While the movie wipes out the notion that we descended from apes, it does something I've seen in a few Outer Limits episodes: that other aliens seeded our planet with human DNA so that we would eventually reach out to the stars.
As I thought about the movie more, I realized that they were planning an invasion of Earth about 2,000 years ago. According to interviews with one of the writers, this may leave one to believe that Jesus was an Engineer, came to see our progress, and we crucified him. This writer said this was not out of the realm of possibilities. It also makes a lot of sense based on other comments the characters make throughout.
The star map in the alien ship's pilot room and hyper-sleep chamber showed thousands of worlds in hundreds of galaxies that had been seeded by the Engineers. If you're a patient race, what an ingenious way to grow and enslave another planet for your own purposes. And if they don't turn out to be formidable as the engineers are, start over again.
As for the planet being LV-223, and not LV-426 as in the original Alien movie, others have theorized the alien at the very end of this movie stowed away on the Elizabeth's ship and they crash-landed on LV-426 looking for the Engineer's creator. Or that Weyland industries, knowing what the Nostromos would have this trillion dollar expedition in it's ship's database, so it changed the planet's demarcation. Also remember, LV-426 had a toxic atmosphere, was freezing cold, and had a much different terrain.
The goop in the canisters was basically bio-chemical warfare the Engineers used to seed planets (or start over). It left a lot of questions for the viewer, which I generally like.
Definitely see it in IMAX 3D. That was the most awesome part of the film. The effects, visual and otherwise, were absolutely stunning. And it moved along at a clip that will leave your heart beating. Enjoy! I would certainly recommend anyone seeing this.
As I thought about the movie more, I realized that they were planning an invasion of Earth about 2,000 years ago. According to interviews with one of the writers, this may leave one to believe that Jesus was an Engineer, came to see our progress, and we crucified him. This writer said this was not out of the realm of possibilities. It also makes a lot of sense based on other comments the characters make throughout.
The star map in the alien ship's pilot room and hyper-sleep chamber showed thousands of worlds in hundreds of galaxies that had been seeded by the Engineers. If you're a patient race, what an ingenious way to grow and enslave another planet for your own purposes. And if they don't turn out to be formidable as the engineers are, start over again.
As for the planet being LV-223, and not LV-426 as in the original Alien movie, others have theorized the alien at the very end of this movie stowed away on the Elizabeth's ship and they crash-landed on LV-426 looking for the Engineer's creator. Or that Weyland industries, knowing what the Nostromos would have this trillion dollar expedition in it's ship's database, so it changed the planet's demarcation. Also remember, LV-426 had a toxic atmosphere, was freezing cold, and had a much different terrain.
The goop in the canisters was basically bio-chemical warfare the Engineers used to seed planets (or start over). It left a lot of questions for the viewer, which I generally like.
Definitely see it in IMAX 3D. That was the most awesome part of the film. The effects, visual and otherwise, were absolutely stunning. And it moved along at a clip that will leave your heart beating. Enjoy! I would certainly recommend anyone seeing this.