Prometheus’ Black Goo Explained
The official Prometheus Facebook page posted an illustration that attempts to solve the mysteries of the black goo found in the movie. The data itself, in the context of the movie’s story, was put together by the Engineers and translated by Weyland androids.
Declassified: In researching the aftermath of Project Prometheus, Weyland Industries managed to uncover an information manual written by the Engineers concerning a chemical agent found by the Prometheus crew. Linguistic components from the original document translated by a Weyland Industries’ cybernetic individual.
Click the image below to enlarge it. Thanks to PrometheusForum users Carrot and John_Stark for the heads up
no substitute for the black goo plot hole in the movie
What plot hole? We got as much information as we needed, this is just like an little easter egg for the fans.
Try to ignore the typo :p
what typo?
I wrote ‘an’ instead of ‘a’, no biggie but it just bugged me…
i do that too sometimes
So according to the Furious Gods doc on the bluray, the deacon is the early version of the 1977 Alien….not the newer evolved creature.
Which makes sense as the Alien of the old movies was called the perfect organism by Ash. It’s the perfection of their work.
you mean the skinny guy with the dolphin head?
The thing getting out of the Engineer in the very last scene (which is skinny AND has a dolphin head…)
so thats the deacon? what are the ones in alien called with the head that looks like a penis?
i wrote the comment above. i meant does it have a special name like deacon or is it just an alien? i thought the dolphin guy looked weaker.
They used to just call it the Alien. After Cameron’s Aliens a lot of people started calling them Xenomorphs though.
It should be noted that the Deacon had just been born when we saw it in Prometheus, it might grow into something more fearsome.
Simply awful. Who comes up with this drivel? It didn’t take hours for the engineer to disintegrate. I didn’t spot him get a boner either. Also, why are the ampules on the ship are arranged in massive racks if they had to be aligned in rows?
The stuff in the Engineer’s cup isn’t just black goo, there are things that look like sparkly capsules in there. It’s also important to note that he drank a whole cup while Holloway just had a drop. This thing doesn’t say what quantities have been used in the ‘digestive tract introduction trial’.
I feel sorry for the intern that had to work on this.
It’s like analyzing a pile of dog feces and designing a schematic that explains why it came out brown.
Yes, everybody has to share your opinions about movies.
LMAO!!!!!!!!
That’s great, except for the things that cut apart the DNA strands at the bonds between atoms in the beginning of the movie were much smaller than individual atoms on the strands of DNA. That makes them most likely machines made out of subatomic particles rather than a chemical compound. If the black goo and the crap in the cup are the same, then the chemical is just an operating fluid and delivery agent for the extremely, extremely small machines. That would mean that the translation sucks. If they are not the same, then making a chemical based mutagen should be child’s play for a race that has subatomic machines. So, how did they mess that up so badly?
Every time they try to explain things, they look more and more like the guys who write the descriptions on the backs of toys. Complete BS.
To quote The Thing, You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Some science nerds just can’t relax and enjoy a movie. Really glad I’m a social scientist.
Oh, and the air bubbles in that scene couldn’t be that small either. Who gives a shit?
its oil , it will finish on earth and live will end
This is awesome! Thanks!