Puzzled by Prometheus

With thanks to an unnamed source who drew this article to my attention, here's a link to a piece in The Guardian that attempts to explain some of those plot holes in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.  I was relieved to see I wasn't the only person stumped by the meaning of that first scene.

Comments

[Jeff]

I thought that this was a pretty funny take on the plot holes:
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/16/plot-holes-in-prometheus-deli.html

[Bruce Boyden]

Haven't seen the film yet, but this post sounds familiar, given that one of the screenwriters is Damon Lindelof, one of the two main writers behind "Lost."

[Eric Muller]

If it was only the first scene you had trouble following, my hat is off to you.