I think the Black Goo may be similar to the SHAGGOTHS from the Cthulu Mythos, and as 'At The Mountains Of Madness' describes, in 'Prometheus' we are seeing something similar to that story.
From Wikipedia: " By exploring these fantastic structures, the men learn through hieroglyphic murals that the Elder Things first came to Earth shortly after the Moon took form and built their cities with the help of "shoggoths" — biological entities created to perform any task, assume any form, and reflect any thought. There is a hint that all earthly life evolved from cellular material left over from the creation of the shoggoths."
So could the Black Goo be similar to this this leftover cellular material? Or is it just some larger reimagining of what is described in ATMOM? I think what most interesting is the suggestion that the Shaggoths can 'assume any form and reflect any thought.' Perhaps what's happening in Prometheus is the goo is mutating the people who ingest it, based on what they are internally thinking/feeling at the time. For instance, it impregnates Shaw right after they discuss her being unable to have children. Fifield is pretty pissed at the crew of the Prometheus before he is infected, etc. The Enigineer WANTS to sacrifice himself to create life / terraform?
It would be interesting to see the relation to the Xenos be more or less disenfranchised this way. Where the Xeno's themselves and the Engineers / Space Jockey's begin to become these other players in the Cthulu mythos, without much fanfare about it.
Quote from: cliffhanger on Feb 20, 2017, 10:21:56 AM
Ultimately, it brings me personally to the following question:
How would you guys feel about an Alien movie directed by Dennis Villeneuve?
I'd be super excited. He is my favorite director around these days. Also N Winding Refn.