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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9438241" data-attributes="member: 7808">Others have already talked about how the Xenomorphs were created by the Engineers.&nbsp; However, I'll be the one to toss out the idea that calling them a &quot;bio-weapon&quot; is the word humans used to describe them, and isn't necessarily how the Engineers thought of them.&nbsp; One of the major themes of Prometheus is about how the Engineers revere sacrifice and life.&nbsp; &quot;Life from death&quot; is the basis for multiple parts of their technology/culture; it's why the Engineer at the beginning of the movie dies to bring life to Earth, and why they immediately disdain Weyland and David.From an Engineer's perspective, the purpose of releasing a Xenomorph (or Xenomorph-like) plague on a planet isn't just to kill the existing population, it's to transform the population into something else.&nbsp; It's not really clear what reasons they could have for that.&nbsp; It could be a religious cleansing, a harvest (cutting down humans to collect Xenos the way we cut down corn stalks for food), or possibly even a reward for the victims to transcend into the next form of life.Of course, it's still murder to the human victims.&nbsp; Something to think about, though.In my headcanon, the Predators we see in the movies are just the uber-macho ultra-violent toxic-culture types who are hyper-fixated on hunting.&nbsp; It would be one thing if a human defeated a Predator once.&nbsp; But the number of times we've succeded?&nbsp; It's because we're not really seeing the best-of-the-best.&nbsp; We're seeing the Walter Palmer types to pay to go on safari and shoot a trapped lion.We've never seen the Predator homeworld (in a movie).&nbsp; I want to see the day we first travel there and land in front of huge monolith, only to discover it's basically a giant office building.&nbsp; We are warmly greeted by a Predator secretary, and when we start talking about our first encounter with a Predator the secretary is like &quot;Oh, jeez.&nbsp; Are you talking about Steve?&nbsp; Yeah, we all hated that guy.&nbsp; Never shut up about his tacti-cool toys.&nbsp; Actually, when we heard about that we started a petition to protect your planet as a wildlife preserve until you acheived space flight.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 9438241, member: 7808"] Others have already talked about how the Xenomorphs were created by the Engineers. However, I'll be the one to toss out the idea that calling them a "bio-weapon" is the word humans used to describe them, and isn't necessarily how the Engineers thought of them. One of the major themes of Prometheus is about how the Engineers revere sacrifice and life. "Life from death" is the basis for multiple parts of their technology/culture; it's why the Engineer at the beginning of the movie dies to bring life to Earth, and why they immediately disdain Weyland and David. From an Engineer's perspective, the purpose of releasing a Xenomorph (or Xenomorph-like) plague on a planet isn't just to kill the existing population, it's to transform the population into something else. It's not really clear what reasons they could have for that. It could be a religious cleansing, a harvest (cutting down humans to collect Xenos the way we cut down corn stalks for food), or possibly even a reward for the victims to transcend into the next form of life. Of course, it's still murder to the human victims. Something to think about, though. In my headcanon, the Predators we see in the movies are just the uber-macho ultra-violent toxic-culture types who are hyper-fixated on hunting. It would be one thing if a human defeated a Predator once. But the number of times we've succeded? It's because we're not really seeing the best-of-the-best. We're seeing the Walter Palmer types to pay to go on safari and shoot a trapped lion. We've never seen the Predator homeworld (in a movie). I want to see the day we first travel there and land in front of huge monolith, only to discover it's basically a giant office building. We are warmly greeted by a Predator secretary, and when we start talking about our first encounter with a Predator the secretary is like "Oh, jeez. Are you talking about Steve? Yeah, we all hated that guy. Never shut up about his tacti-cool toys. Actually, when we heard about that we started a petition to protect your planet as a wildlife preserve until you acheived space flight." [/QUOTE]

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