OFFICIAL: David will be able to read the dreams of the Prometheus' crew members

Clearly they intend for David to be able to do this, but it’s an horrific invasion of privacy and it seems *very unlikely* to me that this technology will/would actually exits in this timeline. Oh well, I’d better get ready to suspend my disbelief even further. This is essentially mind reading, and if the Engineers are able to communicate DIRECTLY with David in some way, it means they might have a tremendous advantage over humans in the events as they unfold in the film. This is definitely going to push my envelope for mind-ph^!€k-ery.

hasnt this been discussed to death

yes, this and the image was posted by biomechanic in the thread someone above has linked in this thread, i don't see the need for it. Biomechanic was right, end of, but we knew that 4 days ago.

The real question is "is it a two way connection?" Can dreams be programmed into the dreamer? (Bladerunner)

OMG! Biomechanic WAS right!!!! O_O Can we give him a medal? XD Click for his link-->[url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/2388]David Reading Dreams[/url]

@ allinamberclad; On Biomechanic's "David Reading Dreams" link I added here, HAL 9000 wrote something really interesting. I will quote it for you: ~"There was a very brief leak on the Weyland Industries site last week, and it presented a different 'Electronics' page, of which one of the Unfiction.com guys luckily managed to copy the text before it was removed. This early 'leaked' Technology page was then replaced and those two tech items became the Holotab we can see there now. That text was pretty intriguing, this is what it said: "VR HELMET The VR helmet represents brand new technology designed to enhance the function of latest Weyland android, David 8. All new David 8 models will be VR-compatible. The helmet taps into David 8’s expanded neural network and translates human thought, dreams or unconscious experience into images. The VR helmet senses the brain activity of a human subject, then enlists the high data processing rate of the David 8 to translate billions of synapse firings into visual data.""

"Official"? And how is this, "proof", of anything bar a link has been established with a Neuro-Visor? It could just be that a remote display from chamber to visor is active - presumably so that he doesn't always have to actually be in that room to monitor functions? What if he's only in the room on that occasion to wake them up? I don't follow how you get from, "Neuro-link established", to, "he is reading dreams".

Oops, I thought this was an official forum thread, that the dream reading was confirmed. *blush* Well, the link I posted has a huge amount of information, a very good read and many links within to back up the theory. :)

If its true Biomechanic deserve a gold Xeno with diamond fangs !! However the neuro-visor can be only for medical purposes .... but i fear he can be right on the money ;)

Fantastic observation Jeremy, well done.

@Svanya: Cheers for including me there. I was carrying that theory around with me for a while as I was waiting for the right facts to proofe it. Then I remembered the VR helmet popping up on Weyland Industry's site for about half a day. Bingo, I thought. But the genius Biomechanic still beat me to it! Actually, since the topic came back up again I want to go just a bit further. Does anyone of you peeps who have been around here for a while remember the (I believe still unconfirmed) rumours of a filming location in and around the brand new filmstudios of [url=http://www.alienprequelnews.com/2011/08/prometheus-filming-in-spain.html]Ciudad de la Luz [/url] in Alicante, Spain? The crew were meant to film a scene on a futuristic looking yacht. The studios provide facilities like a huge open-sea watertank as well as pristine beaches nearby. Could that maybe be part of the dream sequence from Shaw's childhood? I know it's been said that Fassbender, Pearce and possibly Theron were expected to do scenes there, but it could have been a smoke-screen. Anyone got any info about it or thoughts on that?

HAL 9000 Can it be that David will be reading the minds of more people? I didn´t know about the "futuristic yatch", but then I found this in [url=http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=40010.0]AVPGalaxy[/url]: "[i]There will be a scene where a huge ship (they say yacht) is caught in a storm[/i]" Now, I really have no clue, but I think of Shaw more as the fruit of middle or working class people. I mean, I can´t see her father having an yatch. So maybe there is fire under the smoke: maybe the rumours of Pearce and Theron filming in this set means that David also reads Vickers dreams...and maybe he see an encounter of Vickers and Weyland in the yacht (I really don´t have a clue about the role of the "storm").

@centrosphere: Good point you have there. But yet again, if Pearce, Fassbender and Theron were supposed to be in those scenes, who's dream could it have been then? Officially, Weyland is still believed not to be aboard the Prometheus (I personally doubt that) and I don't think David would dare, not even enter Vickers' chambers in an attempt to read HER dreams. Yeah the mention of the storm seems odd. But since we have only seen about 6 minutes of footage (compressed), it might well be one of those surprises no one of us has got the slightest clue about yet. The AVP link also came up in my google search but since AVP does not exist in my world, I preferred to use the one where I originally read it. No offense AVP fellows ;-)

@HAL 9000; Np at all, I ALWAYS, always give credit to posts I link or copy/quote. It's a matter of respect in my opinion. Also, don't forget Weyland thought of David like a son, so he would have probably been in very close proximity to Weyland at all times.

@Svanya: BIIIIG FACEHUG! EDIT: Gosh yeah, it might just as well David's own dream after all. Aaarghh, June 1st come to me, going nuts here!

LOL! Awwww! *facehug* to you too, Hal 9000. :) [img]http://i48.tinypic.com/okaa0x.jpg[/img]

@Svanya...Amazing pic, I predicted earlier and stand by this still...Shaw will Kill Vickers, Murder her actually because I think she will find out Vickers is a traitor or a spy... I just wondered if Maybe she will get whatever Info she does on why she has to do this from David now who may have been reading not just her dreams but her mind as well. and I Like this a Lot...I think the odds of this happening in the film are now heavily in my favor.

How do think ,,,shaw will kill Vickers ,,,break her neck ,,,or just stab her

...curse her to death using her strongest Swedish accent. Oh and Sparty, I toughened up and do facehugs now. lol

Alright, well... I've got one very important question. Why the HELL would this be a feature aboard the ship? Why would David be able to access the crewmembers' dreams? Neuro-Vision Link... WTF? My first assumption, off the top of my head; to keep their minds in check, because they're in hypersleep for 2 years. Making sure they're stable. I just hope that David doesn't affect the outcome of the movie/story TOO much because of his perversion (clearly, he's going to lose it at some point, another typical case of android with a more deep thought-process/self awareness). I don't want his actions taking many of the things of the movie into effect; effecting the outcome of the movie, basically, what happens in general. The bio-mutagenic material turning him into a human, sure. Him influencing an Engineer? NO! I have the feeling as if he's going to behave like a rabid animal, gone out of control... The sooner that Engineer rips off his CAGE, the better :D.