Assumptions vs. Possibility

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MemberOvomorphMarch 20, 2012913 Views6 RepliesI haven't read any leaked scripts, or anything that would inform me of what could be the truth, but it seems that a lot of assumptions are being tossed around as the likely plot points in the film. Perhaps, as part of the marketing of the film, the images in the trailers are meant to point toward certain things simply as smokescreen for the true plot and film experience. It would go a long way toward explaining some of the things we have seen, but also would be more in line to the overall secrecy that has be carried out so well to this point.
I am reading a lot of deep theories, but none that venture toward that bigger step of the truly profound. Maybe Prometheus does not mean to be that thought provoking , but I'm hedging toward the other notion, that it will likely leave audiences guessing and talking about various implications and ambiguity deep into the Summer.
[b][u]Assumptions:[/u][/b]
[b]#1 Space Jockeys are the bad guys.[/b]
Not sure this is the truth, but it seems to be widely speculated. I don't have an opposing theory, but it is possible that the crew of Prometheus stirs their own trouble. I wouldn't put it past possibility that just "showing up" is the problem, so much as what they do after showing up.
Perhaps there is more involved with the introduction of various technology. Perhaps the string of creation is not being looked upon very deeply just yet. It seems that there might be something recursive going on, that there is more to WY developing android life than has been talked about thus far. I mean, if there is more to the marketing pieces than lip service to this invention. Evolution is likely one of the targets:
Man-->Android-->Jockey-->Xeno
That doesn't all fit perfectly, but it could. The theme being that we are the creators of our own destruction, and by jumps of evolution, destroy our own origins. Creation, evolution, destruction. The jockeys could be the good guys (us).
[b]#2 Prometheus kamikazee[/b]
It's not a done deal that this is what happens. There are other possibilities which include the reverse of this action, accident, or sabotage. Again, no argument and the razor answer is the likely one, but it all could be a very nice misdirection.
...TBC
[b][u]Questions:[/u][/b]
* What of all the nanoclouds? It's easy to dismiss as debris, but these swarms, foglets, whatever, seem to be in a lot of shots.
*What is going on in the shot where a crew member (David) is seen running into, dissolving in, something yet undefined? Perhaps this is David entering the star room, or matrix of the structure (ship?), but it also demands some speculation that hasn't been discussed.
*Are we sure that this is the first probe sent to this planet? Seems WY might have been interested in the use of nanobot tech. Longshot. And what about the possibility that they have been flirting with cephalopods? Yeah, that is a weird notion to interject here, but anyone that has read Stephen Baxter's [i]Manifold Time[/i] knows what I'm talking about.
Just trying to stir up the discussion.
Cheers.