Having too much time on my hands, I often reimagine old science fiction movies from the 1950s that could have been done far more effectively given a larger budget. The premise of Target Earth is interesting and does play on the emotions of isolation and paranoia. The thought of killer robots from another planet is pretty cool and at least if you are kid watching, it's the stuff of modern nightmares. Of course, this "army" of robots is never seen. They could only afford one robot. Not a bad design as 1950s robots goes (It was no Robby the Robot for sure). This brings me to my main thesis. What if Ray Harryhausen could have designed and animated an army of alien killer robots? Given the special photographic techniques used in the The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and Earth vs. The Flying saucers, I believe Target Earth could have been a classic sci-fi movie of its kind, and not this tedious version of "Waiting for Godot".
Review of Target Earth
