Why did the Engineer 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 was the Engineer angry in Prometheus?

The Engineer seemed intrigued by this and became upset when Shaw got hurt and interrupted. When David asked for immortal life he must of thought the human race was greedy and unappreciative. This must have upset him. Just think if you created life and it wasn't what you expected it to be.
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What killed the Engineer in Prometheus?

At some point approximately 2,000 years before, the Engineers stationed on LV-223 initiated a plan to wipe out humanity for reasons unknown by releasing the black liquid pathogen they had created. However, they apparently lost control of the pathogen and led the Engineers there to die off.
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What happened to the Engineers on the ship?

The Engineers on LV-223 were all dead except for one in the temple / Pyramid the Prometheus crew investigated. That one survivor was left in a cryo-chamber asleep. The Hologram recording insinuates all the other Engineers were dead and that none escaped.
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Why did the Engineers create the Xenomorphs?

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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Why did the Engineers head explode in Prometheus?

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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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 engineer of Titanic survive?

The reason for this could be the fact that no engineer survived and so there was no verbal evidence of the role they played. The evidence of their important role is, however, plain to see for the ship stayed afloat longer than it would have done had they not sacrificed their lives for the good of others.
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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 was 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 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 happens to the Engineer at the end of Prometheus?

At the end of Prometheus, Dr. Shaw took off with a severely injured David in an engineering ship. Although the film never confirmed it, the natural assumption made by most fans was that Dr. Shaw was killed by his hands.
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What did David tell the engineer in Prometheus?

He told the Engineer what Weyland wanted him to say: [A]ccording to Dr. Anil Biltoo, the film's official translator and linguistics consultant, David did as he was asked, translating his words as follows: "This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life."
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Who is stronger Xenomorph vs Predator?

Based on this gladiatorial combat scenario and each species' natural abilities, it is quite clear that the Xenomorph would be the winner in a fair Alien vs. Predator fight to the death.
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How old are Predators?

While the maximum or typical lifespan of a Predator is not known, it is accepted as being well in excess of human lifespans, and it has been implied that Predator Elders can live for hundreds to thousands of years. One predator, called Kalakta, is said to be thousands of years old.
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Are Engineers extinct?

The Engineers are most definitely not extinct. What David killed in Alien Covenant may not be Engineers at all, but one of their creations. There also exists the possibility that this city was an outpost for rebel Engineers with limited access to technology. This might be the Last Engineer's "Paradise."
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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 the point of Alien: Covenant?

Around the midway point of Alien: Covenant, viewers discover that the overpowered android David (one of two robot characters played to creepy perfection by MVP Michael Fassbender) wants to turn the already-deadly Xenomorphs into perfect killing machines so he can unleash hell on the galaxy.
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What did David do to Elizabeth 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. David then made a grave for her in the citadel's garden.
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Is David a replicant?

Kang described David's eventual introduction as another android character created by Scott as a synthesis between both Alien and Blade Runner, with the character being capable of passing the Turing test like Ash, yet also able to pass the Chinese room test like a replicant, implying that he would indeed be the first ...
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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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