It was a nice podcast - Your discussion included anything I would have added to what was said. So that was good.
I'm still having a hard time believing anything anybody inside the production says about this thing. The picture of the hand, while well-sculpted, was laughable. I already described it. Everybody tells the appropriate lies in production and on the promo tour. And Prometheus was crap.
I know, some people think Prometheus was great, but it was just a SYFY movie with a very large budget, and it was the tale of the galaxy's smartest morons. Scott will have to do a lot better than cribbing major plot points from AVP or even just replicating Alien if he expects anyone to care. I'm surprised how readily a lot of people here will just buy whatever is being sold in the runup to this thing. I still expect it will suck. When it comes out, if it's great, I'll eat that crow with a delicious spicy pepper sauce. But until then, burden of proof is all on them.
The unfortunate part is, the movie doesn't have to be good. It just has to make money. If that happens, we'll get more movies. See Michael Bay's Transformers franchise, The Force Awakens, etc. To that end, Waterson's character can live, die, get reborn, whatever. The success or failure of it will depend on the way it's played and the appeal of the overall movie.