What do the pictograms tell us?

Rather than an invitation could the pictograms be a warning - ie don't go to this star system?

If your using the real life mythologies from all those areas the most common 2 stories are 1)our creation by the Gods and )2 the great war in heaven(sky/space) over what to do with us (we were a "resource"). One group wanted us to be our own beings and fought to protect us against a rogue group who wanted to "use, corrupt, and destroy" us. My theory is a group of beings fashioned a lesser race (than them) to help them, and they both fashioned us. They saw how we developed so much and exalted us above the original lesser race. Some of the lesser race didnt like this and decided to overthrow the Gods, take their place, and use us for "whatever they wanted". The war breaks out and the "dissenters" eventually lose and are banished. This same story is relayed in every single ancient religion. Its possible the Gods were saying to stay away from LV223 because that is where they banished the "demons". They would leave this message because they knew we would grow unabated now that the demons were "imprisoned". The derelict could have been trying to transport the demon's eggs to the prison for disposal and never quite made it. It made an emergency landing on lV426 and left a signal to stay away. Whatever the Prometheus crew do, it wakes up either a "warden" or a "Demon". If the Gods race is dying or extinct, we are the only remaining containers of their DNA (made in their image). The Warden tries to go to earth to rebuild the race or the "demon" tries to go back to Earth to finish the job he got imprisoned for.

@Galzu You, sir, are not afraid to use your brain! Bravo! Nigsilim!

They tell me I need to learn how to read pictograms.

Silliness aside, I can say for sure that those character's are telling their story, the story of the species that wrote them, probably important events.

That's one way of looking at it. If indeed our primordial DNA became entangled with that of one of the actual Engineers, imagine if some type of ancestral memory was passed down through the generations to the offspring. Over time their distinguishing physical traits would fade until they were as David, physically indistinguishable from the person standing next to you. Though such individuals might possess a superior intellect that would have earned them titles such as Shamen, Oracles, Medicine men, even heretics in less evolved societies. Even The Nephilim (Hebrew: נפלים, Nefilīm) were a race that came to dominate the antediluvian (pre-flood) world, and are referred to in the Bible as the heroes of old, men of renown. They were reportedly the children born to the "Sons of God" by the "daughters of men", and are described as giants. It is also most important to note that they are mentioned almost simultaneous to God's statement that He would destroy the earth by flood, and it seems from this association that their effect upon mankind was one of the primary justifications that brought the destruction. If you interpret this in the broadest sense, we have been taught to believe that our world was visited by beings from elsewhere. [i][i]When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years." The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them[/i[/i][i][/i]]." - Genesis 6:1-7 (NIV)d I have read a question in many posts as well as wondered myself. "What could we have done that would have made the SJ's wish to destroy us as an entire species?" Well if we were the unexpected progeny of a being banished from them eons ago, in their view "WE" would be "CORRUPT, UNNATURAL, and a last laugh in the face of those who thought they had imprisoned something unwanted so long ago on a planet far, far away.

Directions to the bowling alley? :-P

these hieroglyphs have me perplexed....it looks like they also are in the huge temple/ship, and in one of the trailers it looks like David says to Shaw, I hope you can read this/these.....so why would hieroglyphs coincide with such advanced technology....cant figure that out, unless there is another race/species....so are there primitves on the LV-223 or do these advanced races still use wall carvings?

i remember seeing a documentary on educational television many years ago about two temples from two different cultures and two different time frames who's ground layouts were nearly identical. i cant remember much detail about which cultures they were now, but they were in two very separate parts of the world and time. the similarities between them greatly puzzled everyone until it was found that they were both mapped based on the same constellation which in the two different time periods would have been visible to the people in each area respectively. i wish i could remember more clearly about this but it was a while back. i dont know if anyone else here is familiar with this but i thought that it might have been a concept that some of this stuff for prometheus may have drawn upon. either way i thought it was pretty interesting. if i am able to find out more about this i will update.

you all made such wonderful amazing inspiring posts I had to come in and try to make something of a contribution...because I felt intellectually challenged to after reading all of what all of you wrote and I realized one thing really special above and separate from anything else...and for the first time when you roll it over your tongue it feels really really nice...AND IT'S A sPARTACUS ORIGINAL...LMAO...[b]"tHIS...iS tHE aLIEN fILM, rIDLEY sCOTT wANTED tO mAKE 33 yEARS aGO bUT tHE sTUDIO, FoX, wOULDN'T lET hIM" !!![/b]

It tells us that aliens invented writing to communicate with humans cause telepathy wasn't working [img]http://zombieroom.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/07-What-Are-Little-Girls-Made-Of.jpg[/img] The Invasion of your mind has already begun!

OMG. I hate long-winded posts and walls-of-texts. Have you guys thought about saving a little something back for your retort? LOL. ; ) I'm sorry, but it seems like the posts are getting longer and longer as we get closer and closer to the release of Prometheus. Great thought provoking ideas! Unlike Spartacus, I can't even begin to think of anything to add to this symphony of genius. I need to go to sleep......

OMG Look at that thing Kirk is holding OMG Noooooooo

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Brilliantly hi-jacked, Sparty!!! LOL

I was about to have a brain aneurysm from "thinking way too much" about this movie.

Is it common practice on this site for Staff members to Hi-Jack, derail, and belittle intelligent threads?

NO,,,Kirk ,,,,dont do it

[quote]Is it common practice on this site for Staff members to Hi-Jack, derail, and belittle intelligent threads?[/quote] so sorry to hear you both feel that way, personally I feel like I can't win,and Bomechanic knows well that I have supported him for along long time now in almost everything he has said... and despite the fact I think that what was just said is way harsh and not really fair considering my intentions......I respect what you said and humbley apologize to you for my part in that. For the road to hell was paved with good intentions...again...my apologies to you both for my part.