What did the Engineers want in Prometheus?

The woken engineer just wanted to destroy the people waking him and his urgency to act after waking might be a product of wanting to destroy humanity before it gets out of hand (clearly the original plan to test the weapons would have been on a pre-space age planet where the experiments could not escape).
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What was the Engineers purpose in Prometheus?

The Engineers were either planning to carry their deadly cargo to Earth to eradicate humans because of an event that drove the two species apart (see: Creation Gone Wrong) or as part of a plan because humans were merely an element or a step in the process of evolution or of deliberately creating xenomorph lifeforms.
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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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What do the Engineers say in Prometheus?

Anil Biltoo of the SOAS Language Centre in London, who served as the Linguist Teacher on Prometheus, has revealed exactly what it was that David said in an interview with The Bioscopist (via Ropes of Silicon): "This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life."
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What was the purpose of the aliens in Prometheus?

In Prometheus, the crew that lands on LV-223 and assumes that the abandoned moon was some kind of tactical development outpost for the Engineers, meaning the proto-humans created the xenomorphs as a highly specialized biological weapon to eradicate a planet's population as they conquered worlds.
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Why did David bomb the Engineers?

Following on, Ridley explains that David has no respect for Engineers or Humanity and actually have developed a hatred of their species collectively: He hates them. He has no respect for Engineers and no respect for human beings.
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Did the Engineers make the predators?

I said the Predator is a sibling race of the Engineer. Both the Predator and the Engineer came from the same creator who is subjugated by the Engineer in the mural.
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What is the black goo 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 language did the engineer speak?

According to The Bioscopist the language was actually Proto-Indo-European (PIE), which Michael Fassbender learned from Dr. Anil Biltoo, the language consultant on the film, of the SOAS Language Centre in London. He explains that there was a longer piece of dialogue edited out of the final cut of Prometheus.
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What is David's motivation in alien Covenant?

So David wishes to play GOD and Create and create Perfection that will not have the Flaws of the Engineers Creation Attempts, and Mankinds... To Create something that he can Control, in a way that the Engineers could not do with Mankind, and the Black Goo and also what Mankind could not do with David.
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Are Engineers stronger than predators?

Engineers crush Predator like tomato. Yep, Engineers all day. They're a superior being, by far. The Predator is like your juiced up bodybuilder who relies on brute force and intimidation while the Engineer is the naturally large, 7 foot monster from Iceland who happens to have a martial arts background.
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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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What is the purpose of xenomorphs?

The Xenomorphs are as effective as a galactic security system to Iris and her allies. They'd help them to wipe out all the smaller races whenever they will grow too ambitious or strong. The Woman in the Dark represents the world's end; when aliens will wipe out all of humanity.
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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 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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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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What was the Xenomorph at the end of Prometheus?

The Deacon is a horrifying Xenomorph-like creature featured in the film Prometheus.
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What are the snake like creatures 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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Are Engineers human?

Engineers are humanoid, hairless with very pale skin, through which many blood vessels are visible. Their eyes are said to be "dead seeming," with pupils shaped like oblong crosses. Engineers stand 9-12 feet tall and, like humans, breathe oxygen.
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How did Holloway get infected?

Over the course of the film, Holloway is infected with the Engineer black liquid by David. The infection at first very slowly mutates him and no symptoms are present. Holloway eventually has sex with Shaw and unknowingly impregnates her with an alien monster.
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What does the end of Prometheus mean?

At the ending of Prometheus, Shaw is the last living human member who has survived. As Vickers dies, Shaw goes to the lifeboat and finds that her alien offspring is alive and has grown to be gigantic in size. David is severely damaged but still has an active head. He warns Shaw that the engineer is still pursuing her.
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What is the White Alien in Alien: Covenant?

The pale-white Neomorph is featured in Alien: Covenant. It was created through exposure to spores found growing on the Engineer homeworld.
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