Quote from: Crazy Shrimp on Jan 13, 2018, 05:52:09 AM
If my memory serves me at some point in the Prometheus's development, Jesus Christ was an Engineer. They scrapped that because "it was a little too on the nose" or something.
Scott talked about that in an interview at the release of "Prometheus".
Some YouTube videos go back to the Engineer Jesus idea but imo Scott's thoughts have moved on from this with "Covenant".
* In "Covenant" (as explained by Ridley in his commentary) the main threat is an out of control AI which is represented by David.
From Scott's commentary.
QuoteThe subtext of this whole story is the evolution of an AI, eventually, will demonstrate his superiority to the human intellect. And if we invent a perfect AI, and then the next thing you do is have that AI then create or invent an equal AI, from that moment, we're in trouble. Unless we can control it. And if we can control it, they may have already perceived we're trying to do that. Intuitively, are ahead of us. And we, therefore, brought about our own destruction.
This is not about Engineer Jesus or another idea mentioned in YT videos, that Weyland was mean to Shaw in front of the awoken Engineer in "Prometheus".
- It seems that an out of control AI is the greatest danger from Scott's POV.
- How to apply that idea to the awoken Engineer scene in "Prometheus"?
The Engineer wakes up and sees that Weyland is a jerk.
But more importantly the Engineer sees Weyland's creation, David.
While the Engineer smiles, he understands the threat which the Engineers have understood for a long time, out of control AI.
Then David is destroyed by the Engineer.
- This danger of out of control behavior can be extended back 2000 years when the Engineers decided to kill humanity.
The Engineers could see that many ancient human rulers were reckless.
Large parts of the Middle East were laid waste by destroying cities and ruining the ecology.
The Engineers understood that as their technology advanced, that humans would eventually create out of control weapons.
Human technology could eventually threaten the Engineers.
The potential of a David represents that concern.