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In Reply to: RE: "But what was the Black Goo?" It symbolizes technology and empiricism posted by geoffkait on August 18, 2013 at 04:29:06:
>> I realize the first scene could be interpreted at least two ways but in the context of the entire movie the most plausible way is that the "sacrificial engineer" was a Christ figure on Earth at some point in time after the Dawn of Man. His death was not punishment but was a personal sacrifice so that others might live. He swallowed the black goo from the sacrificial bowl and allowed his genetic material to mix with the water that would eventually be consumed my anyone who drank the water. The black go kick started evolution, creating man in the image of the Engineers. <<
That doesn't make sense to me for a variety of reasons--most notably the way the engineer's ship arrived, hovered and left after the sacrificial engineer drank the substance. Also, as a bio major I understand things about DNA and the evolution of biomolecules that makes it impossible for me to interpret the black goo as you describe, and because the various cave paintings uncovered by Shaw clearly show the engineers interacting with humans.
>> The Engineers, especially the sacrifical Engineer at the beginning, present Prometheus because they gave "fire" to man, fire being the advanced DNA code of the Engineers. <<
The fire is the spark of life and of knowledge. It doesn't make sense that humans already had life when the engineers delivered this "spark" and also (again) the cave paintings depict the engineers bestowing knowledge to humans.
>> The black goo created mutants when it accidentally became mixed with other substances, such as what happened when the crew of Prometheus stumbled on the huge building filled with cannisters of the black goo. <<
This makes no sense given the fact that the engineers themselves succumbed to the black goo, and appear to be all but wiped out by it.
>> What the last Engineer apparently wanted to do was carry out his original mission of kick- starting the human race that at that too-coincidental time 2000 years ago had become mired in a different kind human sacrifice (gladiators), religious persecution, war, etc. He was not headed to Earth to destroy it, but to save it. <<
The surviving engineer was clearly hostile to humans and disgusted by their creation (David). He quickly murdered every human he could, and headed for Earth, obviously to destroy humanity. There absolutely nothing in the film to suggest this engineer wanted to save humans. Once his ship was brought down, he went after the one surviving human. Did you think he was trying to save her, too? As for the theory that 2000 years ago was some kind of pinnacle of suffering and injustice, I don't buy it and there is nothing in the film to suggest that. Humanity has always been mired in evil and the engineers had seen enough to want their "error" corrected.
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- RE: "But what was the Black Goo?" It symbolizes technology and empiricism - Jazz Inmate 12:59:24 08/18/13 (27)
- The Green vial and black goo - geoffkait 06:08:11 08/19/13 (23)
- These musings have NOTHING to do with what is actually presented in the film - Jazz Inmate 08:56:54 08/19/13 (22)
- RE: These musings have NOTHING to do with what is actually presented in the film - geoffkait 09:10:44 08/19/13 (21)
- RE: These musings have NOTHING to do with what is actually presented in the film - Jazz Inmate 09:22:37 08/19/13 (20)
- RE: These musings have NOTHING to do with what is actually presented in the film - geoffkait 10:22:48 08/19/13 (19)
- RE: These musings have NOTHING to do with what is actually presented in the film - Jazz Inmate 11:00:01 08/19/13 (18)
- Like Chinatown what is presented in Prometheus ain't necessary what's really going on. - geoffkait 15:43:53 08/19/13 (17)
- Chinatown is a "whodunnit" in the film noir tradition - Jazz Inmate 19:35:22 08/19/13 (16)
- If you don't think Prometheus is a whodunit you must have watched a different movie. - geoffkait 04:32:46 08/20/13 (15)
- You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 18:41:20 08/20/13 (14)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 06:52:47 08/21/13 (2)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 11:02:39 08/21/13 (1)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 18:05:50 08/21/13 (0)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 06:43:03 08/21/13 (10)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 11:47:13 08/21/13 (9)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 16:52:57 08/21/13 (8)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 16:13:31 08/22/13 (7)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 18:16:09 08/22/13 (6)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 20:09:25 08/22/13 (5)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 04:22:34 08/23/13 (4)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 10:45:08 08/23/13 (3)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 12:45:19 08/23/13 (2)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - Jazz Inmate 08:01:14 08/25/13 (1)
- RE: You're gonna argue about the genre now? It's sci fi. More specifically, it's the prequel of Alien - geoffkait 14:35:44 08/25/13 (0)
- RE: "But what was the Black Goo?" It symbolizes technology and empiricism - geoffkait 14:04:57 08/18/13 (2)
- RE: "But what was the Black Goo?" It symbolizes technology and empiricism - Jazz Inmate 09:19:42 08/19/13 (1)
- RE: "But what was the Black Goo?" It symbolizes technology and empiricism - geoffkait 11:10:34 08/19/13 (0)
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