeah. Don't when or how "hot DOG" (of course as you've probably noticed, "DOG" is emphasized in this usage) ever became a synonym for "fantastic!", but it did...  

Probably a long convoluted story similar to the one that explains the British: "Bob's your uncle"... 

What's the saying?,,,, we are "one people separated by a common language?"

Oh. OK.

Yeah. Don't when or how "hot DOG" (of course as you've probably noticed, "DOG" is emphasized in this usage) ever became a synonym for "fantastic!", but it did...  

Ok then .. but in the clip shown it seems more like an expression of disappointment - "failed again" sort of thing? Or is it meant to be ironic?

Still confused.

Ok then .. but in the clip shown it seems more like an expression of disappointment - "failed again" sort of thing? Or is it meant to be ironic?

Still confused.

Would need to see the scene but yes, I think it was a bit of sarcasm I would guess,,, by your description.

Now I remember!

George Bailey, in Mr Gower's pharmacy (chemist to you Brits) 

Yes,,, I have scratched my chin over this one many times. I never got it.

You'll notice the there is a flame that lights when he releases the handle. Maybe some sort of parlor game that they had back then? Don't have a clue. I would love to find a person old enough to tell me what the heck is going on with that one.

Good call!

You'll notice the there is a flame that lights when he releases the handle. Maybe some sort of parlor game that they had back then? Don't have a clue. I would love to find a person old enough to tell me what the heck is going on with that one.

In the comments section of the video, "meijergrape" explains:

It's a "Midland Jump Spark Cigar Lighter". There's a wick saturated with lighter fluid, and a battery or dynamo provides the spark to ignite it when the lever is pulled. Allegedly it usually took multiple strikes for it to light so getting a light on the first try was viewed as a good thing.

Many images of them can be viewed here:
Midland Jump Spark Cigar Lighter

In the comments section of the video, "meijergrape" explains:


Many images of them can be viewed here:
Midland Jump Spark Cigar Lighter

OK. But the mystery continues. He apparently sees it as a game of some sort. Wonder if the story had some other reference to what this means that ended up on the cutting room floor?

The kids did have several "inside jokes" playing throughout the movie, such as the "hee haw" thing. This may have been one too? Got me...

I'm fairly sure there's a later scene where the adult George Bailey goes through the same routine, not sure where that was in terms of the unfolding of the storyline...

I'm fairly sure there's a later scene where the adult George Bailey goes through the same routine, not sure where that was in terms of the unfolding of the storyline...

Yes I remember. But I think that just hearkens back to the young George and doesn't explain anything further. 

Wow- a whole conversation about an exclamation in a classic movie. That's quite a feat!

This (rather cartoonish) film is being released in a couple of weeks. I believe, but am not sure, that it is the remake of a 1990s Kevin Bacon thriller. Anyways, beyond all the BS that comes with any Hollywood cash grab, do you see this rising some awareness about NDEs in general? Or are they just slinging more mud over the paranormal topics (like the litany of jumpscare-fueled ghost movies that appear every October)? I think it would be depressing for people to come out of it thinking that NDEs end with people being plagued by spirits/demons/whatever.

Commercial movies have one goal in mind, to make money, period.

[Ninshub]

From NDEr Nanci Danison's newsletter:

The newly released remake of the movie "Flatliners" revolves around a group of medical school students who temporarily stop each other's heart to see what death is like. This premise might suggest the movie shows what the afterlife is like. But, make no mistake--this is a horror movie, not a source of information about death or the afterlife. It's a horror movie with a strong moral statement and great visuals, but, it is designed to scare.

The disembodied souls in the movie do not go into the afterlife. None of them sees "the Light." The "Flatliners" do briefly get out of body, but stay in the physical world. In fact, they stay in their neighborhood. They all have the expected human mind generated secular version of Earth life without a body.

There are a few nuggets of truth hidden in the students' experiences. There is a life review after death, but it doesn't come until after the soul enters the Light. And some NDErs describe Source as pure Energy, which is nicely represented graphically in the movie. An NDEr can have flashbacks to other life memories after returning to his/her body. I did; but they were not nightmarish scenes. NDErs can have electrical disturbances after return to the body, though not to the extent seen in the movie. I know several NDErs who cannot wear watches because they won't work after an NDE. I and other NDErs have shut down computers, turned lights off or on, heard music or conversations on the airwaves, and caused other electrical disturbance-related phenomena after returning to Earth. Even gaining a new ability like playing the piano is not out of the question. I know NDErs who come back psychic, as healers, or with other new talents. The opposite is also true. Before I died I could speak passable French and could play the piano. I can no longer do either.

Please don't worry that crossing over temporarily releases demons that can haunt you in physical life. That's the pure Hollywood version of what comes next after we leave these bodies. Even NDErs who did not enter the Light and had hellish out-of-body experiences, due to their own manifestation of their fears, did not bring any fictitious evil spirits back with them.

That last bit is interesting.