History WhatAnIdiot / AlienCovenant

'''You'd expect''': Knowing that Walter is vital to them for being able to travel while in hypersleep and is a valued crew member in his own right, the two of them would kill David with the guns they are both holding and trained to use. They are presumably aware of Walter's HealingFactor, so they should know that even if they hit Walter by accident, he can heal from wounds, while David cannot.\\

'''You'd expect''': Him to run to the cargo lift. As no one saw them fight, he only needs to replicate the damage they had watched Walter receive before their own eyes, which amounts to the lost arm. \\
'''Instead''': Aside from cutting off his arm, David decides to give himself the exact same wounds that Walter sustained during the fight. This goes against the facts that: a) the fight had no witnesses and thus nobody can assert the synthetic's identity by looking at his battle damage, and more importantly: b) Walter can heal from these small knife wounds and David knows it, so the real Walter would have returned pretty much unhurt.\\

'''Even worse''': Sergeant Hallet goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores.\\

* The last that Daniels and Lope saw of Walter, he was locked in combat with David, who looks exactly like him. Then Walter turns up. \\
'''You'd expect''': Them to make sure he is really Walter and not David wearing his clothes. All they have to do is cut him and see how long it takes to heal, or if it heals at all.\\
'''Instead''': They let him on board the cargo lift, without doing anything to make sure it's really him. \\
'''Even worse''': The very fact 'Walter' still had unhealed cuts when he arrived at the dropship would have been concerning, because the real Walter's healing factor is near immediate. At least Daniels should have realized the ruse when 'Walter' was stapling his cuts despite apparently having a healing factor.\\
'''The result''': Surprise, it's David!

Yes, the movie has so many DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot moments that this became the first movie ever to have an entire page by itself. '''Spoilers unmarked.'''

Yes, the movie has so many WhatAnIdiot moments that this became the first movie ever to have an entire page by itself. '''Spoilers unmarked.'''

'''You'd expect''': That the crew bring protective suits and don't expose themselves to any unknown pathogen by breathing or touching it until they are completely sure there is not anything dangerous on the planet. Or alternatively, send their android first to run tests and determine if the atmosphere is really safe to breathe. \\
'''Instead''': Not only do they not use helmets, they don't even bother to protect their skin. There isn't even any justifying dialogue, such as saying they have sampled the atmosphere and detected no harmful elements. They only had the make up of the atmosphere to go on, which only confirmed it was breathable. \\

* Crew member Rosenthal was hurt by the Neomorph that burst out from Hallett's mouth, and in the ensuing chaos the creature disappeared. She knows first-hand how strong and fast the creature is (it ripped a crew member's jaw clean off with a tail swipe, for fuck's sake!).\\

* As Lope and Daniels flee from the Xenomorph, they see David and Walter locked in combat. \\

'''Even worse''': Neither Lope or Daniels tries to wait for Walter in favor of fleeing for their lives the second Tennessee arrives. Maybe David has a point about how humans treat androids.\\

'''You'd expect''': As the rest of the crew have died from the Neomorphs and may have been exposed to the spores, the crew would quarantine themselves and discuss their next course of action together as well as performing medical tests on themselves in case of infection. \\

'''Even worse''': She wandered off far enough that her agonized screams couldn't be heard by anyone else. ''Despite Oram '''specifically''' telling her not to go too far.''\\

* As Lope and Daniels flee from the Xenomorph they get to see David and Walter locked in combat. \\

'''Instead''': They run away not even making a token effort to help and leave the android to fend for himself.\\

'''You'd expect''': Him to run to the spaceship. As no one saw them fight, he only needs to replicate the damage they had watched Walter receive before their own eyes, which amounts to the lost arm. \\

'''The result''': Nothing happens, because as dumb as this decision might be, the crew is dumber, and they never realize this point.

'''The result''': A Xenomorph bursts from Lope, wreaks havoc on the ship and brutally kills Upworth and Ricks.\\

'''Even worse''': Sergeant Hallett goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores.\\

'''Even worse''': She trips over the blood, breaks her ankle, keeps falling throughout the way to the bay and misses every shot that she makes against the Neomorph with a '''freaking-shotgun''' in a hangar [[TooDumbToLive freaking packed with exposed blasting explosives]].\\

* Hallett's illness gets progressively worse and he eventually starts convulsing and vomits up an embryo.\\

* Karine has been locked in the med-bay with a convulsing Ledwards who appears to have something tearing its way out of his back.\\

* Ledwards is infected by alien spores, and while Karine was assisting him he threw up blood over her. Faris gets splattered by blood from the Neomorph bursting from Ledward's back.\\

'''Even worse''': She trips over the blood, breaks her ankle, keeps falling throughout the way to the bay and misses every shot that she makes against the Neomorph with a '''freaking-shotgun''' in a hangar [[TooDumbToLive full of freaking exposed blasting-explosives]].\\

'''You'd expect''': The others to first of all, get away from him whilst he's spewing blood as it may be contagious, and when the embryo starts moving for them shoot the damn thing while it's disoriented.\\

'''The result''': The Neomorph returns a short while later and kill two of them.

'''Even worse''': She wandered off far enough that her agony screams couldn't be heard by anyone else. ''Despite Oram '''specifically''' telling her not to go too far.''\\

'''Instead''': The whole team quietly and without questioning follows the man for several miles into alien ruins.\\

'''Instead''': They let him on board the lander, without doing anything to make sure it's really him. \\
'''Even worse''': The very fact 'Walter' still had unhealed cuts when he arrived at the dropship would have been concerning, because the real Walter's healing factor is near immediate. At least Daniels should have realized the ruse when 'Walter' was stapling his cuts despite having a healing factor.\\

'''Instead''': Aside from cutting off his arm, David decides to give himself the exact same wounds that Walter sustained during the fight. This goes against the facts that a) the fight had no witnesses and thus nobody can assert the synthetic's identity by looking at his battle damage, and more importantly b) Walter can heal from these small knife wounds and David knows it, so the real Walter would have returned pretty much unhurt.\\

'''The result''': A Xenomorph bursts out from Lope, runs havoc on the ship and brutally kills Upworth and Ricks.\\
'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly loud''' during their literally steamy-hot sex, they would have heard the ''shipwide'' warning broadcast that a homicidal alien is now on-board, got dressed and armed, and maybe even ''survived'' the ordeal to have finished the round and enjoyed an after sex cigarette.

'''Instead''': None of the crew are medically examined in case of infection leading to the Xenomorph bursting from Lope and running havoc on the ship. \\

'''You'd expect''': The others to first of all, get away from him whilst he's spewing blood as it may be contagious, and when the embryo starts moving for them shoot the damn thing while it's disorientated.\\

* After Daniels and Lope run away, David and Walter are left to fight without any witnesses. David manages to disable his opponent and decides to supplant him to aboard the ''Covenant''. In order to adopt his appearance, he severs his own arm to simulate Walter's Neomorph bite and puts Walter's clothes on.\\

'''You'd expect''': For a member of the team to command the man to stop at gunpoint or run up to him to stop him, and ask some pointed question such as how he knew to be there and how he knew the flare would scare the creature away.\\

Yes, the movie has so many WhatAnIdiot moments that this is the first work ever to have an entire page by itself. '''Spoilers unmarked.'''

* As David, still disguised as Walter, is putting Daniels into hypersleep, she asks him if he'll help her build her cabin on the new planet, as the two of them discussed earlier.\\
'''You'd expect''': David, being highly intelligent and skilled at deception, would say, "Yes, of course I will," and then put Daniels to sleep none the wiser.\\

'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly loud''' during their literally steamy-hot sex, they would have heard the ''shipwide'' warning broadcast that a homicidal alien is now on-board, got dressed and armed, and maybe even ''survived'' the ordeal to have finished the round and enjoyed an after sex cigarette.\\

'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly loud''' during their literally steamy-hot sex, they would have heard the ''shipwide'' warning broadcast that a homicidal alien is now on-board, got dressed and armed, and maybe even ''survived'' the ordeal to have finished the round and enjoyed an after sex cigarette.
* As David, still disguised as Walter, is putting Daniels into hypersleep, she asks him if he'll help her build her cabin on the new planet, as the two of them discussed earlier.//
'''You'd expect''': David, being highly intelligent and skilled at deception, would say, "Yes, of course I will," and then put Daniels to sleep none the wiser.
'''Instead''': David makes a face clearly expressing that he has no idea what Daniels is talking about, immediately cluing her in to his real identity.

'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly loud''' during their literally steamy-hot sex, they would have heard the ''shipwide'' warning broadcast that a homicidal alien is now on-board, got dressed and armed, and maybe even ''survived'' the ordeal to have finished the round and enjoyed an after sex cigarette.

'''You'd expect''': That the crew bring protective suits and don't expose themselves to any unknown pathogen by breathing or touching it until they are completely sure there is not anything dangerous on the planet. Or alternatively, send their android first to run tests and determine if the atmosphere is really safe to breathe.[[note]]The novelization states that Walter ''did'' test the atmosphere and water and found it to be perfectly safe, but this is not indicated in the film nor does it leave out the possibility of finding invasive lifeforms like the Neomorph spores.[[/note]] \\

'''You'd expect''': That the crew bring protective suits and don't expose themselves to any unknown pathogen by breathing or touching it until they are completely sure there is not anything dangerous on the planet. Or alternatively, send their Android first to run tests and determine if the atmosphere is really safe to breathe.[[note]]The novelization states that Walter ''did'' test the atmosphere and water and found it to be perfectly safe, but this is not indicated in the film nor does it leave out the possibility of finding invasive lifeforms like the Neomorph spores.[[/note]] \\

'''Instead''': Faris panics like a 5-year-old that has just seen blood for the first time in her life and locks Karine up with the dying Ledward and the beast that's bursting from his back. She comes back with a weapon, but it's too late for Karine who's mauled by the Neomorph.\\

'''Instead''': He follows David to his creepy experiment stash and watches all of his horrifying specimens but still doesn't bother to put David out of commission, even when it's clear that the android is out of his mind. \\

'''Even worse''': The very fact 'Walter' still had unhealed cuts when he arrived at the dropship would have been concerning, because the real Walter's healing factor is near immediate. At least Daniels should have realized the ruse when 'Walter' was stapling his cuts when he has a healing factor.\\

'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly loud''' during their literally steamy-hot sex, they would have heard the ''shipwide'' warning broadcast that a homicidal alien is now on-board, got dressed and armed, and maybe even ''survived'' the ordeal to have enjoyed an after sex cigarette.

'''The result''': They blow up the ship in a routine worth of ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''.

Yes, the movie has enough moments to guarantee an entire page. '''Spoilers unmarked.'''