Corrected entry: One of the smart-ass crew members says Shaw's theory of alien engineers only makes sense if you ignore three centuries of Darwinism. The movie is set in 2093, so 3 centuries before would be 1793, about 100 years before Darwin's theories of natural selection took hold.
Tailkinker
16th Feb 2013
Prometheus (2012)
3rd Oct 2012
Prometheus (2012)
Corrected entry: The giant humanoid alien, apparently the last of his kind, dies in the escape pod from the parasite alien breaking through his rib cage, However, in the 1979 Alien movie, which chronologically happens after Prometheus, it shows the crew of the Nostromo spaceship finding the humanoid sitting and appearing to take flight of his spaceship.
Correction: The Engineer's the last of his kind on LV-226, the planet they visit. There's no evidence to suggest that he's supposed to be the last of his kind anywhere in the universe - indeed, the movie ends with Shaw and David setting off to find the Engineer homeworld in an attempt to ask them why they now wish to destroy humanity, which seems a pretty clear indication that they actively expect to find more. Clearly this is not intended to be the same Engineer as is found on LV-426 during the events of Alien.
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Correction: On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 and the genesis of Darwin's theory dates back into the 1830s. This is still not a full three centuries prior to the events of the film, true, but it's far closer than the hundred years out that you claim. For an off-the-cuff remark, "three centuries" is an acceptable rounded figure.
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