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MemberOvomorphDec-08-2012 8:10 PMJust after discovering the Decapitee, David climbs a ladder to access a control panel.
It seems it was already there, but it is a rickety old thing that looks like it barely supports David, let alone a huge Engineer.
What the hell? Also why would they put controls in such a pain-in-the-ass spot?
Could there have been a similar panel up high by the body-pile door? Is this maybe what they were trying to access by climbing over one another?
Sorry, i know i'm going on..
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cuponator3000
MemberChestbursterDec-08-2012 10:57 PMthey could reach the controls because they were tall and david had the ladder with him(it seems to have been able to fold when he put it away).
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Indy John
MemberOvomorphDec-08-2012 11:36 PMYou would think that the Engineers would have been aware of Remote ControL.
THe panel was that high so they wouldn't be accidently activated but could be used as an emergency entrance into the Big Head room.
I might go along with Shaw/Holloway bringing some sort of l;adder. David just happens to to have a ladder in is magic bag just doesn't sit well..unless he had inside information.
Also what actually activated the door? The sequence of the 'button's used?
In our movie we do see Daviod activating panels on the Prometheus.
Now on the ladder David somehow knows the 'code' on this distant moon.
The answer is simple. Check the Last Engineer's fingerprints. Is that a Weyland logo embedded in his fingertip just like David's markings?
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zzplural
MemberOvomorphDec-09-2012 9:44 AMI imagine that ladders are fairly standard items of equipment in tomb excavations.
David wasn't the only crew member to use a ladder – Millburn was carrying one for most of the journey.
However, somewhat intriguingly, David was only carrying a small lunchbox (no bag either) when he approached the pyramid from his rover. Movie mistake?
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Not_my_intention
MemberOvomorphDec-09-2012 6:45 PMhe brought it with him, there is a shot where he is putting it together.
zzplural
MemberOvomorphDec-10-2012 1:19 AMNo, there isn't. We see David holding a ladder just before the running engineers arrive, but not him assembling the ladder.
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ZetaReticuli
MemberOvomorphDec-10-2012 3:32 AMDavid vomitted the ladder - he's a machine is he not?
Yeh, my wife pointed that out and burst my bubble of fantasy while
watching it for the first time back in June, lol. But she had a point - where is a ladder when you need one?
"oh, as it so 'appens, here's a ladder I prepared earlier - it was inside my left welly".
Indy John
MemberOvomorphDec-10-2012 1:37 PMI still think he should have used a portable anti-gravity machine to punch the panel.
Why rely on ancient technology when a a quick dose of ant gravity would do the trick.
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