Prometheus overcomplicated the Alien movie lore, and the franchise has yet to address all of those unanswered questions.

Prometheus writer Damon Lindelof in 2012 imagined Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) in today’s world, giving a TED Talk. But what did it actually get right about the future?

Most of Prometheus takes place in the last week of the year 2093, between Christmas and New Year's Day (the events on Earth take place in 2089) -- a full 28 years before the events in Alien.