Factual error: As the ship lands the ship's voice states "temperature at 2.725 K." At that temperature, only helium would be a gas. All others would be frozen solid, thus probably no atmosphere. In a virtual vacuum. It would be virtually impossible for a breathable atmosphere to be present within the structure. This temperature is incompatible with life.
Prometheus (2012)
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Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
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Meredith Vickers: A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable.
Trivia: Patrick Wilson plays Noomi Rapace's father in the movie, even though in real life he's only six years older than her.
Question: In the openings scene, the prehuman drinks a tar-like fluid (like the one poisoning Halloway later on), while looking at a spaceship hovering above. He then dies, falls into the river and disintegrates. I do not understand this scene, is he the last of the surviving prehumans committing suicide and the ship above is the others leaving the planet?
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Answer: The giant ship has landed on Earth to drop off the Engineer so that he can terraform the planet and make it sustainable for life. He might drinks the black stuff to break down his own structure and spread life on Earth through his own DNA.
Anastasios Anastasatos