Daily Scan for 04.14.09 - Egyptians Explain Lost Monster, Sarah Connor Is Terminated

• It looks like The Sarah Connor Chronicles is dead. It's so weird to think that a show based on Terminator could fail, but then again, Fox hates scifi.
• The Tron 2 guy looks a little flabby in his off-the-set costume.
• Amazon.com eliminated a lot of gay-oriented science fiction from the site recently. The situation reeks of some lower manager making a stupid unilateral decision. But everyone's going bazonkers.
• The early reviews of Star Trek keep on rolling in, and they continue to be very flattering.
• Popular Mechanics explains the Lost smoke monster using ancient Egyptian myth!
• For the frisky spring fever scifi lover, a gallery of strange science fiction slash. You're welcome!
• Seven ways to end a popular scifi show. Is it even possible to end one that satisfies everyone?
• io9 points out that the Tripods on the cover of the War of the Worlds rock opera look a lot like iPods. Yeah, I guess they do.









