Derelict, or not Derelict ? That is the question.

I personaly think thier not the same I know its been coverd befor BUT the sj in alien appears to have been dead a long time, much more than the reported 30-40 years between Prometheus & Alien I think seeing the derelict in the trailer could be one of Ridley's red herrings. Also someone here has spotted differances between the two ships

This has been covered many, many times, I even did a thread recently [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/1170]HERE[/url]. IMO I think it is the same derelict.

[font="verdana"]I actually hope it is a different derelict, that would be more interesting than a film that has the constraint of setting up Alien literally. ... Although I agree it's more likely that it IS the same derelict.[/font]

Still doesnt explain the state of the sj in the chair its state of decay etc God I love this site so many theories

Sorry if this has been pointed out already... Why is everyone assuming the SJ room is the ONLY room like that on the ship? Maybe the one from Alien is the pilot's area...the one we're seeing in Prometheus is for navigation or some other function. Could very easily explain differences in the designs of the room, especially if they serve different functions.

I think the different geology of the place that we see in the trailler, compared to the place where Nostromo´s crew find the derelict in "Alien", is telling. Also, it not being the same ship would vindicate Scott´s word when he says that "Prometheus" isn´t quite a prequel, but has "Alien" DNA.

Not the derelict. There are too many differences when it would have been such a simple matter to replicate the ship from "Alien" down to its' very last biomechanical nut or bolt.

i come across this spoiler which is different from the other 50 + storylines of the movie online, sounds pretty right compared to the trailer but it could be a load of poo. it explanes why the ship is so old hukerlover, it involves time travel. the prometheus gets sucked into a worm hole and travels millions of years to the past, thats why i have high hopes for this plot http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/11/28/possible-prometheus-synopsis-arrives-spoiler.html

[quote]Who would like the derelict in Prometheus to be the Derelict in Alien? [/quote] Only rule I make for myself when speculating is to not make two of everything. One human ship, one derelict-style ship, one UFO-style ship, one planet. These clearly have to be there. So naturally I think it is the derelict :P [quote]Why is everyone assuming the SJ room is the ONLY room like that on the ship?[/quote] Star map room is assumed to be the same as the pilot's chamber because of the four sarcophagus in the room and the same-style entrances. The star map room's ceiling ("window") matches the outside of the ship (this can be seen in the explosion pic). Therefore the room is assumed to be big and wouldn't fit anywhere else on the ship.

just watched aliens, and when ripley is being questioned abouth the crew and nostromos destruction, she clearly states," it was a derelict ship, its was not from there" we homed in on its beacon...clearly then the craft crashed there ......any thoughts, and yes , yall have some of the best theories i have ever read towards this upcoming film, wonder if Mr, scott reads these at all..:)..............

maybe the aliens were on that planet-toid and mixed with the alien SJ?

if the plot about time travel is correct and the space jockey has been the planet for millions of years have the eggs been there that long aswel? the ship would only decay more but would the eggs survive that long? will be funny when the movie finally comes out and proves us all wrong

Thats the problem I have with the idea of the derelict being there for at least a million years, the eggs surviving that long.

@UKAlien it explanes why the ship is so old hukerlover, it involves time travel. the prometheus gets sucked into a worm hole and travels millions of years to the past, thats why i have high hopes for this plot Oh no please not a time travel movie No, I still think that its not LV-426 therefore differant ship Just my opinion tho

Kane did say , "it feels like the damn tropics in here" and with that blue light, acting like a boundary layer to protect the eggs from ,say,,, the environment?....maybe?, the chestburster from sj had to be a queen.

Snorkelbottom does have a good point there you just cant see the eggs surviving that long

I want it to be the same ship.

@ chumbrother Kane did say , "it feels like the damn tropics in here" and with that blue light, acting like a boundary layer to protect the eggs from ,say,,, the environment?....maybe?, the chestburster from sj had to be a queen. I read somewhere that Ridley had said that the rest of the series was not part of the Prometheus/Alien story line so in Theory no queen I think we all agree that the Xeno is some kind of weapon created by the sj's

i think (hope) its the ship from alien, why take an iconic scene from the first film then tease us with a similar image in the Prometheus if its something different. im 99% sure its the same ship. time travel isn't that far fetched when you consider what technology the space jockeys hold.

ok how about the ship crashes, the alien killing its space jockey host and the xenos killing all life on the planet and making the ship its nest? but would mean all over aliens would of died out leaving only a few eggs??