ray_afraid said:

I wanna point out that from what I know about the film, people who are interested in this only as a set up to Alien are in it for the wrong reasons and will be disappointed.

I think this is a great point. I have to keep reminding myself this is not a prequel to Alien. It is a side-story, an EU tale.

As far as the visual look is concerned, I've come to think of it the way I approach folk tales, myths, and legends, which were packaged and repackaged over the generations to suit their audiences. Hollywood was not the first to do this.

The story matters more than the wrapping, and as long as the filmmakers respect that hierarchy, than I can look past differences in the visual representation of certain elements like computer screens, which are just embellishments by a storyteller addressing a new generation.