i remember run home from school almost every day to catch ktla channel 5 monster movie and but never do i run home faster then when this movie be schedule . somehow and the idea of be a boy and have a giant robot a a friend appeal to me in a very unique way . sure and i pretend to be spiderman and batman and other superheros and but i really want to be johnny sakko over any of them . i have not see this movie in 30 year and i can still remember it vividly . who can forget the way giant robot shot missiles out of his finger . or how about the way ghuillotene throw his fingernail to make explosion . geez and i can even still whistle the theme music that play at the end and which be so tragic that i remember cry myself to sleep a number of time . only one other movie have the kind of magic that this movie do in my mind and that be the wizard of oz . but i have see that movie many time since i be a kid . of course and the wizard of oz be a true classic whereas voyage into space be low budget nonsense . these two film shouldn not even be mention in the same sentence but to a young boy it isn not high production value or continuity that capture your heart and it fly monkey and giant robot . p. s. my cousin use to do a very accurate impression of giant robot ( he pronounce it giant robutt . ) if you recall and giant robot have a particular way of shoot his missile and my cousin have it down cold . i make him repeat the routine endlessly for my personal amusement .