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so you would want facehuggers? Why?

Posted by Jazz Inmate on November 16, 2012 at 00:12:08:
I'm just amazed that you want more clues in the script. One not-so-subtle clue that you are totally ignoring is the name of the film, putting the screenplay in the context of the Greek myth of Prometheus. You know--Prometheus forms mankind from water and earth, then becomes very fond of humans and bestows to them the gift of fire which he steals from Zeus' thunderbolt. This angers Zeus who, after other transgressions, sentences Prometheus to daily suffering.
I mean, how blind do you have to be to miss the parallels between the screenplay and the Greek myth? THE FILM IS CALLED PROMETHEUS FER CHRISSAKE! What more do you want, a roadmap? You can watch everything in the movie in that context. The holographic images of the engineers running for their lives and dying over and over again harken back to the titan, tied to a rock, having his liver eaten by an eagle every day. If you really want clues about the engineers, you don't need to look further than the myth of Prometheus.
Also consider the act of creation, the process of science and the nature of faith. The unmistakeable message of the film is that the engineers ignored their own creator by putting their faith in scientific discipline to become creators themselves. Obviously, something went horribly wrong--both with the lifeforms they created and with their own destiny. The film clearly casts those with faith as existing on a higher plane of existence than those going only by emprical knowledge. Spiritual faith, embodied by Liz Shaw, seems to conquer the physical and intellectual superiority of the engineers.
Why are you getting hung up on exactly what humans did to upset the engineers? Does it really matter? You can't think of anything humans have done throughout history or prehistory that might disgust our creator? Does this missing detail that you apparently can't fill in with your own thoughts really get in the way of you enjoying the movie? Here are some options for you: violence, war, heartlessness, selfishness, lack of faith, destruction of other species, creation of machines, and finally burgeoning forays into biotechnology, cloning and genetic engineering--playing with the tools of life, i.e., fire in the myth of Prometheus. Take your pick.
Also, considering Cameron, a lesser filmmaker than Scott in every way, had commissioned the screenplay from Spaiht, you might want to entertain the possibility that Scott improved it when he had it reworked.