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ElectricAve

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Hey, so I know there are a lot of goo theories out there, but I think I have a simple new idea about it, so tell me what you think. Here it is:

The black goo in the urns is the broken down remains of the sacrificial engineers.

Exhibit A: Urns are for dead people.

When people die, we sometimes cremate them, and put them into urns.

Ashes (original concept art)... 

Urns (dark angels)...

 

Also compare to Egyptian canopic jars, which preserve the remains of the dead (the canopic jars were always four in number, just like the ampules in the urns)

 And note the function of the urns/ampules: preservation (from the Weyland infographic):

Exhibit B: Sacrificial Engineer breaks down - into black goo!

Unlike the concept art, he decomposes into goo - we see it leaking from his ears, fingertips, flooding his brain, etc.

It has the same color and viscosity as the black goo leaking out of the urns:

We also see droplets of it swarming around his body like flies ('Beelzebub' is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'), before falling in and dispersing into the water. The black goo is suspended in water, and when David flips the ampule over - it falls to the bottom, reminiscent of the waterfall scene:

Compare to the closeup of a goo droplet: 

The gold flecks swirling around in it are from the gold glop he consumed:

Exhibit C: They do the same thing

The opening is ambiguous, but basically the Engineer's DNA is either
1. Incorporated into primitive life, causing an evolutionary 'leap', or
2. It is the primordial soup from which the first forms of life emerge.

Either way, we see the same thing happening with the goo from the urns:

1. DNA that is incorporated into pre-existing forms of life, causing an evolutionary leap (remember, evolution is synonymous with *mutation* - that's the mechanism by which all living things evolve):

Or, 2. Primordial soup from which life emerges, spontaneously:

Exhibit D: Parallels between Shaw & David's analysis

These scenes are intercut for a reason - the things they are examining separetely are directly related. Each scene is answering the other scene's question (vice versa).

David pulls the urn from the freezer ('Let's have a look at its DNA' - Shaw). David unscrews the top of the urn, and sets it down on the table, symbolizing decapitation (Shaw tells Ford to isolate the strand of dna from the decapitated head). Now in the commentary, Lindelof says that if the goo was place under microscope, we would see dna (The dna sample from the Engineer matches the human sample = we are the same as our "gods" and Shaw whispers, "Oh, My God"). David pulls the ampules out of the urn (there are four, just like four Engineers per Juggernaut). He unfastens one, and flips it over. The liquid streams down -again, symbolic of the waterfall scene that begins all life on earth('It's us. It's everything.' - Shaw).

She then asks 'What killed them?' and it cuts immediately to David 'decapitating' the ampule (suggesting maybe a machine killed them? maybe an android? David & Goliath). David then takes a drop to his finger and says 'Big things have small beginnings' (Earth as the tree of life that grew from a single seed - an engineer).

(I'd love to hear other interpretations of these intercut scenes!)

Exhibit E: Parallels with Holloway

This kind of segways into what the goo does vs. what the goo is, but those concepts kind of go hand in hand, so I think it's important to review how Holloway's death echoes the deaths of the two Engineers.

1. First notice the similarities between the two engineers - both were turning black. Although the sacrificial engineer was being broken down - his dna eventually reformed again, so you could argue that he was actually 'in a state of change' just like the black cells on the severed head. Also, there was an emphasis on his brain during the waterfall scene, as the camera zooms out of microscopic level - suggesting it's the same process that the severed head was undergoing. And recall the oozing urns - they don't ooze from the seam under the lid like you'd expect (from the 'neck') - they ooze from top of the lid (from the 'head').

So my best guess here is that the decapitated engineer was poisoned with the gold glop. The only supporting evidence for this is an alternate still from the movie where Holloway discovers the sacrificial bowl in the tomb, instead of the green crystal. Obviously one bowl is not enough to break down the 10 or so bodies that are running down the corridor in the hologram, but a one-drop dose might be enough to screw them up biochemically - just like the dosage differences between Holloway and the worms/hammerpedes.


(So here is the first parallel between Holloway's death and the Engineers)

That still leaves us w/the question of why the head exploded while the other Engineers' didn't? It might be because Shaw ran an electric current through the head. Gold is a great conductor, so the current may have interfered with the process somehow - maybe supercharging the gold glop - so that instead of simply breaking down, it exploded.

2. During that scene, Charlie is drinking in the background. And the next time we see him is at the pool table, where his drink is spiked with a drop of black goo. Immediately following the poisoning scene is the scene in the caves - where Fifield and Milburn stumble upon dozens and dozens of dead bodies (were they poisoned just like we saw Holloway poisoned?)

The following scene, we see Charlie again - he walks into Elizabeth's room, and stands in the midst of the Hologram - I think this is more than just foreshadowing his own death, but illustrating a direct connection between the two deaths - because we know he is poisoned at this point:

3. He dies in his suit, just like the decapitated engineer, and he gave up his life willingly, just like the sacrificial engineer, and the pain he was suffering through beforehand was similar to the two engineers' suffering.

In forensic pathology, the three things to consider are the cause, the manner, and the mechanism of death, and I think although the mechanism was different in every case (Sacrificial = rapid cellular decomposition? 223 = decapitation, Holloway = set on fire), the cause of death was the same for the Sacrificial and Decapitated Engineers (gold glop), and the manner of death may have been the same for Holloway and the Engies on 223 (poisoning/homicide).

So that's it - let me know what you think :)

 

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And finally for this Topic today lol

 

The Birdy or what ever connection with Egg etc... well in the Fresco this creature is in a Fetal Pose. Its is also very similar to God and Adam Fresco from the Sistine Chapel in which case then this creature must be some kind of servent to the Engineers? Or Creation of theres.

You see the Fetal pose is either one to show, a submissive pose like some kind of pet etc. 

Or its kind of like a Baby Fetal pose, thus shows the Engineer is the father/creator of this creature.

Again both could be wrong, not sure as again its very ambigious but indeed maybe these creatures are used to transport the Eggs? Could they be what comes before the Xeno, or again could they be a evolution of created from the Xeno.

There just is no sure way to tell, and i hope we do get a connection at some point and know what it is, but i welcome others views on what this creatures relation to the Engineers, the Xeno and Eggs are and what its purpose is.

R.I.P Sox  01/01/2006 - 11/10/2017

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More great points Dave and Electric, but all our reasoning shows just how hard it is to come up with a consistent explanation for the goo.  At this point I'm about ready to chalk it all up to Chaos Theory (I can see the grin on Ian Malcolm's face).   Perhaps the different results are attributable to the same factors that cause foods or drugs safe for most of us to become like deadly poison to others.   I personally don't like this explanation but it could explain some of what we saw.  Perhaps the goo is like a virus, and it reprograms our cells to do its bidding, but like a virus it can mutate and produce different strains (ie different results).  This of course is the inherent danger in any bioweapon, you might just create something for which there is no antidote.   Quite possibly that is what the Engineers did to themselves.

On the strange bird-like creature, I believe we should be calling it a bug like creature.  Unless it is wearing a suit like the space jockey it appears to have an exoskeleton.  Perhaps it is a giant bipedal ant or termite or something like that.   

The mural seems open to many interpretations.   It could be that the creature is the pet of engineer.  Or it could be that the creature is the slave or servant or vanquished foe of the Engineer (insteading of petting the creature the Engineer could be seen as subjugating it).  Or something I just noticed sparked a different thought altogether.  If you will notice both the Engineer's and the creature's heads are bowed.   Perhaps this is a relgious ceremony, like a blessing or an annointing.   Perhaps the creature is the Engineer's new favorite and all of this elaborate plan is just to reseed the earth with these creatures.   Who knows, but I hope we get some answers in the sequel.

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Well Birdy is not the right name lol Its has no name, its a ENIGMA!

The Fresco from Prometheus shows what looks like a beak.... but if you look at the images i posted we see that the Star Beast Sacrificial Creature has like Odontomachus (Ants Mandible Jaws). Then we look at O'Bannons sketch of the Adult Organism and it also has these Mandibles.. thus from the angle of the Prometheus Fresco these could look like beak but could infact me Mandibles.

This has to be the missing link for sure, i dont quite by the idea of the Goo at the start of the movie being created from blood of some creature well if so certainly not this Ant/Xeno Creature.

I think the answers have been in our faces all along, you see Ridley and Giger set out to create the Xeno as being like a Insect, and this what not simply just a invention Cameron added in Aliens.  Ridley also said that the Human DNA was part of the Alien, now we know that because a Face Huger takes on traits of the Host to produce the Xeno.

But could he mean that the Face Huger has itsel a link to Human or Humanoid Creature?

This new/old Enigma of a creature could now have a Ant like Head as far as its Jaws and not Human like Jaws like the Xeno. Could this mean what we have here is this creature is the Orgins of the Xeno and the Xeno is simply a experiment created from them.

Thus the Urns was a futher experiement with same DNA/Bio Weapon but re-weaponized for Safer Storage and Deployment as well as more varried application.

We just cant be sure, maybe its no Accident that the Face Hugers on the Mural are the same as the ones in the never used Alien Mural and that they appear to be a mix of the Traditional Xeno Face Huger and the Prometheus Trillobite.

Thus those Murals show the Original Organism?

 

 

 

Now 1st Image is Gigers Facehugger MK2 this looks more like the Prometheus Murals too, and the orginal Giger Mural MK1, notice this has like a Beak too, so maybe we are talking Beaks rather than Ant Jaws.

The 2nd image is Giger MK1 Face Hugger and this looks more like a Grub and it has more resemblence to the Alien Face Huger as the tube it implants the Embryo from is in the centre and not from creatures mouth, now Gigers Alien Mural MK2 has a traditional Face Huger and Space Suited Humanoids and not Bald.

Note however in these Images above the Bald Victims suit... looks like the Engineers does it not?

The thing is the Fresco in Prometheus shows this Enigma Creature to be in a subbmissive or fetal pose and so this indicates the Engineers either created this organism or have dominion over it.

So like i said there is plenty of interesting ideas to the Orgins of the Xeno, without us having to see traditional Xenos, and maybe we can get a clearer connection to the Urns Goo and also the Sacreificial Goo and where both came from.

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Anyway this site as most of Gigers Facehugger and Eggs Concept work..

http://monstersandbeasts.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/facehugger-original-designs-by-hrgiger.html

Here is the earlier design of the Egg, and you see we have to ask what are those structures and dont they look a bit like the Urns? But then they look like they form some part of a Wall Structure like maybe Honeycomb that Eggs are stored in.

 

 

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It's funny how discussions about the black stuff always turns into a debate about the eggs! :)

Regarding the strange hunched-over creature in the fresco, as far as i'm concerned, that creature and the thing holding the egg, are one and the same creature! They both have EXACTLY the same hands! Why it's holding an egg is a complete mystery.

 

The poster was good though!

 

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Also, why do people keep calling it a "birdy-creature?" I can't make out a beak? It looks more like tenticles or barbs to me.

It looks alot like the Dan O Bannon sketch that BigDave posted!

Could the lumps and bumbs on it's head be a clue as to what's happening to it? Has it been exposed to the black stuff and it's cells are undergoing change, like the head of the decapitated engineer?

Maybe, this strange creature was transformed into the first queen using the black stuff?

 

The poster was good though!

 

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I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that, the black stuff, contains the DNA of this strange creature.

The poster was good though!

 

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Thats the thing with the whole Prometheus clues they are very ambiguous that can keep us all guessing and who knows how close some of us are or how far off we all are.

I would say yes the Black Stuff in the Urns contains some kind of DNA, now i thought they Sacreficed a orginal Deacon to make the goo in the Urns, but the odd thing is they contain ampules that have two parts and that there must be a reaction at some temperature and attpospheric changes that causes these two components to break down and merge...

What is the other part? Something that helps to store the one component?, a accelerant?

Or maybe the top half contains some nana parasite that is related to the Xeno or that Creature and the bottom half contains a substance similar to the Sacreficial stuff?

This other theory is nearly what a casual Sci Fi Fan made of the movie and Holloway Eye thing, well i taken what he said and put this other theory out there.

What if the stuff David had on his finger contains a micro parasite that grows and evolves into the Eye Worm and one of these made it to Shaws Womb and either merged and mutated or impregnated her Egg i.e they are some kind of Alien Space Sperm/Worm. Or the worm got to her Womb and using it was able to grow and develop to the Trillobite baby?

Now if the top contains these worms that are not what effected Fifield or Hamerpedes, what we have is these nano parasites in the top of the ampoule, when the storage mechanism dissolves and these parasites in the top are then merged with the Goo from the Start of the Movie stored in the other section what happens is this Goo breaks down the DNA of these Parasites and we get the Goo then carrying their DNA like the Engineers was carried in the water.  This then mutates the LV 223 Worms and Fifield to carry on traits from the Xeno Parasite?

Well this is another explanation and indeed pretty much many others could be the truth as well lol

I still would say that the Goo at the start of the movie and the whole contents of the Urns are not the same.. i.e its not the same substance that has different effect depending on amount and how it is absorbed.  But Fox seems to be going that route, where as mine well fits more with Spaights concept.

Will we ever know the connection of the Goo at the Start and the Urns? Will Paradise show us? and show they are the same or not?

But whatever is going on with the Goo etc, we still have the Fresco Creature in the mix somehow?

Its not the Deacon in the Mural

The Deacon in the Mural is most likely not Shaws Off Spring.

Its not a Xeno in the Mural.

Those are not Traditional Face Hugers

They are not Trillobites.

They are something else, that maybe predates the Xeno and Deacons, maybe the Mural Deacon is what you get when a Face Huger infects a Engineer and a Xeno is when it infects a Human, but then maybe its different because the Deacon is what comes from these different Face Hugers on the Mural?

But some how the Fresco Creature plays a role in all of this, maybe its just coinsidence that the creature holding the Egg could be the same, and that O'Bannons Sketch is similar and how the Star Beast Sacreficial Creature on the Walls of the Altar room is similar?

And finally how the Giger Face Huger 2 is similar in its face, and how this Face Huger is most like the ones in the Prometheus Mural... Thus there must be a connection and does the Xeno/Deacon/Urn Goo all come from this Organism we have yet to encounter in the franchise apart from the Fresco?

And what connection to it does the Sacreficial Goo have...

Well hopefully we can find out some day.

 

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LOL! We just keep going round and round in circles! Well, FOX, Ridley and Lindelof wanted to give us all something to talk about, but instead, they have actually got us all chasing our little tails!!! Because we will probably never know what that creature is and what the green crystal is used for.

Were there actually ANY questions answered in Prometheus, apart from finding out that the SJ is a humanoid in a suit, who belongs to a race that created us?

"Let's go from one extreme to the other. Instead of handing everything to them on a plate, let's not give them ANYTHING atall."

Like waving a big juicy steak infront of an hungry dog and then slapping it across the face with it!

Nice.

The poster was good though!

 

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You're right about multiple ideas about the 'goo', official images call it a weapon with film references going and elaborating even further, one thing can be certain and that's that it mutates with air exposure and expands but also two sorts, thinner liquid that turns darker and the expanding liquid, both harmful, both having effects in mutating animals/humans..

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Well your right about a merry go round...

This is the main problem i have is so many contradictions....

Lindeloffs Interviews seem to be trying to tell us the connection with the Xeno and Hammerpedes and that the Xeno has always had Human DNA.... this leads us down the path that something on LV 223 Evolves into our Xeno, but surely not after the events of Prometheus?

Ridleys comments take a different tone, as he again keeps refering to the events on LV 426 as having occured many thousands of years before Prometheus and what Prometheus is showing is a Evolution and not Creation.

The only way these two can ever interwind their comments, is indeed if as we all know the Worms was not brought to LV 223 by the crew... Then they are native to LV 223 or must have got on LV 223 thousands of years ago.

It would be safe to assume that those Worms if exposed to the same Goo in Urns, 2000 years ago would also produce the same Hammerpedes.  And we could also assume that maybe the Engineers in past had taken Humans to LV 223 and thus the need for it being Teraformed to support Humans inside the Temple Complex.

Thus Humans + Hammerpedes could = Xeno just not any of the Humans or Hammerpedes in Prometheus timeline, but why not thousands of years prior?

R.I.P Sox  01/01/2006 - 11/10/2017

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