Hey, it's actually kind of liberal, which is noteworthy in this era of unrelenting sci-fi red baiting. There's an anti-war message up front, and the humanism gets laid on so thick towards the end that even Ro-Man gets in on the fun...although in his furry hands it's just an excuse to cop a feel. In any other context the homage to King Kong would be obvious, but it's really hard to concentrate on all that given the antennaed deep-sea diving helmet, the hyperactive bubble machine, and the Platonic dialogue with the Great One (no, not Wayne Gretzky) in the Two-Way Space Dresser on the other side of the cave. The MOUTH of the cave, of course - if they went any deeper they would have had to rent some lights. The Hu-man sequences don't stint on fun: John Mylong can't stop whacking brick walls with his fist, and watch the actors trying to keep a straight face during the love-scene mime routine. But nothing beats Ro-Man's final soliloquy on the Must-Cannot gap, not to mention the endless shots of him mincing around the canyon in an apparent constant effort to just keep his balance.
Review of Robot Monster
