Lost is a great example of tv writers making it up as they went along, without really knowing the end game, then botching it in the final series conclusion. Scott could have hired a better writer than that.

I think that there may be two or more classes of Space Jockeys - the scientists in the robes (like the "seeder" in the beginning) and the warriors in the black armored suits. The agendas of these classes may have clashed along the way - one that wants to foster life and one to destroy it or "clean it up."

Making it up as you go along is pretty much standard fare though for American tv shows with a few exceptions.

So I just got back from seeing this a third time (you're welcome 20th Century Fox) and my initial impressions from the first time I watched the film haven't really changed except for the notion that what I previously thought to be plot holes could possibly be open ended questions left up to personal interpretation.

The lack of character development, as some people have posted, didn't bother me. After all, how much character development can be done in a two hour movie (that to me seemed to go by a lot faster than that)? The masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey had even less character development than Prometheus. Both stories were about the actual events rather than the people, who were background material.

The Prometheus story is told from the humans' point of view - primarily Shaw's. It is not an omniscient viewpoint, hence the unanswered questions, and I think it makes one more thirsty for a sequel or a series. The audience is exploring right along with the Prometheus crew. I agree with PanzerMeyer that the so-called plot holes are open-ended questions and invitations for the viewers to interpret for themselves.

Shaw intends to find the Space Jockeys' home world because she can't believe they went through the trouble of seeding intelligent life just to destroy it later. Perhaps there are two or more classes of SJ's - the benevolent scientists in robes and the warrior class in the black armored suits, with vastly different agendas. The scientists want to foster intelligent life on other worlds but the warriors see this as a security threat and intend to clean up the results of the cultivation. There was probably conflict and fighting among the factions.

The race is on for Shaw and David (now the Head Android ) to contact the SJ scientists and to display an example their successful seeding attempts, something more likely to happen by going to the SJ home world.

David's response to Halloway's "Because we can." comment is fascinating to me. "How disappointed would you feel if your creators said the same thing to you?" It's the counterbalance to Shaw's need to answer her questions of faith.

Were we created for the personal menagerie of the aliens? Or were we transpermiated out of a desire to grow the 'creation?"

Is this story a truncated/altered version of the creation and final destruction explained in the bible? I don't hink it's happenstance that David and Dr. Shaw are the only survivors. Because Shaw was the only human survivor and the only one who needed to satiate her faith, I think these themes will be explored more in the future.

In the early creation story man lived much longer - Adam about 900 years, Methusela longer than that. I've read several opinions that man was taller and more 'dignified/healthy looking' than today. Hence the 100% match in human and alien DNA. We were made in the image of god.

Could the destruction of man by the aliens have been a mission of mercy, saving them from untold wars, pestilence, and death? We've seen two different space crafts in the movie - one a saucer, the other a horse shoe. Could the aliens have differing roles? Would a seperate contingency be sent to rescue some humans ala the 144,000/great multitude, while the other group sent to destroy? Or were the aliens about to destroy mankind because they can?

Both of those characters survived. Possibly only one's theory/purpose will be proved. These two characters ideas are the lynch pin that drives the story. In the future sequels it may not take on the christian mythology, but I do think it will deal with faith and purpose. All else is relatively imaterial - even the xenomorph aliens.

finally watched prometheus recently.

ain't it cool news spoiler review/comment and red letter media
(apologies if already posted)

I like the film but I admit the Red Letter Media recap is hilarious.

And yes, it's been posted before but it hasn't gotten old yet.

haha

Yeah, I am always late to the party!