DAVID MAKES A BETTER GOD THAN THE ENGINEERS

Now your getting it. I have thread that spells out the same thing. Congrats on making the connection. [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0czivFrIi1r9ze8zo1_500.jpg[/img]

Patch...I am pleased to be on your team....thank you

He's not a team player. He only does what the master (Weyland) tells him, and he keeps useful information from the others. He could not make much of a god, precisely because he has no purpose and no plan other than to serve a master. Besides, the only characters in that film that wanted to be god like were not blue.

Ahhhh but he wished his creator dead so he could be free...

And he still didn't have the sense of self purpose to be the master of his own destiny. He practically bounced up the steps onto the Jockey's bridge beaming, saying 'surely a superior race' ... he wanted a new, better master to serve. And when they died, he was afraid that Shaw was dead. Actually afraid of spending the rest of his battery powered life without anyone giving him instructions to carry out. This is a guy, who if you left him alone, would be cycling around in circles throwing perfect basketball shots to pass the time. ( Perhaps he might try high speed knife tricks as well)

@Hadley I respectfully disagree. I believe David wanted his leash cut for good. He could have even said something to provoke the Engineer into killing Weyland (but didn't anticipate his head being tore off) . David even says "doesn't everyone want their parents dead?". This to me, is a huge indicator he doesn't want to serve [i]anyone[/i], and that includes the Engineers.

I respectfully respond. David picks his words VERY carefully and he tends to say the absolute minimum. He did not say he wanted to be free. He said that if Weyland died he would be free. Then he said that "we all want our parents to die"... they do outlive their ability to instruct us. We are supposed to be ready to make our own place in the world at this stage. But to David, purpose is irrelevant. I don't think he provoked the Engineer. He may have wanted a new master, but I don't think he was able, due to his programming, to disobey Weylands instructions to tell the Space Jockey who he was and why they were there. That was probably sufficient for the Space Jockey to kill them. He was expecting to be woken by a REAL Engineer perhaps. Which is why he bowed to them. He realised that instead, these were trespassing humans, with their blonde puppet, a slave the very thing that the Space Jockey, somewhere in his psyche resents being (as all human cultures do). He uses the puppet to kill the slave master. Then he kills Jackson and Forde, obviously servants of Weyland. We know he chased Shaw. But he grabbed her, he didn't beat her to death with a single punch. I think he wanted to communicate. (I'll do a thread on this.) Back to David He wants his 'father dead' so he can be instructed by a superior being. David, is a follower not a leader. This is why Shaw would be unwise to trust him, because while he was programmed to follow Weyland, his choice of master now, can switch based on his assessment of them. If he wants to be free, then the minute he gets his head back on Shaw is dead.

I should say, that I think David does deep down want to be free, but knows he's not ready yet, hence clings to another master.

Well one thing is for sure..He can fly ships, handle goo and speak Engineer fluently...definetly an asset to have around int engineer world

[quote][i]He practically bounced up the steps onto the Jockey's bridge beaming, saying 'surely a superior race' ... he wanted a new, better master to serve.[/quote][/i] Eh, I'll agree to disagree. I took that as I took everything David says: double meanings. During the second viewing in particular he came off as sarcastic/condescending, saying what Weyland wanted to hear. He makes sure to end each comment with obvious reassurance, "no doubt", "I trust" but he says it in such a way it seems calculating. And why would he want to serve beings who made humans and seemed just as flawed (getting killed by their own weapon?) The comment he makes about the exploding head is telling: "Mortal after all", which I took as subtle disappointment. I just don't see him being that eager to serve another master when he was obviously developing his own persona during the movie. The only reason I think he has contempt for Weyland is because Weyland believes David doesn't have a soul. And I doubt he would outright kill Shaw if his head is put back on. Shaw fascinates him too much, and this is evident even in the final scenes of the movie. Anyway, i'm not really arguing about it anymore. It's kinda pointless as David's motives and personality are up to the viewers interpretation.

David...likes having something meanful to do...that point is a proven point...The guy needs to be sharpened beyond his programming and his creators....I think that the engineers technology, their languages, the goo, heck, even their sleep pods all would keep him busy not to mention a huge holographic library waiting to be explored. I mean that cannot be the only holograph left behind here...David, if not interfered with and left to his own devices would grow in leaps and bounds here