What is David eating in Prometheus?

David ate and drank more than once in the movie, he also snacked on some popcorn/granola-like substance and milk while he was watching the movie. I think he was eating so he could feel more human, it was part of his learning process and part of his developing his own personality.
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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 David watching in Prometheus?

In Prometheus, while the other members of the crew are in hibernation, David busies himself watching Lawrence of Arabia. He seems so obsessed by the film and the eponymous character that he imitates Lawrence's lines and even copies his hairstyle.
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What did the alien drink in 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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Why does David do what he does in Prometheus?

David was conceptualized as a character to provide a non-human perspective for the theme of meeting one's creators in Prometheus, with him representing the next generation in a line of creators who finds himself disillusioned by his predecessors.
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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 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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Why did the Engineer drink the liquid?

As we can see after he drinks the liquid, his DNA seems to desintegrate into the water. But from the particules of his DNA, life is created. It is showed by the particules turning step by step into cellular life. So my hypothesis is that his suicide was necessary to give birth to a new species: Us.
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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 is the black liquid?

Alien. Chemical A0-3959X. 91 – 15, more commonly known as the Black Liquid or the Black Goo, is a living, highly-mutable organic compound created as a biological weapon by the Engineers.
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What did David do to Shaw?

However, David annihilated the Engineers as a "gift" to Shaw. When she balked at his genocide, David began using her as a specimen in his genetic experimentation, attempting to make her "more than human"; despite his efforts at keeping her alive during this process, she eventually perished.
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How did David create the Xenomorph?

During the events of Alien: Covenant, the audience learns that David created the xenomorphs by experimenting with the Engineers' deadly "black goo" pathogens, as well as the reproductive organs of Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace).
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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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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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Why did the robot in Prometheus infect?

David infected Holloway because he is also jealous, yeees, jealous cos he is "feeling" something about Elizabeth Shaw. We see David taking care of the ship, but we also see him "spying" Elizabeht Shaw´s dreams (we sense that he gave special attenton to the doctor) He protect her more than Holloway.
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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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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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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 is the Alien 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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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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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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How do Yautja mate?

During the mating season the males try to mate with as many females as they can. The high ranking males will attract enough females just because of their status. The males that are lower in rank will have to fight for their females. This behavior is probably millions of years old.
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Are female Yautja bigger than males?

How the yautja females look in the comics is inconsistent. Now there are to types in my chart. One have some human-female attributes like "Sister Midnight". Still bigger than the male but more slim.
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