David and Walter

what if the company was now run by synthetics? I doubt it but possible now that weyland and Vickers r dead. I for one believe the colonists r screwed. someone made a connection to ripley saying in aliens at the ICC hearing that kane saw thousands of eggs and there being a Cpl thousand colonists on the covenant. possible tie in though I absolutely hate it..

Some one did run a theory that The Company could be ran by synthetics, i didn't read into to it to much though.Also it's been discussed that maybe the Covenant colonists could be the eggs in the Derelict,but i'd say it's highly unlikely.Way that many holes in that theory.One:how did the colonists end up being the cargo of an engineer.Two:How did the engineer end up with a chestburster,he most likely birthed a queen that layed the eggs.Three:Why/did they end up on LV-426(I don't bye the Paradise is LV-426 theories.)Fourth and most of all:Why does the Derelict seem so ancient if it's only been there for twenty ought years(maybe even less.)Plus there's the Peter Weyland files to consider.Those of course state both Peter Weyland and David knew of the signal broadcasting from LV-426 prior to the launch of the Prometheus mission.

I agree with all that xeno. im 60-40 the original idea given that the derelict has been there thousands of years is the way itl go but u never know. that's the way I want it to be and imo its the scenario that gives alien the best backstory. all the evidence points to this being the case but im fearful it turns out differently

I wouldn't fear to much,well Maybe a little.But I think Ridley had a specific vision with the original Alien,one i don't think he'll betray.

Even if David and his "experiments" somehow end up on LV426 and he discovers the original derelict i hope they leave that ship as ancient,some things are better with a bit of mystery. Most people these days want every little detail spelled out for them, no imagination....what they dont realize is they are ruining so much for themselves. That sense of wonder and mystery is what made this franchise so amazing for all these years...if he does answer some of those questions i hope Sir Ridley has the decency to at least create some new equally amazing mysteries with these new movies.

He has hinted at a species of beings higher than the Engineers, perhaps they are an ancient cosmic evil behind it all...and somehow David's actions and his tampering wakes them up and they intervene in this or the next movie, that would introduce new hopefully unimaginable cosmic terrors for David and the survivors, while still keeping the familiar horrors at play...just an idea 

Very interesting points...

First of all, maybe its a bit to much of a stretch that the Company knows what David is up to and sent those 2000 Colonists on purpose to be used as experiments and Guinea Pigs... we cant rule his out, but i am not sure on this.  It would prove who is at the Top of the Company has 0 Moral Compass.  But it cant be ruled out..

I think for sure there will be Twists, but to also be aware of Misdirection's...  The Last Supper Viral did seem to set up a whole Christ and the Last Supper vibe... where we can not look at Franco as Christ, but maybe that he would perform a Sacrifice or at the very least this viral could seem to point out that their could be a JUDAS... right now fingers could be pointing at Walter or Oram (Crudup) but who knows.. it could be a misdirection and there is actually no Judas Element at play.

As far as the Company being run my Synthetics, indeed this was mentioned a few times here in the past, and its something we maybe cant 100% rule out too.

As far as Shaw's fate, i dont think she went down well as a Character in Prometheus, and if she is to be taken out of the Franchise in this movie or prior...  i think they would have to give it justice and having her just simply DIE would be a waste really...

David is experimenting and in the scene with Oram (Crudup) he did say he has been experimenting with the creatures from Prometheus.

There was only 3 Creatures in Prometheus....

1) Hammerpedes, which would require Worms and we can assume Hammerpedes like Worms are Egg Layers.. the result of this could provide a starting point for experiments. ==> EGGS

2) Trilobite (Deacon), which would require a infection of a Females Ovaries and Eggs, Shaws Trilobite was the result of one of these 3 Scenarios

*Infected Holoways Sperm, Fertilized Shaws Egg to create a Hybrid Fetus. (This would require Black Goo and a Humanoid Males Sperm)

*The Top of the ampoule contained Parasitic Worm like Organisms that traveled to Shaw via Sex like a Sexually Transmitted Disease. And infected her Egg, causing a Hybrid

*As above but the Parasite does not infect any Eggs, it simply grows in Shaws Womb, fools her body to thing it is a Embryo.

3) Hybrid Organism via Black Goo aka Fifield... we have to wonder how far would the Black Goo had evolved him and what happens if the infection is more serve and what if the infected was Female?

These are the only 3 options as far as Creatures from Prometheus, the only 4th Option is the Black Goo itself and David being aware of the aim for this substance (Mural maybe) but again its logical to assume to get to the Mural Organism then something similar to a Face Hugger/Trilobite would be needed and also a Humanoid Host.

So the BIGGEST Question is... for all of those options, how does David achieve this?

A branch of these ideas could lead us with David having the option to EXTRACT Shaws Eggs and experiment on them but then we have to wonder does David have the kind of Set Up to be able to grow Test Tube Baby type experiments?

Then again maybe the Black Goo is so powerful that extracted Eggs and Black Goo would evolve into something very interesting that would grow without the need for a Womb, or Incubating Technology.