Sci-Fi

Here's a look at tonight's sci-fi TV:

Caprica, "Gravedancing" – The BSG prequel series returns with Daniel Graystone attempting some damage control on Baxter Sarno's (guest star Patton Oswalt) talk show. Elsewhere, RoboZoe begins to bond with a robotics tech, and Joseph Adama wrestles with the consequences of ordering a hit on Amanda Graystone. (9 p.m. ET on Syfy)

Smallville, "Persuasion" – A wacky form of kryptonite gives budding superboy Clark the ability to make wishes come true on Valentine's Day, leading Lois to pick out a wedding dress and Chloe to take her creepy stalking antics to the next level. (8 p.m. ET on The CW)

Head after the jump for clips and more TV picks:

Plan 9 From Outer Space needs little introduction. Even if you haven't seen Ed Wood's most notorious undertaking, you're bound to recognize the title as constantly being hailed as The Worst Film Ever Made. In fact, the first time I recall ever even hearing about the film was The Chinese Restaurant episode of "Seinfeld" in which Jerry roughly declares, "the worst movie ever produced deserves to be seen on a big screen!"

Well, as with everything these days, even The Worst Film Ever Made is worth a remake. Thus we have the teaser trailer for a new Plan 9 From Outer Space from director John Johnson and Darkstone Entertainment. Is there a point to a remake other than capitalizing on the name? No, not really. I don't think the audiences anywhere are clamoring for a second crack at the story of aliens who reanimate the dead to take over planet earth. But I must confess, given the pedigree and the assuredly lower than low budget, it looks half-decent.

Then again, I'm a fan of the Syfy channel and I hate my liver, so I'm accustomed to a certain sort of guilty pleasures.

Less than a year ago it was made known that a new adaptation of the ongoing dystopian action comic Judge Dredd was in the works, which I think is fair to say came as a surprise to most everyone. Not that the comic property became a poisoned well to return to after Dredd's first trip to the big screen, the bulky 1995 critical and commercial flop starring Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider in arguably his most annoying role ever. But you gotta admit it takes cojones to willingly associate millions upon millions of dollars with a title that is most often remembered in jest. Yet comic owner Rebellion and the production company DNA Films exhibited no signs of embarrassment in making the announcement last December that they were bringing the lawgiver back.

Now, thanks to the planet's newest and most reliable source of unimpeachable news, Twitter, we know just why those two British studios are comfortable wrestling Dredd's film credibility away from the lampooning panelists of an I Love the '90s VH1 special. Comic artist Mark "Jock" Simpson laid out the good news quite simply in a tweet, "working through script visuals for JUDGE DREDD movie. Alex Garland writes a great script."

Sure, it's just a tweet, but it's still bellied with information. One, it implies the script is not only great but completed. Two, the film is in active pre-production/pre-visualization, which is farther along that most thought. Three, with The Beach, 28 Days Later and Sunshine screenwriter (and DNA Films co-founder) Alex Garland on writing duties, there is a high chance that Danny Boyle (another DNA founder) will be the director bringing the police-state vision of Judge Dredd back to life. Four, with Garland involved there's an even higher chance that, if there is an annoying Rob Schneider sidekick character, they most likely will die an agonizing death.