THE GOO BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Like it, very logical. So basically the black goo is metaphorically the teletubbies - theyre frightening (seriously they scare me), very unpredictable (one carries a handbag and the other wears a spotty hat with a hole so his antannae thing on his head can stick out), go off on little adventures, deadly to brainwashing children and rewarding becuase it keeps the kids quiet while you do the housework ;)

I think I agree with you there no end to what the mutagenic liquid can do to change the DNA of a species it encounters. It is essentially as you put it an on-going experiment. If you don't like where the experiment is at you need to shut it down ( cut it out ha ha ). the ability to dynamically alter(mutate) DNA is a huge power like ( Fire from the Gods), you can control it or it can control you and turn on you (like Fire) and subject you deadly consequences. The black goo(modifying DNA) is all you said rewarding, frightening, un-predictable and deadly, so you need to handle with care and or you could suffer some fairly dire consequences for the owner (Engineers) or any other Species (Human Beings)

Hey guys. I just thought of this when trying to figure out the black goo, it’s exact function, and some plot-holes surrounding it. We see from the first scene an engineer sacrificing himself to create life on an as of yet barren planet. Whether this is Earth or not is inconsequential to my point here. It shows that when the black goo is mixed with the DNA of this special being that it will create life from the beginning (presumably following evolution in the same way it occurred on Earth) until at the very end, the dominant species that emerges on top is one with the COMPLETE and EXACT DNA structure as the original engineer (presumably billions of years later). Magical and unbelievable...but this is magic goo that creates life on planets so we might as well suspend that disbelief too. So, this shows that if “mixed” in this certain way, life will spread and propagate a planet, but the end result will somehow ALWAYS be the human form. This shows that not only was it the engineers plan to spread life on other planets, but eventually to have those planets inhabited by (basically) clones of themselves. So the quality we see from the goo is that somehow it funnels evolution towards one particular form. The black goo is also shown to have “evil” properties. I believe the goo can go one of two ways. It can take a good path of evolution or a bad path. The bad path, instead of leading to a human, will always lead to a XENO (the great destroyer of human/engineer life). The black goo SPEEDS UP evolution...by billions of orders of magnitude. When introduced to a planet with little or no life (and mixed with the special DNA of the engineer), it takes BILLIONS of years for life to develop. But when introduced to already higher life-forms the process goes haywire. We saw that when a maggot (presumably dragged in by the exloprers boots) encounters the goo it evolves into a giant snake that has already adapted the ability to regenerate when severed. And to my point about how all “evil” paths of the black goo lead towards the XENO, we see that even though we can follow the life-cycle of the black goo to sperm thingy to engineer bodyhugger to weird deacon alien- that no matter what the host is, IT IS LEADING TOWARDS THE XENO FORM...and FAST. So JUST AS all life started on rogue planets and will somehow eventually lead to the human form, all “evil” incantations of the goo will eventually lead to the XENO form. I believe the XENO is the exact opposite end of the spectrum (biologically) from the engineer/human form and is used to exterminate any civilization of humans that is not pure. I think the green amber contains pure XENO DNA and is the cleanest way to form a XENO from the black goo. And just my personal opinion about the Christian themes...they very well could be hard plot-points (that Jesus was ACTUALLY an engineer and our decision to crucify Him has turned them against us). But I would like to believe (as a fan of Lindeloff and Scott), that these are devices used to connect the audience and enhance the subconscious scope of the script. Naming John Connor John Connor in Terminator 2 was clearly a reference to Jesus Christ (pay attention to everyone with JC initials in movies), but it was more of a clever subconscious tool that people talented at the craft of screenwriting used to weave into their stories.

@Engineer Xeno...you got it. @maximum...you got it... @emmaneul...your getting it...Consider this my Zorg freind...The enigneer didint commit susicide. It imploded. Earth was extremely fertile and ready to busrt at the seams with just a little push. I think he could have imploded and the results were multi-trillions of life forms....Earth just reached out and sucked the life right out of this engineer...Remember, the goo has a mind of its own and earth is a rare planet

@Richie Im not sure on that you know dude, I concur to the idea the engineer knew he was gonna die and was sacrificing himself. Look at the sketches in artbook (or the gallery on here) for the original concept for the first scene. An older engineer gives the one we see die the black fluid, he was chosen to sacrifice himself to give life to our planet. He knew it was gonna happen, he was standing by a waterfall, he knew the dna would need to break down with water to create the dna within us.

Thank you for educating me...In exploring sci-fi, I always try to remian open..

Thats very valid and reasonable Richie and with sci-fi being open minded is kinda essential anyway All Im saying is the indications to the engineer being intentionally suicidal are kind of plain in sight really. He wasnt exactly there by the waterfall having a cup of tea was he lol

Now when you bring a cup of tea into it....it makes perfect sense. Not a good place to snorkel either..lol thanks Engineer Xeno...