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MemberOvomorphOct-12-2012 12:03 PMThis is a continuation of ideas expressed in this [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/10729]thread[/url].
In the scene where Dr. Holloway presses some buttons on the cube which resembles Rubik's cube and the graphics begin to show up, is the whole meaning of the movie. When we listen to the word "cube", we all think of things that have to do with playing, for example the small Lego chips that we used to play as children, electronic consoles (for those brought up in the 80's), TV sets, Hellraiser's cube which is metaphor of TV sets, PCs, modern children think of X-box or PS, Rubik's cube etc, so this scene implies that what will follow is like a game of riddles, like Rubik's cube for example. What if the cube has the whole program inside it, the whole dream I referred to in a previous thread, it is the matrix itself, a virtual reality universe to test emotional responses in an extreme world. But what is its purpose, to test what? In the "Blade Runner" universe, the Tyrell Co. created humanoids (or androids) out of nothing, programmed to be "more human than human", but they developed an unstable emotional world, which created some complications and many of them turned against their creators like Roy Batty. What if David8 is the next Tyrrel Co. step to perfection? A model that would be like its creators, know that it is a robot, but with infinite life-span, contrary to the fail safe point (4-5years) that the previous models had? But before this ambitious project was completed and this model was to be delivered to mass production, a final test of faithfulness to its creators should be taken. Tyrell's engineers created this cube with this virtual world inside it, the matrix, where "Weyland Co." ruled Earth and a tyrannic leader (like Tyrell in the real world) Weyland created a son (like Batty) who was a robot. David8 was to play the role of the prodigal son this time!
Taking a closer look at the symbols on Dr. Holloway's cube I noticed a strange symbol under the one with the triangles. It resembles a lot wings over an egg-like shape, a butterfly perhaps? We know that butterflies are the only creatures that are born twice through transformation, is this a game of transformation, but not from the DNA-biological view, a spiritual transformation. Is the Xeno actually a metaphor of how a caterpillar is transformed to a butterfly? A born again creature from the old organism or more simple a regeneration.
In some religions the cube is a symbol of saturn, what if the LV moons are just levels (LV=level) of virtual realities which spin around the "cube" (a metaphor for the Saturn like planet), the actual matrix, the gateway from the dream world to reality.
So the main question is "is the "Prometheus" world, a virtual world created by Tyrell Co.?" and if it is so, did David8 pass the test?
"... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus.