Is Prometheus all about hubris?

Sounds awesome, and plausible. That still leaves the Alien as a wrongly genetically engineered creature turning against it's creator. I romanticize that the Alien is much more than that....far more evil, cunning, and otherworldly like nothing we can imagine or know. My fingers are crossed that the powers that be do not let Alien be some sidebar in this universe, a genetic freak gone wrong. They're way more than that

I had some hubris this morning with some flat bread, paprika and olive oil. Delicious....

Thanks, although I'm not sure I articulated the idea very well. I've read the alleged script draft leaks, and see some parallels between these & the trailers... If the 'Jocks started terraforming a world and overlooked a fairly basic life form in the process (imagine some of the more basic parasitic life forms you might find on Earth), paused the process, spliced their DNA into these, only to find the outcome was an eight foot tall, acid for blood, parasite with bad breath & a bad attitude, and the rest is (future) history. This seems to have parallels to Weyland's speech, where "we are now God", reflecting humanities own arrogance of our technological abilities outstripping our morality, with the wash up being a sad ending.

Add some Feta & Roma tomatoes too ZetaReticuli, that'll make sweeet...

Sounds good lilmatt!

It has been a major theme in the other Alien films so I wouldn't doubt it. Nice observation.

Good one. Definitely a theme that comes along with knowledge....

Based on what I have seen with the trailers and the TED speech, that is my guess. I can't help but feel the movie title and plot are intertwined.

Based on the TED talk alone I would say there's a heavy dose of hubris in the backstory at least.

I would count on hubris being dominant theme. Prometheus was a titan who stole the fire from Zeus and perhaps humanity thinks they can do the same to God/Creators and get away with it. I am guessing we will find out that we shouldn't base our ambitions and actions on some old creation myth or ignore details of the story: 1)Prometheus was a Titan Humans are small and puny... 2)Stealing the "Fire" from Zeus was probably difficult for a Titan to pull off So it could be out of scope for a human.... 3) In the end Prometheus was bound to rock for an Eagle to eat his liver every day only for it to regenerate overnight. Are humans able to endure comparable suffering and still survive? 4) In the end I believe its Hercules (another demi God), who by extreme effort and suffering of his own, who saves Prometheus If humanity can endure recurrent pain in suffering as in 3) will we be lucky enough to have an ally in the same mold as Hercules?

Unless "SpaceJockey" = Prometheus that gave "fire" to humans No idea about hercules

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