I haven't read Heinlein's "The Door Into Summer" since I was a teenager, but its one of those books that I still think about occasionally. The book was about a prolific inventor, double-crossed and sent to the future via cryo-sleep.Lots of twists and turns in the plot gave me a lot to think about as a teenager. Not to mention I was fascinated with the inventions described in the book, although the book was written before integrated circuits and the Internet. The technology is hopelessly dated in the book, but the ideas behind it are not.I just stumbled across the 2021 movie of the same name, in Japanese with subtitles on Netflix.It is based on Heinlein's book, but updated to current times and technologies.I was delighted to see the story is basically the same, and the movie beautifully done. Still lots of twists and turns to keep the viewer puzzling at what exactly is going on?It is more romantic and emotional than I think many would associate with a Heinlein story, but it works in this Japanese version.I've often wondered why more of the old Heinlein stories haven't been made into movies. Surprised and pleased to see this one come out of Japan.
I haven't read Heinlein's "The Door Into Summer" since I was a teenager, but its one of those books that I still think about occasionally. The book was about a prolific inventor, double-crossed and sent to the future via cryo-sleep.Lots of twists and turns in the plot gave me a lot to think about as a teenager. Not to mention I was fascinated with the inventions described in the book, although the book was written before integrated circuits and the Internet. The technology is hopelessly dated in the book, but the ideas behind it are not.
I just stumbled across the 2021 movie of the same name, in Japanese with subtitles on Netflix.It is based on Heinlein's book, but updated to current times and technologies.I was delighted to see the story is basically the same, and the movie beautifully done. Still lots of twists and turns to keep the viewer puzzling at what exactly is going on?It is more romantic and emotional than I think many would associate with a Heinlein story, but it works in this Japanese version.I've often wondered why more of the old Heinlein stories haven't been made into movies. Surprised and pleased to see this one come out of Japan.
...I'd read it a long time ago. I forget - is that where the main character gets tricked/duped by his girlfriend and business partner into being put in suspended animation? Then later he eventually travels back through time, exploiting the fact that time travel is a byproduct of "nul-grav" (some kind of anti-gravity technology)?Hah, this could have just as well been a Philip K Dick story, given all the plot elements....
Quote from: sanman on 02/03/2023 09:37 pm...I'd read it a long time ago. I forget - is that where the main character gets tricked/duped by his girlfriend and business partner into being put in suspended animation? Then later he eventually travels back through time, exploiting the fact that time travel is a byproduct of "nul-grav" (some kind of anti-gravity technology)?Hah, this could have just as well been a Philip K Dick story, given all the plot elements....The details have changed, but the plot is still pretty much as you remembered.I've been thinking the same, this story could almost have been written by Philip K Dick!