Connecting to the theme of the Engineer's sacrifice for the creation/support of life (see: Creation and Sacrifice), one of the key theories around the conflict between the Engineers and humankind ...

Tall, elegant, gray, muscular -- the Engineers in Prometheus look like chiseled Greek statues of gods and heroes. In the movie, we see an Engineer giving his own life to "donate" his genetic code for ...

Prometheus has been in theatres for a few weeks now, and one thing that’s been bugging a lot of people is the mysterious monologue that android David speaks to the alien Engineer in the final scenes ...

In Greek mythology, Prometheus defied the gods by stealing fire from Mount Olympus and giving it to humanity. Back then, fire was regarded as just warmth and light, but Prometheus harnessed technology ...