David's demise

I don't think this is his last moment. I think of the whole we have only seen parts:-) I think that we are only aware of part of the film and there's so much after all the scenes in the trailers. I think the extras get wiped out and we are left with vickers, shaw, david/peter, but who knows where this group of characters left take us.

I think they're working together to some end. The giant albino guys are the figurative 'prometheus' (hence the xeno wall carving that appears) and the xenos - in the form of the eitr - are their torture; what they used to seed life, takes them over and changes them into a xeno, replacing all other life in its own favour - the figurative eagle that rips out their livers, regenerating and repeating ad nauseum. The Albinos went about seeding life in the image of their creators (the Giant Head), but stayed too long on Earth or treated us too favourably and imparted too much knowledge (hence our star map carvings). Our guys land and 'free' the few that remain, but then have to deal with containing the emerging threat of the eitr, with the help of the Albinos who probably don't have much time left themselves.

Hypothesizing here: If blue guys are the space jockeys, (as they most likely are), and seeded life on Earth - I think they would (at first, before shit hits the fan), approach David with curiosity, because the lifeform they created is now creating new humanoid lifeforms.

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My serious and considered opinion would be that David should have some kind of nightmare version of Dave Bowman's trip from 2001. Would probably doom it at the box office, but Ridley Scott would truly impress me forever if he just had no dialogue for the last half hour of the film as David watches the Prometheus survivors undergo all kinds of nightmares from Giger's books before becoming the anti-star child. Now that would take balls. What has me worried is that that leaked synopsis may be more correct than anyone wants to admit.

I think that, based on some stuff implied in an interview with Scott and Fassbender, David is not quite there emotionally. He's all alone and awake during the years it takes for the ship to get where it's going, so he hasn't quite "matured" emotionally. I see little things in the trailer that back this up, making his actions seem almost child-like. Consequently, the audience will latch on to him, maybe even feel protective of him as the movie progresses. He then goes on to do some stupid things that inadvertently infects (mutates) the crew, and then starts playing around with the Star Map - something a lot more powerful than we realize. The SJ is woken up from stasis and tears David limb from limb - which will be a shocking spectacle for a sympathetic audience. The technological advancement of a guy like Weyland to create David has become symbolic of the fire given to Prometheus. From there, the SJ decides that Mankind has grown out of control and sets off to Earth to "clean house", so to speak. You can figure out the rest

Jim / Sigismuno- I think similar to you two that the Space Jockeys may be see David as a curiosity and as a threat. Humanity may have been created and coaxed to the planet as part of the final phase of the experiment. The fact that humans bring their own creation with them may be of added interest. It could be that the parasite unleashed on the crew has unforeseen effects on David and this is what turns him from a curiosity into something to be feared by the Jockeys.

Dallas- love the proposition- doubt the practicality of it. People want to know how it is the derilect ended up on LB 426 and what the SJ is all about. Give them existentialistic notions of the view from the synth as an anti climax at the end of the film and they'll rant and rave. Not that it isnt a great idea mind you...

Based on the trailer, it looks like the Space Jockey is leisurely walking towards David, who is not in any state of fear. It doesn't look like a confrontation, it looks like they're working together. How this situation comes to pass, I have no idea.

Like Andrew, I think the scene of David in the Orrery must function as a kind of "revelation" moment. Must be the same scene where David manipulates a light globe simulating Earth. What happens after that is a mistery; I think most David´s scenes shown until now happen before the Orrery moment,...

Maybe they dont know where were from until david identifies earth in the orrery. As for waiting for thousands of years, maybe the goo needs a genetic host thats reached a certain point. Any species that achieved space travel would be more than suitable for infection, but a primordial beast that barely knows about clubbing rivals with a big rock hasnt got the genetic capability to withstand infection. Also the jockeys may not just be looking for suitable lifeforms but different technology too. They may have reached the limits of their own biotech and are looking for new stuff brought by us. P.S. I believe that other planets were seeded too and have messages left for them. SJs maybe only the first ones there and fell victim too.

Facehugger, Scott said it himself, something to the effect that Kubrick ruined SF for everyone else because ultimately, any truly metaphysical SF would have to take a page from 2001. I don't know if I would go that far, but today's audiences wouldn't be that interested anyway as you said.