Baldy

I can only think of that guy as one of two things... That is the unsuited SJ....or it is the second android...maybe some kind of battle android. The type of model they send in to checkout dangerous territory...not suitable for humans. Or the Android itself has mutated...cause it got exposed to the goo? I suppose it could also be a mutated human?

That kind of throws me for a loop., I mean it looks too Human-ish not Alien enough. Think about what we have seen in the trailer so far, nothing really Alien looking. Sure we got some SJ suits, Meltyman/cocooned man, SJ head on scanner/med table. Yeah that dude...I don't know. I need to stare at the frame/ shot for awhile..

we know the sj skull looks non-human. it has cranial suture marks proving it's an sj skull. the cancer patient is another race or *cringe* a mutant.

@walterhiller, it may indeed by definition be a skull, but given the biomechanical nature of this alien world, it could still be a form of helmet, which is consistent with the suit theory. As for the "baldy", goo + contaminated guy + time = excessive growth and metamorphosis into a drone being for the Engineers.

i'm going to guess, that said bald guy is the mutated version of the android "David" now before you all come at with baseball bats and tire chains, i'm giving what i feel could possibly be that imposing looking figure who appears to have activated that awesome looking bio-mechanical turret / chair / structure thingy granted, i'm going by visuals here, and although most would say that giant pale bald figure looks NOTHING like Fassbender, i am drawing my conclusion based on what i have read regarding Fassbender's "David" possibly transforming, given that he was in all too close in proximity and he handled the bio-former substance (that viscous ochre looking goop) i can't wait to either be proven wrong - - or proven correct when i see the film June can't get here fast enough. argh!

How can an android be mutated?, I mean doesn't it have to be biological to be mutated where as androids are basically machines and don't have any DNA to mutate.For me, the big fella is an unsuited jockey/engineer.

I agree with theusprom (no really I do), I don't think it is David mutated from touching the magic snot. My theory is that the tall guy is a messenger for the Space Jockeys to communicate with us that has been made using our DNA, kinda think of him as what we'll look like in a few thousand years or so. Thats my theory.

i would think that a species that is as far advanced as the Engineers seem to be, that the bioformer material can generate something organic from something synthetic, then again, i am not certain, but perhaps the "David" android might have some form of organic / human or biological technology in his overall construction and makeup, that the bioformer material can use to mutate him as i suggested again, i am just hypothesizing here @Theusprom: nice profile pic. it's been a while since i'd seen "Snake Plissken"

Very interesting takes on things guys....now that you've all set the table, I have a few opinions of my own so...don't crucify me if they're too far out there. 1st off @shardy, I agree with the likely possibilty you suggest that Fassbender's character will be altered by the bioformer...but not with the result you suggest. It would seem to me that the genetic material makes him more human than human....hence the blood seen on his finger in the ComicCon trailer. I don't believe he turns into Baldy. 2nd, I see two possibilites with Baldy...either he's a SpaceJockey, watching the chair rise out of the floor so that he can dawn the suit required to sit in that chair, hence the suit theory...... [img]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2011/12/whoisthat-1.jpg[/img] ....or he's a member of the rumored engineer race, as has been suggested, a second race beside the SpaceJockeys. In either case, I believe he's one of them rather than human because, if you closely examine the 40ft. monolithic head, you can see a lateral line running across its face that is also present on a closeup up our friend Baldy.... [img]http://www.prometheusmovienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jockey.jpg[/img] [img]http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9gydYBO91qz84n6o1_500.jpg[/img] So there you have it...my opinions...have at it....and thanks for providing so many interesting ideas.

I agree with shardy. Does the word "biomechanical" mean anything to anyone? I think the bioformer in the ampules as the ability to mutate just about anything and animated it as well.

i see your point Craigamore. i just figured the advanced science of the Engineers could work it's formula, and the end result would be "David" becomes "human" then more than human after all, isn't EVERYTHING that we know formed by something organic? even "synthetic" compositions were birthed from something that was once organic in one form or another? i'm ain't no scientist, i'm just speculating about the power of the Engineers capabilities in regards to the bioformer / transformative ability NICE images there Craigamore! me likes! and the new International PROMETHEUS poster was just released, even cooler than the first! woo hooo! thanx GreatBoosUp, you seem to get my speculative logic

Well if David's going to turn human then they need to change the title from Prometheus to Pinnochio. But the idea is growing on me.

Agree with Shardy. What if the compound that "mutate" David require a controlled environment to keep the mutation in check, bringing this compound into their own ship makes it uncontrollable. But there is no way he is mutating into a big blue giant, i think it is way scarier.