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Originally Posted by Ferox13

The black goo seems to have different effects on what it infects and how?

The assumption I made during my 3rd viewing was that the Engineers had devised different types of sticky goo for different purposes. There's no way of proving that the sticky goo taken by the monk Engineer in the opening sequence is the same goo which was given to Holloway.

Of course, like you said, it might have different effects on different hosts. But remember, the 100% DNA match? That means it should have affected Holloway the same way it affected the Engineer, if the basic composition of both bodies is the same.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

The effects it had on Shaw were very different than what it did to Fifield (it turned him into an uber strong, pcp Zombie). It made the indigenous lifeforms (the worms) a 1000 bigger. Assuming it was the same substance at the start, it breaks down the Engineers to their DNA building blocks.

Fifield's helmet started disintegrating when he sliced the Hammerpede (stuck to Millburn) into two and got sprayed by it's blood (assuming it had a substance similar to acid in it's blood). That made him spin out of control right into the thick fluid flowing through that inner chamber of the pyramid.

The qualities of THIS fluid didn't resemble the qualities of the sticky goo inside the container - it was more viscous and free-flowing, unlike the sticky goo. If you remember, right after Fifield fell into the fluid head-first, his helmet (which was already steaming and sizzling from the spray of the Hammerpede's blood) sort of completely melted inwards, sticking into his face. That could have been the result of the Hammerpede's blood mixing with the flowing liquid which caused that sort of reaction. Of course, the liquid did intensify Fifield's mutation and turned him into what he became, later.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

This seems like a more logical explaination than the Engineer was 'Someone who raised their voice on the continuous production of bio-weapons and, as a result, was cast out and punished by making them forcefully feed themselves with the sticky stuff.'. I see zero evidence for this.

If you think back to the opening sequence carefully, you will remember that the monk Engineer (I call him so because he was dressed in robes with a hood) walks slowly to the edge of the waterfall, carrying a small dish-like thing containing the black sticky goo. The spaceship hovers in front of him and he lowers his hood and takes a long, deep look at the spaceship. That look signifies that the monk Engineer wasn't there from his own choice.

Secondly, if he was chosen for this job, the spaceship wouldn't have been hovering over him until he drank the goo. It would have landed him and disappeared, assured that he would do his thing. The spaceship left only after he had drunk the goo - which signifies they watched over him till the last moment ensuring he did the job, and ONLY then did they leave.

Thirdly, if he had been chosen, they could have made him drink the goo inside the spaceship itself, then dumped his disintegrating body directly into the waterfall.

Ergo my theory of him NOT volunteering for this.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

What I am questioning is the 100%. Only creatures of the same race have exactly the same DNA. Clearly Engineers/Space Jockeys are not the same race as humans.

Not necessarily. 100% DNA match happens very rarely (even fathers don't share 100% DNA matching with their children at times) - specially matching the DNA of a rapidly evolving race such as humans with another race is rare. Unless the explanation which I provided earlier - either they are siblings of humans, or they are an advanced, evolved or mutated version of humans. Maybe the Engineers are how humans would develop and evolve into, in the distant future.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Heres some of my nitpicking (not so much plot points but just what I felt unrealistic actions of characters):

Fifield and Millburn getting lost in an area that had mapped and even knew their coordinates when they reported to the ship.

Maybe they got really shaken up and freaked out when they ran into all those Engineers' corpses.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

The crews completely nonplussed by Shaw when she shows up half naked, covered in blood with a Cesarean scar.

Maybe because half the crew was busy fighting off mutant Fifield and the other half was tending to old Weyland. They did rush to her when she stumbled in and covered her with something and made her sit.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Why would they put together an operation of that size and put a crew on it that never met or trained together. It was like they picked up some daylabourers outside Home Depot.

I blame this on either Lindelof or the editing table. Maybe we will see crew interaction in a Director's Cut DVD.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Why did they hire Guy Pierce only to put him in a Johnny Knoxvill 'old suit'? Strange choice - I know there was the TED talks piece but that couldn't be it. Maybe he was already signed for a prequel.

Could be. Or he has a bigger role to play as a younger Weyland in future sequels.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Somethings I probably didn't get:

The 'altar' room clearly showed a carving of a Xenomorph (that looked liek the queen) - so the xeno that was born from the Spacejockey at the end wasn't the first? Why have what religious carving of the alien in the first place (I think this might get explained later)

A-ha! Perfectly spotted.

An indication which shows that the Engineers knew about the Xenomorphs already (either through direct contact or had developed them in their bio-weapons lab). The religious intonation might mean the Engineers being in awe of this perfect killing machine - they revere it. Yes a sequel will explain this perfectly.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

I didn't understand the worm that was seen in Charlie's eye. I though the good worked on DNA but that seemed like a parasite. I thought maybe Davids sample was contaminated (by one of the worms) before he got a chance to freeze but I am not sure.

Maybe that was the infectious mutation which grew inside Holloway's blood, when it got tainted by the black goo which David had slipped into his drink. It could explain his extreme discomfort when he was helped to the ship. Maybe something was growing INSIDE him, waiting to tear it's way out? That's why he preferred death?

Originally Posted by Ferox13

How did the Space Jockey make it to the shuttle with not helmet.

Maybe the Engineers had an-inbuilt breathing unit built into their suits, to tackle the non-breathable atmosphere of the planet.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Why were the Engineers wearing helmets in the ship when it was set up with a breathable enviroment.

So that they didn't disturb the air/atmosphere inside the pyramid? Remember the balance of the ante room being shifted when the humans entered it?

Originally Posted by Ferox13

DAvid seemed to know the language of the Enginners too well just from studing ancient texts. He could open the sequences on the doors (which I imagine were codes). So not only could he understand the signage but also the sybols to press in the right order. Its like I know how the security door in the bank works but I have no idea what sequence of numbers to press.

This adds to my theory of Engineers being an example of human evolution in the future. And it could also explain why the Engineers resembled humans so much in outward appearance.

Originally Posted by Ferox13

I didn't get why the holograms were created - were they like security footage?

Plausibly.

Originally Posted by Angra

Maybe David only thought he knew the language when he really didn't.

So when he spoke to the Jockey what he was really saying was, "I had sex with yo momma."

And then all hell broke lose.

Makes sense. Makes alot of sense..

What he said to the Engineer was - (translated) "This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life."

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/566...eer-prometheus

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Wait, I'm confused. You say it's a spinoff? I thought it was more like a prequel.

For now, yes it's a spinoff based on the Alien universe. IF there are sequel(s) eventually which will connect it to Alien in the end, we can call it a prequel.


I am just trying to provide some answers. None of my explanations should be treated as final answers, as I am trying to theorise about all of it myself and to put things together.

Will tackle Chronogrl's post tomorrow. Power's been going on and off in the past 6 hours (it's raining heavily here), and I had to save Ferox's reply in a Notepad file to reply to all of it whenever power came back.

Meanwhile, check these out :-

http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/6/24...fographic.html

http://whatculture.com/film/promethe...-questions.php