The Secrets of Prometheus Explained by Reddit

1. What Was Up With That Opening Scene?

This Reddit threat explains that we were seeing the creation of life on a planet. (According to Ridley Scott, whether this planet is Earth or not is irrelevant.) This is how Engineers brought life to otherwise lifeless planets. This single Engineer is dropped off by his people's ship and left to a mission that results in his own demise. Once ingested by the Engineer, the black goo merges with and breaks apart its host. (The Engineer is a bit like the fertilizer it needs to jump start growth.) Reddit users discuss whether or not the Engineer was aware his task would cause his own destruction. In his initial post, Cavalorn points out the similarities of this scene to the "Thy will be done" moment during the eve of Jesus's death, implying that the Engineer was aware of the price of his actions.We are then led to assume that the goo-infused DNA of the Engineer is spread by the water and creates life on the planet. Image courtesy of flickr, m'sieur rico

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