History Narm / AlienCovenant

* The sheer amount of times Scott tries to make the viewers feel sorry for a character with little to no development solely based on the fact they're married. It occurs a total of ''four'' times -- five if you count [[spoiler: Ricks and Upworth]]. It doesn't help that every time the character's spouse [[AngstWhatAngst seems to grieve for a total of ten seconds]] before carrying on like nothing happened.

** Faris locks the infirmary door, trapping Ledward and a panicking Karine inside, then rrush back and forth between the cockpit to ask her husband what to do over the radio and checking on how big the rapidly swelling lump on Ledward's back is getting, with Karine hurling obscenities at her and demanding she open the door.

* The infamously advertised birth of the Neomorph, while horrifying in and of itself, will have you [[FacePalm palming your face and sighing in exasperation]] at the sheer '''[[{{Slapstick}} clumsiness]] and [[BlackComedy stupidity]]''' that follows, resulting in the ''Covenant'' shuttle going up in a ball of orange flames. Playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ the theme song of "The Benny Hill Show"]] while you read the recap below is the perfect way to set the tone for the comedy of errors that follows.[[note]]Or you can watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phYNS8dsQaw this video where someone combined the scene with the music]].[[/note]] It is debatable whether this was intended to be BlackComedy, or it just ended up being unintentionally hilarious.

* The infamously advertised birth of the Neomorph, while horrifying in and of itself, will have you [[FacePalm palming your face and sighing in exasperation]] at the sheer '''[[{{Slapstick}} clumsiness]] and [[BlackComedy stupidity]]''' that follows, resulting in the first shuttle of The Covenant going up in a ball of orange flames. Playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ The Theme Song of "The Benny Hill Show"]] while you read the description below is the perfect way to set the tone of the comedy of errors that follows.[[note]]Or you can watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phYNS8dsQaw this video where someone combined the scene with the music]].[[/note]] It is debatable whether this was intended to be BlackComedy, or it just ended up being unintentionally hilarious.
** Faris locks the infirmary door shut, trapping Ledward and a panicking Karine inside, running back and forth between the cockpit to ask her husband what to do over the radio and checking on how big the rapidly-swelling lump on Ledward's back is getting, with Karine hurling obscenities for her to open the door.

** When Faris ''finally'' returns with a shotgun to find that Ledward's become the proud (and dead) parent of a snarling little space monster, busy making a meal out of Karine's throat, she ''naturally'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs OUT of the infirmary again to get a shotgun...]] only to slip, trip and [[BloodyHilarious fall over in a massive pool of blood and accidentally fire her shotgun in the air]]
** As the newborn and still-hungry Neomorph lunges for her thigh, Faris scrambles out the door and hits the emergency shutting brakes… ''before'' she got her left foot out of the infirmary, thereby crushing her ankle in the process. Then she ''hops'' downstairs like a lawn-ornament-flamingo and grabs ''another shotgun'' to greet her pale newborn stalker… which would be a good idea if only (1) she could hit the broad side of a barn (2) [[TooDumbToLive the airlock wasn't filled with OPEN shelves full of CLEARLY LABELLED "Danger: Explosives"]].
** Unfortunately, Faris [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy shoots so badly that Stormtroopers would laugh her out of town]], missing each and every shot that our little pale Alien rascal deftly dodges, inevitably resulting in one of the shots ''hitting'' the aforementioned explosive lockers. The boarding party in the distance (and we, the audience) watches incredulously as the ''Covenant's'' boarding shuttle blossoms into a loud orange fireball, with the amateur markswoman stumbling out of the wreck she made as [[ManOnFire a walking bonfire]] before collapsing.
** To rub salt in the wounds, our brave little Neomorph runs into the distant grass, completely unharmed.
** Even later, Tennessee makes a comment about how his wife, Faris, [[InformedAttribute is not someone to get afraid]]. This is in total contrast to the panicky hysterical woman who falls to pieces the second that she hears that Ledward is sick and bleeding.

* The sheer amount of times Scott tries to make the viewers feel sorry for a character with little to no development solely based on the fact they're married. It occurs a total of ''four'' times -- five if you count [[spoiler: Ricks and Upsworth]]. It doesn't help that every time the character's spouse [[AngstWhatAngst seems to grieve for a total of ten seconds]] before carrying on like nothing happened.

* The infamously advertised birth of the Neomorph, while horrifying in and of itself, will have you [[FacePalm palming your face and sighing in exasperation]] at the sheer '''[[{{Slapstick}} clumsiness]] and [[BlackComedy stupidity]]''' that follows, resulting in the first shuttle of The Covenant going up in a ball of orange flames. Playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ The Theme Song of "The Benny Hill Show"]] while you read the description below is the perfect way to set the tone of the comedy of errors that follows.[[note]]Or you can watch [[https://youtu.be/MkYnBv3zDB8 this video where someone combined the scene with the music]].[[/note]] It is debatable whether this was intended to be BlackComedy, or it just ended up being unintentionally hilarious.

* You know, kids; being in love is nice and all, but [[GenreBlind when you star in a monster movie, it's generally NOT a good idea to have sex in the showers]], and it's an even ''worse'' idea to play deafeningly loud rock music to accompany said literally-steamy-hot-sex so that you ''can't'' hear the warning broadcast that a homicidal monster is now at large on your ship. Enjoy starring in your own [[Film/{{Psycho}} Bates Motel Shower Scene]] tribute, you crazy lovebirds you!

* The fact that Daniels, the protagonist of the film who is a stand-in for both Ripley and Shaw, doesn't have even a first name in the script.

** When Faris ''finally'' returns to find that Ledward's become the proud (and dead) parent of a snarling little space monster, busy making a meal out of Karine's throat, she ''naturally'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs OUT of the infirmary again to get a shotgun...]] only to slip, trip and [[BloodyHilarious fall over in a massive pool of blood.]]
** As the newborn and still-hungry Neomorph lunges for her thigh, Faris scrambles out the door and hits the emergency shutting brakes… ''before'' she got her left foot out of the infirmary, thereby crushing her ankle in the process. Then she ''hops'' downstairs like a lawn-ornament-flamingo and grabs a ''shotgun'' to greet her pale newborn stalker… which would be a good idea if only (1) she could hit the broad side of a barn (2) [[TooDumbToLive the airlock wasn't filled with OPEN shelves full of CLEARLY LABELLED "Danger: Explosives"]].

** Faris locks the infirmary door shut, trapping Ledworth and a panicking Karine inside, running back and forth between the cockpit to ask her husband what to do over the radio and checking on how big the rapidly-swelling lump on Ledworth's back is getting, with Karine hurling obscenities for her to open the door.
** Ledworth crumples backwards like a drunk puppet with its strings cut off as the star of tonight's show, the Baby Neomorph, jumps from the obviously CGI hole in his spine like a strawberry-jam covered pop-tart out of a bony toaster, and leaps for the understandably upset and scalpel-waving Karine. She punts the little fella away like a Satanic chihuahua, but unfortunately he still wants to play and runs in for a second round...
** When Faris ''finally'' returns to find that Ledworth's become the proud (and dead) parent of a snarling little space monster, busy making a meal out of Karine's throat, she ''naturally'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs OUT of the infirmary again to get a shotgun...]] only to slip, trip and [[BloodyHilarious fall over in a massive pool of blood.]]

** Even later, Tennessee makes a comment about how his wife, Faris, [[InformedAttribute is not someone to get afraid]]. This is in total contrast to the panicky hysterical woman who falls to pieces the second that she hears that Ledworth is sick and bleeding.

* The infamously advertised birth of the Neomorph, while horrifying in and of itself, will have you [[FacePalm palming your face and sighing in exasperation]] at the sheer '''[[{{Slapstick}} clumsiness]] and [[BlackComedy stupidity]]''' that follows, resulting in the first shuttle of The Covenant going up in a ball of orange flames. Playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ The Theme Song of "The Benny Hill Show"]] while you read the description below is the perfect way to set the tone of the comedy of errors that follows. It is debatable whether this was intended to be BlackComedy, or it just ended up being unintentionally hilarious.

** The first instance has [[spoiler:David stabbing Walter ''with the flute''. While it can be forgiven for being unexpecte, it almost becomes BlackComedy. Also, that the flute's hollow end is somehow sharpened enough to pierce through anything is surprising enough.]]

* David and Walter's [[spoiler:fight]] is not any less unintentionally funny. [[spoiler:The first instance is David stabbing Walter ''with the flute'', which can be forgiven for being unexpected enough. The second instance, however, is Walter proclaiming to be an improved model over David, as if he was much more powerful in hand-to-hand than him, only for David to kick his ass for most of the fight, even despite Walter wielding a knife. The third, not any less ridiculous, is David nailing Walter with a ProfessionalWrestling spinning heel kick a la Savio Vega, not the most practical martial arts move and definitely not the kind of efficient fighting style you would program an android worker with. And then, the last point comes when Walter manages to spinebuste David against a rock and bang, that's the end of the fight, despite David showing afterwards that he has no lasting effects of the damage at all.]]

* The fact that Daniels, the protagonist on the film who is a stand-in for both Ripley and Shaw, doesn't have even a first name in the script.

* David and Walter's weird [[spoiler:romance. Aside from the admittedly-impressive effects with Fassbender playing against himself, the whole scene is just laughable. The topper has to be David's line "[[AccidentalInnuendo I'll do the fingering]]" (referring to a flute). Cue laughter from the audience.]]

** Ledworth crumples backwards like a drunk puppet with its strings cut off as the star of tonight's show, the Baby Neomorph, jumps from the obviously CGI hole in his spine like a strawberry-jam covered pop-tart out of a bony-toaster, and leaps for the understandably upset and scalpel waving Karine. She punts the little fella away like a Satanic chihuahua, but unfortunately he still wants to play and runs in for second round...

** Even later, Tenessee makes a comment about how his wife, Faris, [[InformedAttribute is not someone to get afraid]]. This is in total contrast to the panicky hysterical woman who falls to pieces the second that she hears that Ledworth is sick and bleeding.
* David and Walter's weird [[spoiler: romance. Aside from the admittedly-impressive effects with Fassbender playing against himself, the whole scene is just laughable. The topper has to be David's line "[[AccidentalInnuendo I'll do the fingering]]" (referring to a flute). Cue laughter from the audience.]]

** Can cross into NarmCharm if you squint. It can creepy because of those exact reasons [[spoiler:if one thinks David is the thing we should be scared of in the movie. It can come across as something along the lines of a MadScientist seeing his creation for the first time.]]
* You know, kids; being in love is nice and all, but [[GenreBlind when you star in a monster movie, it's generally NOT a good idea to have sex in the showers]], and it's an even ''worse'' idea to play deafeningly-loud rock music to accompany said literally-steamy-hot-sex so that you ''can't'' hear the warning broadcast that a homicidal monster is now at large on your ship. Enjoy starring in your own [[Film/{{Psycho}} Bates Motel Shower Scene]] tribute, you crazy lovebirds you!

** Not to mention that when he first wakes up [[spoiler:from being attacked by a facehugger]], the first thing Oram asks him is not something a regular person would ask such as "What the fuck just happened?" or "What did you do to me?" or "What was that?" No; he asks him, "What do you believe in, David?" It's like the screenwriter was begging to throw in David's response.
* The sheer amount of times Scott tries to make the viewers feel sorry for a character with little to no development solely based on the fact they're married. It occurs a total of ''four'' times- five if you count [[spoiler: Ricks and Upsworth]]. It doesn't help that every time the character's spouse [[AngstWhatAngst seems to grieve for a total of ten seconds]] before carrying on like nothing happened.

** It also seems rather odd for a self-proclaim religious man to insist on not having a funeral, even a quick one.

** Even later, Tenessee makes a comment about how his wife, Faris, is not someone to get afraid. This is in total contrast to the panicky hysterical woman who falls to pieces the second that she hears that Ledworth is sick and bleeding.

** Ledworth crumples backwards like a drunk puppet with its strings cut off as the star of tonight's show, the Baby Neomorph, jumps from the obviously CGI hole in his spine like a strawberry-jam covered pop-tart out of a bony-toaster, and leaps for the understandably upset and scalple waving Karine. She punts the little fella away like a satanic chihuahua, but unfortunately he still wants to play and runs in for second round...

** Ledworth crumples backwards like a drunk puppet with its strings cut off as the star of tonight's show, the Baby Neomorph, pops from the obviously CGI hole in his spine like a strawberry-jam covered pop-tart, and leaps for the understandably upset and scalple waving Karine. She punts the little fella away like a satanic chihuahua, but unfortunately he still wants to play and runs in for second round...

** When When Faris ''finally'' returns to find that Ledworth's become the proud (and dead) parent of a snarling little space monster, busy making a meal out of Karine's throat, she ''naturally'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere runs OUT of the infirmary again to get a shotgun...]] only to slip, trip and [[BloodyHilarious fall over in a massive pool of blood.]]

** Ledworth crumples backwards like a drunk puppet with its strings cut off as the star of tonight's show, the Baby Neomorph, pops from the obviously CGI hole in his spine like a strawberry-jam covered pop-tart, and leaps for the understandably upset and scalple waving Karine. She punts the little fellas away like a satanic chihuahua, but unfortunately he still wants to play and runs in for another round...