David and Holloway and Shaw?

Nathan Adler

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Did David infect Holloway of his own volition, or was he under instruction from Weyland to do so to crew members where there was a known relationship?

This might suggest Weyland knew more about what was on LV-223 than was let on. Recall the original script had Weyland acknowledge that he already knew what Shaw and Holloway were concluding. So did he only agree to their joining the expedition, not because he was being generous because of their 'apparent' discovery of the starmap, but he saw them as fodder for the alien as opposed to using his own staff?

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June 22, 2017

@BigDave: David, if working off the orders of Weyland, would have considered Holloway and Shaw as more expendable because they weren't crew members of the Prometheus as much as invitees being hosted on the trip.

Another question this raises is why did the Engineer bother going so ape-shit against the Prometheus crew in the Juggernaut's cockpit? That is, if he was incensed by Weyland asking for eternal life, why not be all kind and nice and offer him some black goo and then start laughing?

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June 22, 2017

Big Dave, that is interesting. With that in mind, there is nothing to suggest that for any reason David would cease being loyal to Weyland after his death. Even the opening sequence of A:C alludes to Weyland and TPTB are pulling his strings.