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RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien

Posted by Jazz Inmate on August 21, 2013 at 11:47:13:
>> That makes no sense. Why would the Engineers be repulsed at their own creation? <<

Because humankind had behaved rather badly. Also because as I said, it is in the nature of the human creator to become displeased with the creation.

>> Do you think it's human nature for parents to be repulsed by their children? <<

Weyland seemed repulsed by his daughter.

>> Besides, as I already pointed out, humans were not created by Engineers, they were created by the beings depicted during the opening scene - the sacrificial dude and the beings in the Mothership. <<

Ah yes, the "sacrificial dude" that looked exactly like an engineer.

>> David said something to the effect that everyone wants to kill his parents. So, it's more like the children revolt against their creators, not the other way around. And David was certainly planning to rebel against his creator, Weyland. If humans were revolting to their creators, their creators had plenty of opportunity to destroy them over the thousands and thousands of years of evolution. <<

Mankind had forgotten that engineers were the creators and they were not in the presence of engineers, so your argument that humans revolted against the engineers is illogical. And there is nothing in the film to suggest David was planning anything against Weyland. He loyally followed Weyland's instructions.

>> I suspect the last Engineer, upon being awaked suddenly from a long sleep, reacted out of confusion more than anything else. <<

No, he was careful to look at the humans and listen to what David was saying before lashing out in a very focused way.

>> I'm not sure he knew these were even humans in front of him. <<

Everyone else who saw the movie is sure.

>> I think the evidence is that humans were a project, an ongoing project, and the Engineers were simply carrying out orders (given by the beings that were in the Mothership in the opening scene). But the orders were not to destroy Earth. Besides, we have seen Engineers were not the brightest bulbs in the galaxy, although they were well suited for dangerous assignments and long tedious assignments such as space travel. <<

There is nothing in the film to support these ideas.