An actual Ridley Scott quote about Prometheus from early last year, presumably when they were deep into filming:
"Its the story of creation, the gods and the man who stood against them"
I've posted this before but nobody picked up on it - so I'm offering it up for debate again.
Whats up with the "man who stood against them" quote? That remark doesnt really match up with any character or character motivation in the actual movie. Also, stood implies past tense.
Of course Ridley could simply be cryptically describing the last minute actions of Janek ramming of the Juggernaut. But that would be lame.
I am assuming that the 'vengeance for Jesus' back stage gossip is simply that - a whimsical thinking out loud concept with fractional debate value but ultimately misdirection. Ridley himself revealed that it would be 'a little too on the nose'. Plus I seriously doubt they would reveal that as the 'answer', days after the movie release if a sequel is intended.
So is this another classic stirring up a hornets nest for a debate knowing full well what they intend to reveal as the 'answer' for the 2000 year old extinction/transmutation order for planet Earth? Is there a human related reason as to what actually went wrong on LV223 rather than a simple 'lack of containment accident'? If the Engineers have been frequently visiting Earth civiliisations in the past it is possible they could have taken a few earth humans back with them to LV223 or homeworld??
This is the kind of epic storyline I had hoped for Prometheus rather than idiots in space.