Fossil?

Alien Drone, We don't know that! We have no idea how the derelicts, SJs in this movie are related to the one in Alien.

What's been interesting from the early days of speculation on this site is whether the differently designed 'Derelict' craft is meant to be the actual one seen in ALIEN or not... A lot of 'production design' inconsistencies such as exterior/interior 'Derelict' differences, and surrounding landscape differences will be answered when know for sure that the craft that crashes in the PROMETHEUS trailer is the same as the one discovered in ALIEN or not... Depending on the answer, we'll also find out if this means that there COULD have been enough plausible time for the Spacejockey's 'suit' in ALIEN to have 'decayed' enough to mistakenly be referred to as 'fossilized', or not... If it turns out as some assume (myself included), that the 'Derelict' seen in PROMETHEUS is DIFFERENT to the one found in ALIEN...and in a different place...then the various 'continuity differences' are happily wiped out in a stroke. But if it turns out as others assume, that this is indeed the SAME 'Derelict' as seen in ALIEN...which crashes in the same place...then there's definately going to be a few inconsistencies to put up with unfortunately...INCLUDING a supposedly long-'decayed' Spacejockey 'suit'. So this is turning into one of the questions I most look forward to see being answered. Personally, I can imagine that not only will PROMETHEUS show a different 'Derelict'-style craft altogether...but we may also see some other slight variations of it too. How many remains to be seen... Can't wait to see who's right on this particular aspect.

One of the most interesting speculations from the early days of this site is whether the 'Derelict' craft seen crashing in the PROMETHEUS trailers is the actual one found in ALIEN, or not... This is going to answer a lot of questions concerning various 'continuity issues' where the 'production design' is concerned. Because it will answer whether there's a plausible reason for the exterior/interior differences of the PROMETHEUS 'Derelict', along with the surrounding landscape differences...and whether there's a plausible answer for why the Spacejockey 'suit' seen in ALIEN seems to have been 'decaying' for so long that it gets mistakenly referred to as 'fossilized'... If as some assume (including myself), that the 'Derelict' seen in the PROMETHEUS trailers is a DIFFERENT craft altogether, and in a DIFFERENT place too...then all the design inconsistencies will be happily explained away in one stroke. But if as some others assume, that the 'Derelict' seen in the PROMETHEUS trailers is the SAME craft that's found in ALIEN, in the SAME place...then some of us are going to be a little distracted with numerous 'continuity issues'! (Some have speculated that the 'Derelict' may 'shape-shift' a little, but that doesn't explain certain other differences unfortunately) So this is now one of the things I'm most looking forward to seeing answered, to see who's been right or wrong all along. My own take is that not only will the 'Derelict' craft seen in the PROMETHEUS trailers be a DIFFERENT one, in a DIFFERENT place to the one seen in ALIEN...but that we may also see other variations of the same craft in the movie too! How many remains to be seen...

I bought the new issue of EMPIRE magazine; awesome holographic cover and great coverage of Prometheus. The cast give their perspective on the movie and Sir Ridley Scott answers all the questions you could ever ask! Definitely worth the cash: http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/