It was on SciFi a few months ago. I made a DVD of it. I remember watching it when it came out in 1980 or so and thinking it was pretty good. Watching it now 25 years later, it is pretty dated as far as the special effects go -- the rocketships were downright 1930's Buck Roger-ish with the flames coming out of the engines, but being blown upwards, not straight out and things like that.
I tried having my wife watch the dvd with me and she was laughing at the special effects. Pretty weak - even for 1980. Probably didn't have much of a budget, but shows like Space1999 had been out by then and had very good miniatures done.
Chronicles could be a prime candidate for some sort of remake (like War of the Worlds is about to be with Speilberg and Cruise), in my opinion.
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