Factual error: Carbon dating cannot be used without knowing the amount of C14 in the atmosphere and its evolution in history. Using this method just after arriving at an alien planet is impossible.
Prometheus (2012)
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Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
Scientists Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway, with funding from Peter Weyland, recruit the crew of the Prometheus to explore an alien planet with the hopes of finding out where the human race came from. But, as they explore the hostile world, they unintentionally unleash a deadly infection that could end the world as we know it.
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Question: In the openings scene, the prehuman drinks a tar-like fluid (like the one poisoning Halloway later on), while looking at a spaceship hovering above. He then dies, falls into the river and disintegrates. I do not understand this scene, is he the last of the surviving prehumans committing suicide and the ship above is the others leaving the planet?
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Answer: The giant ship has landed on Earth to drop off the Engineer so that he can terraform the planet and make it sustainable for life. He might drinks the black stuff to break down his own structure and spread life on Earth through his own DNA.
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