Question about the xenomorph in Alien

But they weren’t exactly man made. David only made modifications. And of course he isn’t a man.

And Prometheus’ handling of the Engineers was fascinating IMO.

They’re still mysterious. David only tweaked what already existed. There were pictures of the xenomorphs already on the walls of the Engineers’ ship. In fact David might have simply copied a process which already existed based on knowledge he obtained on the Engineers’ ship. We still don’t know how he made them. Shaw being found eviscerated may indicate that he may have created another trilobite in order to spawn a Deacon. But what happened next? And was copulation involved in any creation of a trilobite and who was it? A surviving Engineer? See, there are still questions and mystery and it invites debate.

I get that having a human made robot have a part in what was supposedly to be alien makes the universe created a little smaller. But synthetics were always a fascinating part of Alien. It also serves as Scott’s own sequel of Bladerunner, as many think the films could exist in the same universe.

Also let’s not forget that it’s very possible that ‘the company’ (and Ash and Mother) already knew of the existence of xenomorphs and thus sent the Nostromo there to confirm.

If you can get over David’s role in the development of this particular xenomorph species, you can start to actually appreciate David and his relationship to this species even more.

Then there’s all the new questions that Prometheus raises about the Engineers and their relationship to humans. Personally I think the Engineers were created by another more intelligent species.