Why did David poison Holloway?

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Mafia Clown

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The one thing I couldn't get my head around is why did David poison Holloway? Even after the film was over, I couldn't figure it out. Wayland tells him to 'Try harder!' I assume that meant to find a way to make him immortal. How would that entail poisoning Holloway? And then when Shaw ends up getting pregnant, David seems to want her to keep it and put her in stasis. It diden't make sense what this was suppose to achieve. It seemed like a leftover plot device from 'Alien', especially when she got it surgically removed...as if Scott & co. were trying to give the audience a similar treat to the stomach-popping scene in 'Alien'. One of the weaker points in 'Prometheus'.

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KanDuDorApril 03, 2013

David has motives other than what weyland knows about. That he survives the movie, purely from a plot driven perspective, evidences that he has more to reveal. As regarding the 'insults' being a motive, that's interesting although I dont believe it was a motive in itself, that the movie highlights this tension and shows it to be at least a part cause poisoning points to some resemblance to reasoning beyond what David should be able to engage in.David certainly has an internal mind which Weyland does not intend to exist as it is beyond davids functions.I honestly dont think enough has been made about the very strong linking of david to Lawrence of arabia. The message of that film, that story if there is one lesson that jumps out of the movie Lawrence of Arabia, it’s this: it takes great talent to bring unfocused elements together for a great purpose.This 'great purpose' is what i believe motivates David.Simply, we do not know the motive.... all will be revealed.There are too many different perspectives its impossible to guess.David is equally 'Alien'