Could the Cocooned Man still be Shaw's Dad??

well almost now it fit well the "only in flashbacks " and the "small but important role" so Bio we can say hes not the bald guy of the trailer ..but then who hes ?

Just cleanin' out the chapel once upon a time when a big spider webs him, huh? Still sounds funky to me!

What is the alternative that Elizabeth has flashbacks of her father playing hopscotch with her and that relates to the movie because Elizabeth uses her skills in hopscotch that he taught her to entangle the aliens and save the day.

[quote]What is the alternative that Elizabeth has flashbacks of her father playing hopscotch with her and that relates to the movie because Elizabeth uses her skills in hopscotch that he taught her to entangle the aliens and save the day.[/quote] that would be perfect for a mr night shyamalan script !!

"@Biomechanic: Interesting plot. Damon Lindelof wrote something similar sounding in some of the episodes of LOST. Parents involving their children in generational experiments, secluded secret compound where ungodly experiments are conducted ala Island of Dr Moreau. It could happen." yeah if this film was titled lost. so take your "it could happen" and please be gentle as you shove it back up your reared where it emerged in the first place. why is it so hard for people to think when making up theories? is it that fucking hard to be thoughtful these days?

Good ideas BM, I'm with the idea of 'The Company' knowing about the potetial of the liquid but I can't see them having any great quantities of it. My thoughts are that Shaw's Father finds something which the company get hold of and there is a small amount of the liquid; not enough to do much with, but enough to understand how powerful and remarkable it is. Thus the need for the Prometheus mission, which was probably proceeded by the mission involving Shaw's Dad (now we know, thanks Frantz :)). Thinking he was coming back or not being of right mind he leaves his daughter behind parentless. Mum either goes with or died when Shaw was born; out of the movie as no need for her character.

We are not far behind the Sci Fi my friend, sometimes Truth can be as unreal as Fiction. Look at the money our Goverments spend on chassing Oil, Minning for it and also on Wars etc etc. That money infesting into Robotics and by now we would not be all that far of Real Terminators by that i dont think as real as in the Movie i,e as far as Skin that Bleeds, and Sweats etc. But the making a actual Humaniod Robot that looks Human and moves about like one is not so far away. As far as creating life, again if we spent as much as we do on Finding Oil and Wars, i am sure by now or soon we could engineer many new creatures only Morale High Ground Stops us. Technically we are not far away from being able to modify genes to Create a Person and create every detail about them, change skin colour even Blue or Green, make them Taller. Its not behind Science to create hybrid animals, take a Hedgehog i am sure if Science wanted to we could find the genes that create the Spines and change them to Fur, and thus Change Hedgehogs from spikey but cute criters to love new cudley pets. Free Fuel again Science is not far of created renewable fuels from Water, why are we not well because they would make Oil worthless and if Oil is Worthless well the Worlds Economy and the Power that certain nations hold due to it would collapse.

Umm, perhaps Shaw's preacher of a father is shown in flashbacks to build the foundations of her character's beliefs? You know, those very same beliefs that will be shaken to the core during the events of the movie. Come on guys, this is a Ridley Scott movie not a Michael Bay movie. There will be actual character development and thematic elements as well as 'splosions and crazy plot twists.