Prometheus' relationship to Alien.

Gavin
MemberTrilobiteDecember 27, 20111361 Views15 RepliesHaving been on these forums for a while I have been able to gauge a lot of peoples expectations for what they expect and hope to see in Prometheus. Many, many times I have seen fellow members expecting answers to the many unanswered questions in Alien:
1. The Signal - Originally thought to be an SOS, later confirmed to be a warning by Ripley. Warning signal suggest the Space Jockey's are benign, the Derelicts cargo suggests otherwise.
2. The Derelict - Obviously a crashed Space Jockey vessel. How and when did it crash?
3. The Space Jockey - A huge, dead, bio-mechanical alien "fossilized" in his chair. Who is he, where is he from?
4. The Hole In The Chest - The Space Jockey had a outward bursting hole in his chest, presumably after falling victim to a Facehugger. Where is the dead Facehugger, Where is the resulting Aliens discarded skin, where id the resulting Alien?
5. Hole In The Floor - To the right and slightly in front of the dead alien pilot is a acid-burnt hole leading to the egg chamber below. Did the Facehugger make the hole on the way up or did the Alien make the hole on the way down?
6. The Egg Chamber - Underneath the Derelict's "cockpit", seemingly the whole underside of the Derelict was filled with thousands, possibly millions of Alien eggs, purposefully protected by a layer of "laser-mist". Why was Derelict carrying so many eggs, where do the eggs come from, why was only one row protected by the "laser-mist".
7. Order 937 - Synthetic replacement science officer Ash was planted on board the Nostromo to carry out and supervise Order 937 - [b]Nostromo rerouted to new co-ordinates, Investigate life form, Gather specimen, Priority One, Ensure return of organism for analysis, All other considerations secondary, Crew expendable[/b]. The Company (Weylan(d)-Yutani) obviously already knew of location of the Derelict, what cargo it contained and how valuable it was (backed up by Ash's beheaded speech regarding a creature he should have known very little about). When and how did the Company become aware of all of this.
However, it is my opinion, which seems to be confirmed by Ridley Scott himself that Prometheus will only answer the following questions - How did the company know where the Derelict was, and when/how did the derelict crash.
All the other questions are related to the Alien movies and franchise which Prometheus is only part of by way of the Space Jockey, thus it is my opinion that they will remain unanswered in Prometheus or any Prometheus sequels.