The Alien Movie Matrix

I'll present my detailed, spoiler-filled review of Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) one week from today, here on the blog (so see it before then; twice if you can...).

While watching the new film, keep in mind this matrix, and see how many categories Prometheus fulfills.  This may be one manner of judging how much of an Alien "prequel" the Ridley Scott film really is.  Does it live or die by the conventions of the established series, or does it feature new tropes and ideas?

Title	Alien (1979)	Aliens (1986)	Alien3 (1992)	Alien Resurrection (1997)
Android	Ash	Bishop	Bishop	Call
Company Man	Ash	Burke	85, Bishop	No
Comic Relief	Parker, Brett	Hudson	Morse, 85	Perez
In awe of the alien	Ash	Bishop	Golic	Gediman
Joseph Conrad	Nostromo Narcissus	Sulaco	Sulaco	No
Pregnancy/Gestation	Kane	Colonists	Ripley. Dog.	Alien Queen Purvis
Self-Sacrifice	No	Gorman Vasquez	Dillon Ripley	Christie Purvis
Failed Mission	Dallas in the vents trying to flush out alien	First engagement with aliens in sub-level 3	Prisoners attempt to entrap alien	Military attempts to breed and control aliens as bio weapon.
Ship/Facility Destroyed	Nostromo	LV-426 Colony	Evacuation pod	Auriga
New Alien Life Form	Space jockey Egg Facehugger Chestburster Adult alien	Queen Alien	Dog Alien	Newborn
Surprise Death/Attack	Kane chest-bursted. Alpha-male Dallas killed half-way through. Ash decapitated.	Bishop pulped    by Queen on Sulaco.	Andrews dragged   through Cafeteria ceiling	No