gon blast this in a couple hours... see how my roomates react.. should be comedy..
Yes, that would be an "Iron Man" prequel. However, a movie about his baby sitter, while obviously taking place in the same universe, would not be a prequel unless it somehow lead to the events in "Iron Man".
A prequel is a story that takes place in the same universe, but specifically has elements that contribute/connect to the story that comes after it.
"In the same universe" can mean a lot of things. It could be something as simple as one character....like Detective John Munch appeared on "Homicide: Life on the Street"....the same character later appeared on "The Wire"....and oddly he also appeared on "X-Files". So all 3 of those shows are technically in the same universe, despite having no other connection.
"Prometheus" has too many ties to "Alien" to be called anything other than a prequel. Same derelict ship, same "Space Jockey" life form, same company that hired Ripley, same android like Bishop, etc. Some of the stuff you see in "Prometheus" is directly related to things that were later seen in "Alien".
Fred.
Scott said that the derelict/space jockey in Alien has no direct ties to events in prometheus. Although i do agree with you that "prometheus" is a prequel to "alien" in the general sense, but in that the stories directly tie into each other.
I can't wait for this film though, if the plot is half as good as i think it's going to be it might have the potential to be as iconic as "alien"
This is a kind of movie I have to watch by myself. Cant go wit.a bytch or one of my nikkas complaining that there is to much dialogue