Engineer's Greatest Gift is Their Biggest Mistake

Just made a brief mention of this in [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/6534]this thread[/url] fairly recently and thought it might be worth extending to a new thread. The PROMETHEUS legend is that Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man. The first real technology for Man which further spawned many different types of technology. WHAT IF... The Engineers stole the technology of the XENOMORPH from their Gods and have been attempting to unlock its secrets and manipulate its DNA to make them "obedient" to them. Man's greatest gift = FIRE Enginerr's greatest gift = XENOMORPH/DNA MANIPULATION It is evident the Engineers have a lot of trouble handling this outbreak in the film. Could the URNS contain "[b]failed attempts[/b]" at creating an "obedient" version of the Xenomorph? And the numerous chambers containing URNS is merely storage units to house dangerous, failed attempts of Xeno-DNA configurations? It makes sense when you think about it. Each organic life form to come into contact with the "Bio-Former" form different urns turned into something DIFFERENT! I think this was most certainly done on purpose - NOT just for kicks. So, back to my theory - The Engineers steal this Bio-forming technology from their Gods.. Or better yet, their Gods GAVE them the ability to create life - BUT the Engineers get greedy (like humans) and want MORE - more power, more control. Maybe they even want to over take their Gods! So, maybe either on of their Gods.. Their "PROMETHEUS" if you will - leaks them a sample of this Xeno-DNA to tamper with in hopes that someday it will over throw their superiors and let the Engineers reign supreme. But they have yet to get it right - and understanding its technology is too difficult for even them to comprehend. So, their failed attempts have adverse affects on the Engineer race - killing them. We know something goes wrong on LV223 - and the Engineers need to lock themselves away in cryo to escape whatever is after them (I assume it's one of their earlier failed attempts). So I want to hear your takes on this theory. It's a patchy one at best right now - but I think could certainly work, given the philosophical influences this film possesses. ----------------------------------------------------------------- In short.... Gods give Engineers the ability to create life. Engineers create us. Engineers get greedy, want more - they steal Xeno DNA. Humans evolve - gain more knowledge and wish to meet our makers. Learn from them - or quite possibly steal their technology so we may be on equal footing with them. Engineers fail repeatedly at breaking down the Xeno-DNA and only craete hordes of DNA mixtures which pose massive threats to all organic life throughout the universe. So they stow it all away in confined URNS in an attempt to quarantine the hazardous materials which they contain. Humans develop FTL travel - track their creators to their base of operations. Humans set off an alarm by entering a room the Engineers hopes to keep sealed away. Xeno-DNA cross breed mixtures are released and have adverse affects on its hosts. Mutating the DNA makeup. Engineers wake up - realize what they have done, assume they're there to steal their technology and over throw them (as that's their goal as well) and so they react aggressively. In a freak accident, a new breed of Xeno-DNA mixture evolves into something horrific and the only piece of the puzzle missing is the Engineer's genetic makeup - which once mixed creates the PERFECT ORGANISM. From there, for both the Engineers' and Humans' treachery, they are punished and burdened with a creature which can adapt to any environment, which is resilient and relentless. They are punished for their insubordination. PROMETHEUS legacy begins.