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Originally Posted by Posher778

I definitely thought when he drank the stuff at the beginning that it was how they created humans in the first place. Like he gave himself up to make a new race. I may have been a little tipsy at the start though.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

I have to disagree with this. I thing the opening sequence was a flashback to the Space Jockey who was allocated to seed Earth. I think it was a reference to religion and a God that died for his creations. (I think Poser said something similar)

I thought so as well, specially with the whole DNA bursting sequence culminating in the formation of a red cell (RBC?) which quickly started multiplying inside the water (first 2, then 4...).

Then, that whole sequence with David mixing the same sticky substance with Holloway's drink which resulted in him going awry (and his love-making with Shaw resulting in the rapid formation and development of the squid baby, leading up to the self-surgery sequence) and mutating into something which deteriorated his condition so badly he basically brought his own death to himself (by getting burnt by Vicker's flamethrower) - this threw a spanner into the works.

If this was the same substance which resulted in the formation and development of RBCs, why did it cause such rapid mutation in Holloway and that uber-quick pregnancy of Shaw? If it was the percursor to the RBCs, Holloway shouldn't have been affected. If affected, he should have mutated into...another human?

If it turns out to be the former (both substances are separate), I stand corrected. If the latter (both are the same), then I guess Part 2 will have to answer that as well.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

No I get that - what i meant that the DNA was a 100% match not a partial match - humanity had evolved/'mutated' from their initial seeding. So human DNA would only have elements of the Space Jockeys' DNA and would not be excalty the same.

Remember the Space Jockey from Alien? It's size was much larger than normal humans (Dallas, Lambert & Kane) and it was fossilised in it's chair. The Engineer in Prometheus is different - he/it is not much taller than humans, and resembles our looks. Could it be that the races of man & Engineers are related, with the Space Jockey of Alien being a superior set of beings above the Engineers? That could explain the 100% DNA match - siblings share the same DNA.

It could also add a whole new meaning to the opening sequence too, however. I think the dating of the opening sequence assumes a lot of importance now.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

I presumed the ship laden with bioweapons was on its way to destroy Earth. Thats why Shaw wanted to sacrifice the Prometheus.

The ship was programmed to go to Earth, with a dormant Engineer inside (in hypersleep, perhaps?). The cargo held the bio-weapon containers which had the sticky substance in them - maybe that's the way they got rid of entire races and started a new one, as soon as evolution brought that species into a stage when they became too learned, too experienced and too smart. Maybe the Engineers planned it in such a manner that they inhabited/destroyed worlds according to their evolutionary stages. That could be the reason why the Engineer, upon awakening, attacked the humans and ripped David apart.


I have an idea about how this whole thing ends up tying up with the events on LV-426 in Alien through the next 2 sequels. Let's see if Scott proves me right.