Fate of the Engineers

@Michelle

I have to agree with a lot of what you said, i think the beauty with Prometheus and its set up is the range of how things could be answered is quite large, the scope is massive...  I think behind the Plots, the Creation, Sub-Creation and Rebellion Themes are KEY the reasons why the Engineers may have wanted us dead could be the same reason that in Hindsight what Danger creating our own AI has become.  Also another reason for our intended Destruction could be similar to the reasons for David in part wishing to do the same.  Feeling that Mankind is a wicked race, and in-superior and do not deserve the life they was granted.

The layers that can be fit over this or explain this is where it can take many directions, i think this would have opened up a very interesting Plot, and hopefully we can still explore these. I think answering the WHY we was created and WHY the Engineers Seed Worlds, is something that has to answered, and then WHY invest in such Bio-Weaponology to then Eradicate Life they created.

I think Prometheus gave us a lot of clues to the WHY we need to be destroyed, and Davids Arc could well be giving us the answers we need, if David manages to use the Xenomorph, or not if AI becomes Sentient and overthrows Mankind on Earth... in Hindsight what a Hubris for Sub-Creating this would have been... in Hindsight Mankind would then realize creating AI let alone allowing it more Free-will is something we should never had attempted.

Again scenes with David also answer maybe WHY we was created, Holloway told David we created him because we COULD in part this is true, the Creation of AI David, shows off how far Mankind has come, that now we can play GOD and create Life in our own Image... for Weyland this was the Showpeice to show how Great Weyland really had became, the monumental achievement of a Synthetic being shows off how Great Mankind has become.  Weyland created him to show case how gifted Weyland is, but also to show case and leave a Legacy of LOOK i created this.. much as a Artist does with his Paintings. This Creation also makes Weyland feel he is closer to doing what only GOD had done prior.

But also there is another reason David was created... he was created as a Tool, to Serve and to perform some Function and do Tasks so Mankind no longer had to...

I think if we look at WHY David was created in those two points, i would not be surprised if the Engineers created us for those very TWO reasons too.

There really is so much to be covered with the Engineers, i just hope after AC that they have not done it so there can be no going back now.

A theory i had on David and one i exploring in my Prometheus 2 however, was he was Weylands hopeful way to Cheat Death... Perfect a Synthetic, Perfect a way to Transfer Weylands Soul into it and Weyland would have Cheated Death... his Hubris is he could not perfect the way to transfer his Soul... and having to resort to Dr Shaws findings and meet the real Gods to give him more Life... only to end up with one of these beings killing him with the head of his own creation.