Well it depends on what is being faithful to the originals.  And its the Prometheus Project - do we know the name of their ship?

I can't wait to see the movie, and hopefully there will be some clarity, but for now I'll speculate.

It seems possible to me from the previews and the biology of the Space Jockey, that the initial contact of the 'alien' biology may have been shaped by the human interaction into the lethal form we have seen. Canonically the aliens take on attributes from their embryonic hosts and in their most basic form may have been extremely pliable to outside biological influence and mutation. That would also explain their ability to survive nearly anywhere, in nearly any extremes.

Legitimately I could see the Space Jockey's race as the source of the alien creatures. I think it is possible that the Space Jockey's race uses other biology to continue it's evolution and reproduction maybe, and that the contact with humans causes the resulting biological changes to yield savage, insect like killing machines instead of new Space Jockey babies. Otherwise the crashed ship in the first movie would not have had the dead pilot with the hole in his chest (strikes me as a development the ship designers and pilot were not aware of) and the lack of thousands of dormant eggs in the hold that we saw.

Then again, I could also see them as the sweepers the Space Jockey's send to a habitable planet to wipe it clean for future colonization. Since such an aggressively invasive species is biologically unsupportable on any world with any ecosystem that works like ours... unless they are from a planet where there is something more vicious that likes acid flavored snack foods. It seems like they are more of a biological weapon or tool than anything else. This also fits with the trailer saying the ship is heading to Earth.

Just a couple of things I thought about after seeing the trailer but it is merely speculation on my part.

I've tried all kinds of stuff. No dice.

"Space Jockey"?

I always thought he was called "The Navigator" but that's up for interpretation and fandom. I'm not too proud to admit I might be wrong, but it might (in my defense) be a generational thing.

I'll admit I'm probably mashing stuff together in that regard. Regardless, I think "The Navigator" is a more..."pompous" (?) title for a character we have yet to meet/see. I'm more than willing to admit I might be wrong here with this.

If the aliens/xenomorphs ARE involved I hope to see a return to the tension inducing gestation cycle.

I'll admit I'm probably mashing stuff together in that regard. Regardless, I think "The Navigator" is a more..."pompous" (?) title for a character we have yet to meet/see. I'm more than willing to admit I might be wrong here with this.

I think the word you're looking for is "dignified"?

I can honestly say that this is the first movie that I have been genuinely excited about in some time.

I agree the director's cut of Alien 3 is better, but at the end of the day that movie is a result of several re-writes and director changes.

Oh, he likes you, Burke.

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"Space Jockey"?

I always thought he was called "The Navigator" but that's up for interpretation and fandom. I'm not too proud to admit I might be wrong, but it might (in my defense) be a generational thing.

I'll admit I'm probably mashing stuff together in that regard. Regardless, I think "The Navigator" is a more..."pompous" (?) title for a character we have yet to meet/see. I'm more than willing to admit I might be wrong here with this.

If the aliens/xenomorphs ARE involved I hope to see a return to the tension inducing gestation cycle.

Honestly I heard it somewhere and it stuck. I have the director's cut of the first 3 movies and I think it was HR Geiger's nickname for him and that's why it sticks with me (I could be so wrong though, I haven't watched the movies in a long time now).

As far as the Xenomorphs, the humans in the trailer after the SHTF seem to be behaving oddly or aggressively towards each other, gooey, and are otherwise not quite right, so I am sticking to the theory of the human element mucking up something... May have been more of a dinner bell than an invitation.

Speaking of, why is every sci-fi screenplay of the attitude that intelligent life WANTS to meet us primitive and violent apes? Realistically any spacefaring race much older and more refined than us would either look at us like pets, vermin, or dinner... or maybe all of the above. So why would we rush out half-assed and try to meet them without at least BSG backing us up? They met us once and left us on this mudball, so odds were there was a reason for it.

Speaking of, why is every sci-fi screenplay of the attitude that intelligent life WANTS to meet us primitive and violent apes? Realistically any spacefaring race much older and more refined than us would either look at us like pets, vermin, or dinner... or maybe all of the above. So why would we rush out half-assed and try to meet them without at least BSG backing us up? They met us once and left us on this mudball, so odds were there was a reason for it.

If we can make it far enough to interplanetary travel, then we're interesting enough to talk to.  'til then, we're talking dogs or monkeys still playing with our own feces.

If we can make it far enough to interplanetary travel, then we're interesting enough to talk to.  'til then, we're talking dogs or monkeys still playing with our own feces.

I see that point, but I guess what I'm thinking is that you can teach an isolated, illiterate tribe of natives to operate a bicycle or an ak-47 but you wouldn't assume the members of Mensa would want them to come to their meeting just because they learned to find the address.

I would think at best aliens that advanced would like to study us as a fascination, not look at us as equals or to be taken seriously. Of course, I may just be terminally pessimistic.

Speaking of, why is every sci-fi screenplay of the attitude that intelligent life WANTS to meet us primitive and violent apes? Realistically any spacefaring race much older and more refined than us would either look at us like pets, vermin, or dinner... or maybe all of the above. So why would we rush out half-assed and try to meet them without at least BSG backing us up? They met us once and left us on this mudball, so odds were there was a reason for it.

"The surest sign that there is superior life elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us yet."-Calvin and Hobbes

In an off topic comment, this year is the first in at least 10 that I've been looking forward to the cinematic releases.
-The Hobbit- more the Mrs. than me I'll confess
-Prometheus-as this thread goes into...
-Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter-I'm not normally a Tim Burton fan, but the premise seems so over-the-FARKING-TOP that I won't resist.

As another off topic side note, if you want proof that the *expletive omitted* who directed the second AvP flick are retarded, I invite you too check out the movie Skyline that they also directed.

The tech level difference between apparently a scientific outfit and a standard freighter isn't so surprising. The Nostromo was an ore carrier, and I'd be willing to bet any company would keep a starship running as long as humanly possible due to the costs.  Difference could be between say, a Southeast Asia tramp freighter and the USS Gerald R. Ford.  Heck, the Sulaco looked a lot more advanced than the Nostromo, and that was a regular troopship.

All and all, looks very interesting.

Man I'm so stoked but I'm all alone here. Wife won't see it, my friends won't appreciate it. Any St Louis guys here want to catch this when it comes out?

SLC is a little far to drive.