What are the worms in Prometheus?

The Hammerpede is a worm-like creature discovered by the crew of the USCSS Prometheus inside the Engineer's Temple on LV-223, one of the moons of the gas giant Calpamos, in the Zeta Reticuli System, in 2093. The Hammerpede can be considered a prototype version of the facehugger.
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Where did the worms in Prometheus come from?

The eggs were on the boots of the Engineer that had been working in the facility. They had come from another, living world to the military installation from the Prometheus movie.
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What are the snake things in Prometheus?

The Hammerpede is the nickname given to the cobra-like creatures seen in Prometheus. Though not technically a new creature, the Hammerpedes were a result of worms being dragged into the dark liquid.
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Where did the black goo come from in Prometheus?

The black liquid in the earlier drafts of Prometheus which was written by Jon Spaihts, was originally a swarm of black scarab like insects that dissolved the sacrificial Engineer, and infused the Xenomorph DNA into Fifield which turned him into a form of a xenomorph.
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What is the creature at the end of Prometheus?

Prometheus - What is the Deacon? The Deacon is a horrifying Xenomorph-like creature featured in the film Prometheus.
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Prometheus - Hammerpeed scene



What was the squid in Prometheus?

The Trilobite was a massive, octopus-like creature resulting from Charlie Holloway being infected with Chemical A0-3959X. 91 – 15 and engaging in sexual intercourse with Elizabeth Shaw. Similar to a Facehugger, its primary purpose appears to be to implant an embryonic Deacon into a host.
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Why did the Engineers create the Xenomorphs?

The crew of the USCSS Prometheus believed that the abandoned planet they explored was an outpost for weapons engineering and development, lending credence to the theory that the Engineers created the Xenomorphs (or perhaps more specifically, the Black Liquid that led to the Trilobite) for war and genocidal purposes.
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Why did David poison the drink in Prometheus?

He probably just thought it was a 'challenge' or he saw it as an insult . He then thought he wouldnt let davids wee attempt insulting phrase him, so he just drank the drink.
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Why did the engineer drink Prometheus?

Prometheus starts with one of the Engineers drinking a black liquid. He then proceeds to disintegrate and tumble into the waterfall. Why was this Engineer drinking the liquid? I think the idea was to show how the engineers seeded new planets with life.
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What does the engineer drink at the beginning of Prometheus?

That certainly seems to be the case: we see an engineer, apparently left alone on a barren earth as his fellows ship out, who consciously sacrifices himself by drinking black goo that causes his body to crumble into little bits of DNA that spread throughout the world.
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What was in the jars in Prometheus?

Catalyst for Evolution. Since the substance is shown to have both destructive and life-giving properties in the prologue of the movie (where the engineer sacrifices himself), and based on comments from Ridley Scott, the substance is believed to be a catalyst for evolution.
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Is the alien in covenant a Xenomorph?

Alien: Covenant actually credits the Alien as Xenomorph, while also listing a different variety of the creature as the Neomorph. In The Weyland-Yutani Report, the Alien encountered by the Nostromo was specifically referred to as "Xenomorph XX121".
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What is the mural in Prometheus?

The Mural in Prometheus is The Deacon.
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Is the planet in Prometheus LV-426?

Early in the director's commentary, Ridley Scott confirms that the planet from Alien was LV426 BUT in Prometheus the planet is LV223.
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Why did the engineers head explode?

When they awoke the head with the tool they used they had accelerated the process too fast and the Engineers head exploded. Both theories i think show that somehow the Ampule room is able to preserve and but organic matter in a state of stasis.
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Why did David destroy the engineers?

Shortly after the release of Alien: Covenant, Scott explained that as David learns more about his lineage through humanity and the Engineers, "He hates them. He has no respect for Engineers and no respect for human beings," and concludes that eradicating them from existence will be for the betterment of the universe.
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Is Alien: Covenant a sequel to Prometheus?

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Covenant, also directed by Ridley Scott, is set in the year 2104—therefore serving as a quasi-sequel to Prometheus, but a prequel to the original Alien film.
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Who is the guy at the beginning of Prometheus?

Janek, the pilot of the Prometheus played by Idris Elba, largely stays out of the fray, watching from a safe distance from the comfort of his ship. But as missions members continue to disappear, Janek suits up and explores LV-223 with the surviving crew.
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How did Dr Shaw get pregnant in Prometheus?

Shaw is supposedly sterile, but she becomes pregnant by her mutating archaeologist partner, Charlie Holloway. Poor Holloway gets burned to death to stop the mutation, while Shaw, as mentioned, has to remove the alien fetus herself.
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How did Charlie Holloway get infected?

Holloway eventually has sex with Shaw and unknowingly impregnates her with an alien monster. After sleeping with Shaw he begins to feel a fever and also notices a very small organism in one of his eyes. Later, the infection spread more and caused him an even more severe feverish state and intense pain afterwards.
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Was David the villain in Prometheus?

David, originally manufactured as David-8, is one of the two overarching antagonists (along with Peter Weyland) of the Alien film franchise. He serves as the deuteragonist in the 2012 science fiction film Prometheus (a prequel to the Alien films) and the main antagonist of its 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant.
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Did the Predators create the xenomorphs?

Through their exploration, they learn that the Predator species created the Xenomorphs for the ultimate hunt every 100 years. Allowing Weyland's team to find it was their clever way of providing hosts for the creatures to spawn in.
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