Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 23, 2015, 12:15:33 PM
Could it have been the storm?
The Prometheus crew seemed to trigger a storm on the planet when they changed the Atmosphere in the Ampule room, is it possible that- that actually did terraform the planet?
I don't recall any rain being involved. Wasn't it like a big ole' cloud of sand/dust? I got the impression the crew triggered a primitive trap designed to stop anyone interfering with stuff.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 23, 2015, 03:31:25 PM
I got from the very start of the series that Elden was supposed to be something other than an android from the term construct. However, I think it could have been said somewhat more blatantly. There's a lot of the feel of Prometheus in this - ambiguity in the story.
Heh, yes, there was.
Elden is the biggest flaw, though. As I say, they even call those mechanised crash dummy things 'constructs'. There's literally no definition for if there's even meant to be a difference between those and synthetics, much less what it
is. Plus, the whole thing of Elden referring to
himself as previously being a "dumb robot".
And if he's meant to be 50% organic, why is he still standing up when his spine is vaporised?
There's an off-hand reference to him being termed a "meat robot", but what would even be the point of that? Breeding cloned humans in giant vats with a really basic IQ level? Elden is
literally wandering the corridors writing 'hello' on posters on the walls... He's like a child with an adult vocabulary. He's
acting like a synthetic (albeit, a slightly demented one). Why create an organic being like that - for incredibly important missions - if you already have access to more conventional - and reprogrammable - androids?
Possibilities:
Elden is organic: Why were the mutations so symmetrical? What made his genetics so superior that the stuff made him a new, streamlined creature, when it just seems to turn everything
else into a mess?
Elden is a synthetic: How did the black ooze affect his programming? It's not like it can interface with his CPU and communicate in binary.
How did it
create flesh where none existed?
Either they should have thought through Elden's character a lot more or given him much
less of an impact on the story.
Also just remembered there's an example of the ooze somehow turning an Alien's acid into red blood... Much strangeness!