Giant head locatoin

DinosaurRaghhh
MemberOvomorphDecember 07, 20111516 Views17 RepliesI'm not sure if anyone has considered that the giant head is found on Earth? Maybe all of the Urn's contain the species of earth or are fossilized. This might be where the space jockey or higher beings shrine is on Earth, which shows the initial archaelogists the location of the aliens home world? Just think it is a bit egotystical to have a human head on a world where the space jockeys live?? Although it may be that the higher beings if they are welcoming show the humans a room which is familiar to them, once arriving at the planet.
December 07, 2011
Here's what I heard about that,
The Giant Head {and again this just what I heard form a pretty reliable source if I recall correctly} Is what Powers Prometheus, it is intended to be a "Biomechanical Head" and the Growers{ sorry, "Engineers"} supposedly power these ships with their minds, as Spaihts suggested very early, 2nd or 3rd page I think of the script he pitched to Ridley Scott's Production Company.
December 07, 2011
I always assumed that Prometheus was the name of the humans ship, so are you saying that the Prometheus is possibly the name of the Engineers ship?? It looks more of a gaurdian or monument to me. Seems a little odd that the Engineers if they are not human would choose to have a human head piloting their space ships.
December 07, 2011
I just thought Of something else.
What I wrote above does not work if it is The "Promehteus" ship we are speaking of so maybe Scott and Lindelof changed that idea to it being how the "ENGINEERS" power THEIR ships.
That would make more sense to me at this point.
December 07, 2011
Yeah that makes sense, looks like there is going to be a lot of mutation in the plot there seems to be a lot of people working on 'prosthetics' makeup, designers, builders, etc; there's a long list on IMDB
December 07, 2011
Just another suggestion: The head could be a label for that particular cave, that it contains stuff applicable to the human race as opposed to the races they may have also tinkered with.
I could see the space jockey being a kind of Prometheus from Greek mythology, who aided humans against the gods wishes. But I also thought I read it was the name of the earth ship.
December 07, 2011
Prometheus has been confirmed as the name of the humans ship. It features in the recent but brief Ridley Scott interview in Entertainment Weekly recently.
December 07, 2011
of one of the human ships ...we are almost sure that there is another ship named Magellan ( how big is that ship we dont know ..but if it have a " magellan deck" must be pretty big )
December 07, 2011
I think Prometheus is a small science expedition and Megellan is full of people in stasis, maybe colonists.
December 07, 2011
or humans or grunts being frozen and then sold for egg implantation to pirates or renegade generals like in Resurrection.
December 08, 2011
I had not heard about a second human ship in this movie. That's food for thought and I wonder if that's where the "uncivilized behavior" comes in that Ridley mentioned the people of the Prometheus encounter at their destination.
December 08, 2011
I reckon the giant human head is a symbol of what is being created. If you look closely at it, it seems to be rudimentary and of a rough nature as if it was a prototype. Think of neanderthal man almost ape-ish like man. Maybe we'll see differennt versions of human like creatures as the engineers dable and strive to find the perfect match. Question is though, where does the xenos fit in. Prometheus is definitly the name of the exploration ship. We know what this meets - God who stole fire from the higher gods and was punished. SO I assume one intrepid drew member does a runner with the DNA and the sj unlesh hell and decide that humans are not worth the effort. Dam them all!!!
December 08, 2011
Judging my the size of the cast there may well be two ships. Maybe the second ship arrives as a result of what is found by the scientists and contains the merceneries
December 08, 2011
I was just thinking that a scientific expedition wouldn't have merceneries invovled. It would be a good plot to have two ships. Maybe the scientists make contact and all is going well until the second ships crew gets involved and it all goes to ****, space jockey style ......