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In Reply to: RE: Prometheus Threedux . . . posted by mr grits on November 08, 2012 at 16:11:59
If you notice, the engineer that David wakes up from his slumber in the pod doesn't really go ballistic until he lifts David up, realizes that this is a droid developed by humans--i.e., the created have become creators not at all unlike the engineers--and this seems to infuriate him. He then goes to town, murdering everyone in the room (except Noomi, who gets away), and then takes off in his ship to go destroy humanity on Earth. Of course, his ship is rendered kaput and he has to settle for trying to destroy Noomi. He faith carries her through!
I also point out again the ties to the myth of Prometheus. It seems clear that the engineers have been paying for their bioengineering ventures for quite some time, just as Prometheus had to suffer for an eternity after giving life and fire to mankind. Same concept here. There is a higher "engineer" and we'll see where the story goes in Prometheus 2.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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to re-register the moment the Engineer turned on the crowd. I'm sure your instincts are correct with David setting him off. I thought the audacity of Weyland seeking immortality was the offending stroke the Engineer perceived but I see your point.
This is not a "see it one time" movie.
An interesting interpretation, but wouldn't the engineer have lashed out immediately at Weyland instead of David?
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
My initial reaction but thinking back but I see the scene differently after thinking back on the Engineers action. It appeared that David was very pleased to be touched by an "intellectual equal".
This plays into an earlier conversations/statements in other scenes. David was also experiencing the irony of being disassembled by his maker's maker. It was a powerful moment/scene. You knew it would rapidly go brutal but it was interesting how the violence erupted. The other cool thing about how David lost his head was as a redux of Ash losing his head in the original Alien.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
Edits: 11/09/12 11/09/12
Good point, Jazz.
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