I think the transformed person might in fact be the newly regenerated Peter Weyland. The fire he stole might have QUITE a different effect on him than he expected. And I think David secretly helps him, but I don't think this necessarily villainizes David because Weyland probably isn't simply in it for himself – he wants to be around for years to come to help improve life on his home world, hence Weyland Industries also trying to terraform other planets.

The UK trailer works a bit better in the first half, it's more focused, but the last 30 seconds of the US trailer works better than the ending of the UK trailer. Between them, there is a decent trailer in there somewhere.

My biggest problem is that there seems to be a hole somewhere in the story contained within the trailers. These trailers appear to cut around the actual story (meeting your maker) in order to play up the elements that might make it appear more like "Alien" than it actually is. In other words, the trailer feels like a rather labored effort to artificially manufacture a connection to the first picture rather than an authentic reflection of the film they are making. This first reveals itself by the way both trailers seem to rely very heavily on the very end of the picture to create a sense of action and suspense. That would imply to me that the body of the picture is all talk and anticipation for the last 20 minutes, the same 20 minutes you've seen repeatedly in commercials and trailers. Furthermore, the trailer creators seem rather timid about describing what the actual core conflict is, as if that information might diminish interest in the film. That is always a red flag. I am beginning to get the sense that we are looking at a cinematic version of a "smash and grab", where the marketing is designed to maximize attendance before everyone gets a chance to tweet that the picture is slow, boring, and nothing like an "Alien" picture.

Furthermore, the whole thing just looks and feels so much like a video game. Where is the Ridley Scott atmosphere? It does look slick, but in a completely artificial, inorganic way. I think if you took the "Ridley Scott" card off of this thing, you'd be hearing an entirely different set of reactions.

If I had to put $10 bucks down on the outcome, I would say this looks like it will play out the way "Alien 3" played out: massive opening, bad reviews, and a scathing audience assessment that the picture is too ponderous and short on thrills.

Oh, and some kind of virus is working its way through his body in a remarkably similar way we see something happening to a crew member's face 2m 8s into the trailer…

My gut says the way they're selling Rapace/Shaw as "the new Ripley" is too pat and we should look to Theron's character to do a heel-face turn in the film's second half. For one thing, OWS or no, the "evil company man" trope feels played out in Alien. For another, one wonderful thing about Alien was that there was no reason to peg Ripley as the hero out of the gate, which inclines me to think that there's more than one twist in these characters narrative arcs (Theron isn't such a name that she automatically skews perceptions of the storyline and yet…). And is it just me or does Shaw look a little… "unwell" in some of those clips?

But I'm also a little worried. The creepy face he's making when he says "big things have small beginnings" better be misdirection.