Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
the arts section of today's _New York Times_.

From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
device described in the book.

Peter Wezeman
anti-social Darwinist

On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>
> From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
> device described in the book.
>
> Peter Wezeman
> anti-social Darwinist

It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003

Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer

"When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a cat
man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"

The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
movie will be dubbed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU

Lynn

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 12:16:34 PM UTC+11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterw...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> > _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.

> The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
> movie will be dubbed.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>
Based on the trailer Pete looks miscast

In article <677bc6fc-e8c4-4edb-b27e-17f5cd4d59ban@googlegroups.com>,
peterwezeman@hotmail.com <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>
>From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>device described in the book.

I'm not sure about that. The Hired Girl Mark One did nothing but
sweep floors. Heinlein, IIRC, said nothing about what it was
shaped like, except for its having a tray on top into which it
would deposit anything larger than a pea, so that the housewife
could decide what (if anything) to keep.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In article <0613c0f3-fd6d-4ee0-80e9-247c5fb459adn@googlegroups.com>,
Hamish Laws <hamish.laws@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 12:16:34 PM UTC+11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterw...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> > Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>> > _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>
>> The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
>> movie will be dubbed.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>>
>Based on the trailer Pete looks miscast

Looks as if. I can't get at my copy for the usual feline
reasons, but I'm pretty sure Pete was your standard marmalade
tomcat, with orange-on-orange markings.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

"peterwezeman@hotmail.com" <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> writes:
>Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>
>From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>device described in the book.

It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.

[*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>
>> From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>> device described in the book.
>>
>> Peter Wezeman
>> anti-social Darwinist
>
>It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
> https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
>
>Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
>
>The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
>movie will be dubbed.

It's subtitled. It's quite good.

In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga.201@fx10.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>"peterwezeman@hotmail.com" <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> writes:
>>Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>
>>From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>device described in the book.
>
>It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
>
>[*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.

Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
sell to the US market?

that stern and rockbound coast
felt like a piker when it saw
the puritans who landed on it

--archy the cockroach

(approximate from memory, my archy books are in the fiction room,
with all that that implies)

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 2/1/2022 9:47 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:16:28 -0600, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>
>>> From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>> device described in the book.
>>>
>>> Peter Wezeman
>>> anti-social Darwinist
>>
>> It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
>> https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
>>
>> Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
>>
>> "When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a cat
>> man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
>> wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
>> couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
>> wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
>> summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
>> wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"
>>
>> The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
>> movie will be dubbed.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>
> Subtitled.

I watched ten minutes last night. It was a LOT of subtitles. I am not
sure if I am going to watch more.

Lynn

On 2022-02-01 9:35 p.m., Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <0613c0f3-fd6d-4ee0-80e9-247c5fb459adn@googlegroups.com>,
> Hamish Laws <hamish.laws@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 12:16:34 PM UTC+11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterw...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>
>>> The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
>>> movie will be dubbed.
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>>>
>> Based on the trailer Pete looks miscast
>
> Looks as if. I can't get at my copy for the usual feline
> reasons, but I'm pretty sure Pete was your standard marmalade
> tomcat, with orange-on-orange markings.
>

The protagonist actually does have a cat named "Pete". He just named
his android after it.

On 2022-02-02 9:23 a.m., Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga.201@fx10.iad>,
> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> "peterwezeman@hotmail.com" <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> writes:
>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>
>> >From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>> device described in the book.
>>
>> It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
>>
>> [*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
>
> Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
> attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
> sell to the US market?

Japan has a firm rule against genitalia on file.

On 2022-02-02 1:07 p.m., David Johnston wrote:
> On 2022-02-02 9:23 a.m., Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga.201@fx10.iad>,
>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>> "peterwezeman@hotmail.com" <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> writes:
>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>>
>>> >From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>>> device described in the book.
>>>
>>> It is a faithfully accurate telling[*].  I quite enjoyed it.
>>>
>>> [*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
>>
>> Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
>> attitude towards nudity.  Perhaps the producers were hoping to
>> sell to the US market?
>
> Japan has a firm rule against genitalia on file.

On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their porn
blurs the crotch area.

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 3:30:03 PM UTC-5, David Johnston wrote:
> On 2022-02-02 1:07 p.m., David Johnston wrote:
> > On 2022-02-02 9:23 a.m., Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga...@fx10.iad>,
> >> Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>> "peterw...@hotmail.com" <peterw...@hotmail.com> writes:
> >>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> >>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
> >>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
> >>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
> >>>>
> >>> >From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
> >>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
> >>>> device described in the book.
> >>>
> >>> It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
> >>>
> >>> [*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
> >>
> >> Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
> >> attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
> >> sell to the US market?
> >
> > Japan has a firm rule against genitalia on file.
> On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their porn
> blurs the crotch area.

Blame that on the American occupation after WW2. For before that,
image google 'shunga'. Warning: NSFW.

pt

On 2/2/2022 12:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 2/1/2022 9:47 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:16:28 -0600, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>>
>>>>   From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>>> device described in the book.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Wezeman
>>>> anti-social Darwinist
>>>
>>> It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
>>>     https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
>>>
>>> Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
>>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
>>>
>>> "When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a cat
>>> man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
>>> wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
>>> couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
>>> wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
>>> summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
>>> wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"
>>>
>>> The trailer is in Japanese.  My Japanese really sucks.  I suspect the
>>> movie will be dubbed.
>>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>>
>> Subtitled.
>
> I watched ten minutes last night.  It was a LOT of subtitles.  I am not
> sure if I am going to watch more.
>
> Lynn

Yeah, same here. I'm reading and not watching. Find myself zipping back
too often.

On 2/2/2022 3:12 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
> On 2/2/2022 12:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 2/1/2022 9:47 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:16:28 -0600, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>>>
>>>>>   From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>>>> device described in the book.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter Wezeman
>>>>> anti-social Darwinist
>>>>
>>>> It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
>>>>     https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
>>>>
>>>> Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
>>>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
>>>>
>>>> "When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a
>>>> cat
>>>> man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
>>>> wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
>>>> couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
>>>> wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
>>>> summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
>>>> wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"
>>>>
>>>> The trailer is in Japanese.  My Japanese really sucks.  I suspect the
>>>> movie will be dubbed.
>>>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>>>
>>> Subtitled.
>>
>> I watched ten minutes last night.  It was a LOT of subtitles.  I am
>> not sure if I am going to watch more.
>>
>> Lynn
>
> Yeah, same here. I'm reading and not watching. Find myself zipping back
> too often.

Yeah, I am spending too much time on the subtitles also. Very distracting.

Lynn

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:30:03 PM UTC-7, David Johnston wrote:

> On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their porn
> blurs the crotch area.

Yes, that was true. Up until very recently, I believe, though.
A few years after a scandal where one porn company apparently
bribed government inspectors to let them get away with blurring
it... not quite as much... I think it was finally repealed.

John Savard

In article <iqfmvg5ifgjlesl1sthk9ln07aakrjv2c1@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:52:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
><lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2/2/2022 3:12 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
>>> On 2/2/2022 12:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 2/1/2022 9:47 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:16:28 -0600, Lynn McGuire
>>>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>>>>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>>>>>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>>>>>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>>>>>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>>>>>>> device described in the book.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peter Wezeman
>>>>>>> anti-social Darwinist
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
>>>>>>     https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
>>>>>>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a
>>>>>> cat
>>>>>> man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
>>>>>> wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
>>>>>> couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
>>>>>> wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
>>>>>> summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
>>>>>> wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The trailer is in Japanese.  My Japanese really sucks.  I suspect the
>>>>>> movie will be dubbed.
>>>>>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
>>>>>
>>>>> Subtitled.
>>>>
>>>> I watched ten minutes last night.  It was a LOT of subtitles.  I am
>>>> not sure if I am going to watch more.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> Yeah, same here. I'm reading and not watching. Find myself zipping back
>>> too often.
>>
>>Yeah, I am spending too much time on the subtitles also. Very distracting.
>
>I think they did a pretty good job. They had to change the technology
>somewhat, reasonable facsimiles of "Hired Girl" and "Draftin' Dan"
>have been commercial products for decades. The Belle (sorry, never
>got the Japanese character name fixed in my head) relationship could
>have stood to get some more development before the betrayal but that
>would have added another 10-20 minutes to an already long movie.
>
>I have mixed emotions about the cat. The cat they chose is a superb
>actor, but he didn't look the part--he wasn't beat up enough for one
>thing. And he didn't do nearly enough damage to Belle.

To do suffient damage to her, he would have had to be the size of
a full-grown tiger with the ferocity of a black-footed cat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_cat

So small, so pretty, so ferocious; it catches more prey per
attempt than any other carnivore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl8o9PsJPAQ

OTOH what wound up happening to Belle was even more appropriate.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 3:25:42 PM UTC+11, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <iqfmvg5ifgjlesl1s...@4ax.com>,
> J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:52:26 -0600, Lynn McGuire
> ><lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On 2/2/2022 3:12 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
> >>> On 2/2/2022 12:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >>>> On 2/1/2022 9:47 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 19:16:28 -0600, Lynn McGuire
> >>>>> <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2/1/2022 6:54 PM, peterw...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> >>>>>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
> >>>>>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
> >>>>>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
> >>>>>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
> >>>>>>> device described in the book.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Peter Wezeman
> >>>>>>> anti-social Darwinist
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It is longer than 90 minutes, that is always a good sign.
> >>>>>> https://www.netflix.com/title/81517003
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ah, the book was inspired by Heinlein's cat !
> >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "When we were living in Colorado there was snowfall. Our cat — I'm a
> >>>>>> cat
> >>>>>> man — wanted to get out of the house so I opened a door for him but he
> >>>>>> wouldn't leave. Just kept on crying. He'd seen snow before and I
> >>>>>> couldn't understand it. I kept opening other doors for him and he still
> >>>>>> wouldn't leave. Then Ginny said, 'Oh, he's looking for a door into
> >>>>>> summer.' I threw up my hands, told her not to say another word, and
> >>>>>> wrote the novel The Door Into Summer in 13 days.[3]"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The trailer is in Japanese. My Japanese really sucks. I suspect the
> >>>>>> movie will be dubbed.
> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M39FNAlhPnU
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Subtitled.
> >>>>
> >>>> I watched ten minutes last night. It was a LOT of subtitles. I am
> >>>> not sure if I am going to watch more.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lynn
> >>>
> >>> Yeah, same here. I'm reading and not watching. Find myself zipping back
> >>> too often.
> >>
> >>Yeah, I am spending too much time on the subtitles also. Very distracting.
> >
> >I think they did a pretty good job. They had to change the technology
> >somewhat, reasonable facsimiles of "Hired Girl" and "Draftin' Dan"
> >have been commercial products for decades. The Belle (sorry, never
> >got the Japanese character name fixed in my head) relationship could
> >have stood to get some more development before the betrayal but that
> >would have added another 10-20 minutes to an already long movie.
> >
> >I have mixed emotions about the cat. The cat they chose is a superb
> >actor, but he didn't look the part--he wasn't beat up enough for one
> >thing. And he didn't do nearly enough damage to Belle.
> To do suffient damage to her, he would have had to be the size of
> a full-grown tiger with the ferocity of a black-footed cat.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_cat
>
> So small, so pretty, so ferocious; it catches more prey per
> attempt than any other carnivore.

It's definitely the champion for felines.
I think overall dragonflies are #1 and a particular seahorse is #2
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl8o9PsJPAQ

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 3:30:03 PM UTC-5, David Johnston wrote:
> On 2022-02-02 1:07 p.m., David Johnston wrote:
> > On 2022-02-02 9:23 a.m., Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga...@fx10.iad>,
> >> Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>> "peterw...@hotmail.com" <peterw...@hotmail.com> writes:
> >>>> Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> >>>> _The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
> >>>> Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
> >>>> the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
> >>>>
> >>> >From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
> >>>> of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
> >>>> device described in the book.
> >>>
> >>> It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
> >>>
> >>> [*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
> >>
> >> Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
> >> attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
> >> sell to the US market?
> >
> > Japan has a firm rule against genitalia on file.
> On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their porn
> blurs the crotch area.

That's where the file comes in. :)

--
Kevin R

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 7:17:27 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:30:03 PM UTC-7, David Johnston wrote:
>
> > On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their porn
> > blurs the crotch area.
> Yes, that was true. Up until very recently, I believe, though.
> A few years after a scandal where one porn company apparently
> bribed government inspectors to let them get away with blurring
> it... not quite as much... I think it was finally repealed.

I did a Google search, and apparently I was mistaken, as I
couldn't find the news item I thought I had read, and Wikipedia
has no mention of any change.

John Savard

On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 11:51:38 AM UTC-5, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:23:43 GMT, djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
> wrote:
> >In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga...@fx10.iad>,
> >Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>"peterw...@hotmail.com" <peterw...@hotmail.com> writes:
> >>>Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
> >>>_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
> >>>Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
> >>>the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
> >>>
> >>>From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
> >>>of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
> >>>device described in the book.
> >>
> >>It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
> >>
> >>[*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
> >
> >Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
> >attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
> >sell to the US market?
> >
> >that stern and rockbound coast
> >felt like a piker when it saw
> >the puritans who landed on it
> >
> >--archy the cockroach
> >
> >(approximate from memory, my archy books are in the fiction room,
> >with all that that implies)
> Either it didn't make it into the recording ("Archy and Mehitabel" and
> "Echoes of Archy" on a single CD -- what larks!), or it is something
> that I don't recognize.

I can't find an ee cummings usage either, but archy is referencing
"The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England"
by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)

https://www.bartleby.com/371/383.html

First verse:
"The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rockbound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed"

FWIW, I'm not sure I'd describe the coast around Plymouth MA,
'stern and rockbound', and Plymouth bay is well sheltered by
natural sandbars, so the waves don't do much dashing.

pt

On Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:09:13 -0800, Quadibloc wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 7:17:27 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
>> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 1:30:03 PM UTC-7, David Johnston
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On film, I mean. My typing is getting worse and worse. Even their
>> > porn blurs the crotch area.
>> Yes, that was true. Up until very recently, I believe, though.
>> A few years after a scandal where one porn company apparently bribed
>> government inspectors to let them get away with blurring it... not
>> quite as much... I think it was finally repealed.
>
> I did a Google search, and apparently I was mistaken, as I couldn't find
> the news item I thought I had read, and Wikipedia has no mention of any
> change.
>
> John Savard

I think it was the other way around. Some porn companies had a deal so
they could get away with having just the slightest blur but it was found
out, leading to a crackdown on all of them.

In article <30db0320-b01f-4cfe-b9ed-ea0b07f7565fn@googlegroups.com>,
pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 11:51:38 AM UTC-5, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:23:43 GMT, djh...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
>> wrote:
>> >In article <N%wKJ.237$K0Ga...@fx10.iad>,
>> >Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> >>"peterw...@hotmail.com" <peterw...@hotmail.com> writes:
>> >>>Takahiro Miki's 2021 movie of Robert Heinlein's novel
>> >>>_The Door into Summer_ is now available on Netflix.
>> >>>Elisabeth Vincentelli gives it a favorable review in
>> >>>the arts section of today's _New York Times_.
>> >>>
>> >>>From a Google search the protagonist is the inventor
>> >>>of a humanoid robot rather than the Roomba-like
>> >>>device described in the book.
>> >>
>> >>It is a faithfully accurate telling[*]. I quite enjoyed it.
>> >>
>> >>[*] Sadly, no colorado nudist colony.
>> >
>> >Rather surprising, considering Japan's generally tolerant
>> >attitude towards nudity. Perhaps the producers were hoping to
>> >sell to the US market?
>> >
>> >that stern and rockbound coast
>> >felt like a piker when it saw
>> >the puritans who landed on it
>> >
>> >--archy the cockroach
>> >
>> >(approximate from memory, my archy books are in the fiction room,
>> >with all that that implies)
>> Either it didn't make it into the recording ("Archy and Mehitabel" and
>> "Echoes of Archy" on a single CD -- what larks!), or it is something
>> that I don't recognize.
>
>I can't find an ee cummings usage either, but archy is referencing
>"The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England"
>by Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
>
>https://www.bartleby.com/371/383.html
>
>First verse:
>"The breaking waves dashed high
> On a stern and rockbound coast,
>And the woods against a stormy sky
> Their giant branches tossed"
>
>FWIW, I'm not sure I'd describe the coast around Plymouth MA,
>'stern and rockbound', and Plymouth bay is well sheltered by
>natural sandbars, so the waves don't do much dashing.
>
The folkloric process in action.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/