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Originally Posted by mar3o
There was no consistency between the two films. He's right about that. Alien nailed the look. Prometheus was supposed to take place decades before Alien but sported technology that was far more advanced than we saw in Alien. They should have toned down the look of the technology so they didn't look more advanced than in Alien. 3D image mapping, the "pups", the advanced cryo tubes - it's all far more advanced than in Alien, yet it shouldn't be. I can buy that the mining ship might not have had the absolute state-of-the-art tech, being an industrial ship, but the look in Prometheus is just too clean - it looks too much like "new Star Trek". And the space suits were pretty lame compared to Alien. It all goes back to the general production design. he didn't like it, and I don't like it much myself.
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I think you've pretty much explained the reason why.
The Nostromo is essentially a mobile factory in space, it's not really going to be pristine looking or be in the best of conditions.
It makes more sense that a science vessel would look much better and be in better condition.
For all we know the Nostromo could be older than the Prometheus.