Disregarding All non-Ridley Scott elements

I posted this in another thread, but I really feel like this is something that should apply to the entire community. -------------------------------------------------------------- When Ripley overrides the command to get MOTHER to access Special order 937... "Special order 937: Nostromo rerouted to new coordinates. Investigate life form, gather specimen. Priority one, insure return of organism for analysis. All other considerations secondary. Crew expendible." The "Alien Omnibus" book goes into a few more specifics and details when it comes to these things, but I've come to think that I don't really want to explore them now, because I don't think we should use or extrapolate any information that comes from outside of the actual Ridley Scott films. (ex: the other films, books, etc.) IMO, even the long accepted plot elements from James Cameron's "Aliens" movie should not be taken into consideration either, because Ridley Scott has stated before that although he likes "Aliens", it wasn't necessarily the same direction he would have taken, and it probably doesn't quite fit in with his vision of the overall story. So many people seem to include and rely on all of the information, facts, occurrences, and plot lines from the other (non Ridley) sources, primarily from the other "Alien" films. I read so many post from people talking and debating about all of the various things from the other movies, and the point I'm making is that Ridley Scott may or may not choose to use ANY of the plot lines or facts from the other films, books, etc.... of which many have become somewhat canon to the ALIEN franchise and lore. So for example, the whole idea and story of the queen alien from "Aliens"... that may not have any connection at all with Ridley's idea's, or his concepts. So he may go in a completely different direction and disregard that whole concept. I don't know that he will or won't, but the point is that we have to kind of disconnect ourselves from ALL of the other various influences, and go strictly with what Ridley Scott himself has given us, which is "Prometheus" and "Alien". At least, IMHO, that is what we should all be limiting ourselves to and sticking to. Because continuing to explore and debate on all of those other elements and facts may be pointless, and useless. Anyhow, given all of that... there's what we know about Special order 937, straight from the film. Here's what it tells us: - The company did know SOMETHING. They knew. or suspected, that there was an organism or a life form there on LV-426. - The company knew that the beacon was a warning, and not a distress signal. - They decided to send the Nostromo and it's crew to the site, and they replaced the regular science officer with Ash... two days before they departed. - The special order was for "science officer eyes only", so we know they intended for Ash to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING necessary in order to follow the special orders. - We know the company wants the "organism or life form" very badly, enough to go through the trouble of sending the Nostromo and Ash, planning and creating special order 937, reprogramming MOTHER, and risking whatever consequences may befall the outcome. Here's what it doesn't tell us: - It doesn't confirm exactly what the company knew, how much they knew, or for how long they've known whatever it is that they DO know. - It doesn't tell us whether they've done anything else prior to this action, or not. So again, we don't know what they know. - It doesn't tell us whether they know there's a ship there, or the space jockey. They only indicate "an organism, or life form". - It doesn't tell us specifically "what" the company wanted it for, the special order only states, "return organism for analysis". We can only speculate on the underlying reasons. And again, this is my entire point of all of this... we can only speculate on most of the story lines and details, because ultimately... it's only Ridley Scott who will be filling in all of these blanks. Therefore, it may be best for us to keep our analysis and discussions within the boundaries of Ridley's films. That's just my thought, and I look forward to more discussions. Peace