What was going on in the opening scene of Prometheus?

There is a fascinating blog post about the mythic resonance and "what was going on" in this movie: http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/... About the opening, Ridley Scott says that it could be any planet, at any time. This scene was representational of the ongoing efforts of the Engineers to bring life to planets. read more

About the opening, Ridley Scott says that it could be any planet, at any time. This scene was representational of the ongoing efforts of the Engineers to bring life to planets. Mythicly, this was Osiris giving up his life on the bank of a river in order to create plant life on the Nile. read more

Prometheus is the kind of movie you can start to like better the more you think and talk about it, and we've had a blast debating the many mysteries of the film, and trying to piece together just what those pesky Engineers were trying to tell us all along. read more

Reddit users discuss whether or not the Engineer was aware his task would cause his own destruction. In his initial post, Cavalorn points out the similarities of this scene to the"Thy will be done" moment during the eve of Jesus's death, implying that the Engineer was aware of the price of his actions. read more