I watched this for the first time this weekend. The wife and I had a great time giggling at this silly Herman Cohen effort. Richard Denning is (was) always a
great presence these chessy flicks. It reminded me a little of "The Day the World Ended" in that a cross section of cliche' characters are thrown
together to survive in an apocalyptic scenario, a kind of low rent version of "Five". The robots are silly beyond words, and the deserted city is
represented by still frames rather that actual moving footage. The cast is a lot of fun, Whit Bissel brings refreshing professionalism to his scenes. Any fans
out there?
0 Kudo
Target Earth
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(05/13/08 5:59 PM) |
I agree with all your comments, Doc.
Although I can't find it, I SWEAR there's already a thread on this flick SOMEWHERE around here. That's how I found out about it and bought the disc! Cool commentary track on the DVD release by the way. I like the claustrophobic feel (ala Day The World Ended, like you mentioned) and Richard Denning is a real favorite of mine. |
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(05/13/08 6:23 PM) |
Yeah, I looked over all 29 pages for the topic, no go! I thought that the backstory on Kathleen Crowley was pretty bleak and a little suprising for back then.
The Image disc transfer was clean. There is also a nice Herman Cohen tribute. I had heard of it (probably here) but waited to pull the trigger on the purchase.
I'm at the point in my movie watching where I need to find new material! I might break down and get the "Tobor the Great" release!
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(05/13/08 11:56 PM) |
This film could have be aptly titled :
TOBORGET EARTH 
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(05/14/08 12:39 PM) |
Well, I enjoyed this more than SIGNS.
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(05/14/08 1:26 PM) |
The basic design looks a lot like the drawing of the new Gort.
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(05/14/08 1:48 PM) |
That is a depressing thought......
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(05/14/08 5:14 PM) |
I haven't got the DVD, only the old VHS, but it's still an enjoyable movie. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING, which came along just a few years later, is
reminiscent in many ways of TARGET EARTH.
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(05/15/08 11:49 AM) |
Too much talk, not enough killer robots sums up my take on the film.
" I`m here to kill your monsta."
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telegonus |
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(05/15/08 12:27 PM) |
I saw Target Earth a couple of time as a kid, haven't seen it since, thoroughly enjoyed it at the time. The characters did seem more out
of a noir or crime picture than a sci-fi. Richard Denning was stronger than usual in the film, coming off almost as a tough guy a la Sterling Hayden
than a bland sci-fi hero. He did well by it, makes me wish he had more opportunities in mainstream pictures.
(The production values probably did suck, but as a kid it worked for me. There was a minimalism to the movie,--a euphemism for ultra-cheap?, whatever--that gave the picture a certain starkness, an eeriness's.) |
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(06/22/08 10:46 AM) |
I remember this one fondly. It was one of those movies ch 19 out of Peoria would play on a boring Sunday afternoon. Yeah, it doesn't hold up on an adult
viewing, but man, the original "Deadly City" short story would make a great horror film if remade today... (Much in the same way "Who Goes
There?" was remade by Carpenter as "The Thing.")
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(07/22/08 4:14 PM) |
I saw it in the 1960s on either Ghoulardi or Big Chuck and Hoolihan, and I recently purchased a DVD. Not a bad flick, the could have done better with the robot. |
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(07/22/08 5:53 PM) |
This one begins well.
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(07/22/08 11:01 PM) |
Yeah, but after the first thirty seconds . . .
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(07/22/08 11:42 PM) |
Would you say it misses the target?
(sorry, that From Hell It Came thread is getting to me)
"The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
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(07/23/08 12:39 PM) |
The plot does seem a bit mechanical.
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(07/23/08 3:14 PM) |
You could say it hit an off note... (sound being their weapon... LOL... I crack myself up!)
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(07/25/08 7:16 PM) |
The only redeeming feature in the film's latter half is the appearance of the great Whit Bissel.
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