Prometheus Revealed?
Prometheus Forum Topic
Gavin
MemberTrilobiteApril 04, 20123700 Views103 RepliesA bit of a misleading title, but not quite, let me explain...
You know that feeling you get when something is one the tip of your tongue that you've been trying to remember/solve, well I'm getting it with Prometheus. Here's the pieces of the puzzle...
1. At least 5 Harkonnen Castle inspired temples, presumably each one with a big head and lots and lots of mysterious ampules.
2. A big pile of dead Space Jockey's
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3. The Derelict, underground in a purpose built hangar.
4. Shaw giving birth to an unknown organism.
5. The Xenomorph depicting mural.
6. A big, blue humanoid inside the Derelict and attacking the crew.
7. A mutated crew member attacking the crew.
8. An Eel/worm based organism infecting Holloway.
9. The crashing of the Derelict.
10. The invitations left behind on Earth.
11. The UFO at the waterfall.
12. And finally, Ridleys comments in Empire magazine about an intelligent race on Earth before the fossil record.
I have all/most of the pieces of the jigsaw, but its just a hairs breadth out of reach, I know if I can just find the common thread I can figure this out...
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April 04, 2012
@ Sparky - LOL
One thing that is puzzling me is this...
I think it's fairly safe to assume that the UFO at the waterfall is not technology of the same race that built the Derelict, therefore two separate races, but...
...Why would a race seemingly responsible for helping mankind point them to a system, what is the purpose of the invitation? To kill us off, I doubt it!
Why are the SJ's there? Why do they become hostile? Are they the guard dogs, do we p*ss them off? Why are so many of them dead, who/what killed them?
April 04, 2012
@ fanboy79 - Regards the worm thing I suspect that Holloway looks at that saucer and reaches over to it, the "Eel" attacks him through a rip in his suit (maybe actually ripping his suit) at the arm and infects him in some way, leading to the a scene later where he notices something in his eye...
But how does it infect him and why? And how does Fifeld get infected, is it in a similar way or different, if so why?
April 04, 2012
@ Sparky - too obvious and too AVP.
The vials puzzle me, what is their purpose, why are we guided to them if not to study them, what do they contain that is so important for the ancient invitations? Why are the SJ's protecting them, especially if we have been guided to them?
@ Fanboy79 - I think the Vickers thing is a ruse. In a good whodunnit the first two suspects you can eliminate are the most obvious and the least obvious. Having Vickers stand around in corners and behave "off" is a distraction, to avert attention away from the real suspect.
April 04, 2012
@ fanboy - I have that same feeling regarding the "we were so wrong" statement. The recent trailers have pushed the point of an invitation, so it's a possibility.
But the SJ's don't seem to be at all peaceful in Prometheus, but the idea of guarding the Xenomorphs to prevent them being unleashed is an interesting idea, if it were not for the Derelict taking of (presumably towards earth) with the Xenomorphs as cargo. And again, why are there loads of dead SJ's in the temple. And then theres the signal in Alien.
The SJ's what is their purpose in all of this, why are so many of them dead and why attempt to attack Earth?
April 04, 2012
@ Sparky - I ignore all fake leaked scripts. You should know that by now.
@ Fanboy79 - I believe that the "company" element will be born in Prometheus. I suspect they become small players in a big story, of big proportions, and the Xenomorph is but one
@ Kane77 - I don't doubt it, but we have enough of the beats, the elements, of the story to piece 95% of it together. The only thing that's missing is the WHY, and we just need to figure that bit out.
April 04, 2012
If we work on the principal that the invitation was in fact a warning, then we can assume that the warning was "let sleeping dogs lie" - in other words don't go there, else face the wrath of what sleeps there... the Space Jockey's. But why are they asleep, why point us there, why all the dead SJ's.
But, if it was in fact an invitation, which also makes sense, why are the SJ's there? To guard, to protect. Guard, protect what and why?
April 04, 2012
@ biehn_bandit - I agree on the goo, its not important, but a sign of life.
@ Sparky - My thoughts exactly.
Well one things for certain, the temples are Space Jockey in origin. I just rewatched one of the new trailers and the same markings found on the temple walls are also found on a switch that opens a door - David in front of door with a red scanning orb hovering beside him.
So why would the UFO guys invite us to/warn us from a SJ planet.
and what of Ridley's comments in Empire magazine, about an intelligent race on Earth, before the fossil record.
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