@thedaveeyres I got your point, and it's an interesting one, but there's nothing in the film to substantiate it. There's nothing in there to substantiate any theory - it's wide open until we get a sequel (hopefully) explaining things.
The way I look at it, LV223 could have been a general science/research outpost at the time of the cave paintings. Given that it's supposedly the first place to find anything left behind by the Engineers, perhaps it was their furthest science outpost from 'Paradise' and the closest to Earth. This would allow them to make first contact/assess what humanity had become with minimal risk to their own civilization. When it became clear they wanted to wipe the slate clean and start again (if that's what happened, of course), it would have made sense to repurpose LV223 for that.
I think the biggest question for me that a sequel could address is the Engineers' motives in that ~30,000 year period between cave paintings and the last recorded events on LV223. Did the Engineers change their minds, or was Earth never anything more than a science experiment with a finite end?
The way I look at it, LV223 could have been a general science/research outpost at the time of the cave paintings. Given that it's supposedly the first place to find anything left behind by the Engineers, perhaps it was their furthest science outpost from 'Paradise' and the closest to Earth. This would allow them to make first contact/assess what humanity had become with minimal risk to their own civilization. When it became clear they wanted to wipe the slate clean and start again (if that's what happened, of course), it would have made sense to repurpose LV223 for that.
I think the biggest question for me that a sequel could address is the Engineers' motives in that ~30,000 year period between cave paintings and the last recorded events on LV223. Did the Engineers change their minds, or was Earth never anything more than a science experiment with a finite end?
