Entheojen said:
I loved it. Also thought the same about the alien at the start drinking the "aya". Can anyone explain what the significance or purpose of that was though? I haven't really figured out how it was connected to the rest of the film or why it did that.
The opening seen shows the original visit by " Our Ancestors" preparing to leave earth millions of years before man evolved. They leave behind one of their own to "seed" the DNA into the earths ecosystem. ( hence those DNA strand sequences in the water after he breaks up) The whole flick was based on the theory that our DNA is identical to theirs. All the alien shite that came after was then based on a cocked up bio-warfare experimental plant on one of Jupiters moons by said ancestors.
I guess we get to "Know" a bit more in " Prometheus 2, 3, 4 and 5. ( it's all about the money)