History WhatAnIdiot / AlienCovenant

'''The result''': It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above.[[note]]The novelization somewhat fixes this by having David smear a narcotic ointment on Oram's nostrils before bringing him into the cavern with the eggs, essentially drugging Oram and impairing his sense of judgement, but it opens another point by having Oram trusting him enough to allow him to apply the damn thing.[[/note]]

'''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.[[note]]The novelization reveals they ''did'' hear the alarm, but assumed it was just a diagnostic test of the emergency warning system and chose to take their time responding to it- which is still ridiculous considering how many crew members have been killed in the past day.[[/note]]

'''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.[[note]]The novelization reveals they ''did'' hear the alarm, but assumed it was just a diagnostic test of the emergency warning system and chose to take their time responding to it.[[/note]]

'''The result''': It kicks off the entire plot and condemns the lives of at least 2,000 people, if not entire civilizations. [[note]]In fairness to this one, their ship had been damaged and they weren't sure they were going to make it to their destination without more casualties; also, Oram was not alone in wanting to follow the signal or colonize the planet -- only Daniels truly objects. The crew wasn't on board with going back into stasis for the remanding seven years to get to their target planet. Also, it's implied Oram is more interested in "taking a look" to see if it's really as good as promised, and if something goes wrong they'll ditch and head to their original destination.[[/note]]

'''You'd expect''': The others to shoot the damn thing while it's disorientated.\\

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

'''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. [[note]]The novelization states that Walter tested the atmosphere and water and found it to be perfectly safe, but this is not indicated in the film, nor it leaves 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. \\

'''Instead''': Oram orders the crew to follow the mysterious signal, kicking off the entire plot and condemning the lives of at least 2,000 people if not entire civilizations. [[note]]In fairness to this one, their ship had been damaged and they weren't sure they were going to make it to their destination without more casualties; also, Oram was not alone in wanting to follow the signal or colonize the planet -- only Daniels truly objects. The crew wasn't on board with going back into stasis for the remanding seven years to get to their target planet. Also, it's implied Oram is more interested in "taking a look" to see if it's really as good as promised, and if something goes wrong they'll ditch and head to their original destination.[[/note]]

'''Even worse''': Sergeant Hallett goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores. Unsurprisingly, he dies via Neomorph embryo through the mouth minutes later.

'''Even worse''': She can see something is bursting out of his spine, yet she places her hand ''right on the spot'' while hugging him.
* 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.\\
'''You'd expect''': For Faris to keep calm and composed, grab a weapon and lock the three people (including herself) exposed to the blood under quarantine. \\
'''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. \\
'''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]], finally blowing up the ship in a routine worth of ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''.

'''Instead''': They stand around looking at the monster for so long that it gets up and runs off, allowing it to return a short while later and kill two of them.

'''You'd expect''': That she stays with the main group. After all, refreshing yourself is not worth endangering your life with a dangerous beast in the loose. Alternatively she convinces somebody to help her clean up: you have somebody to watch your back, plus AfterActionPatchup beats SelfSurgery any day. \\
'''Instead''': Rosenthal separates from the main group and ends up killed by the Neomorph. \\
'''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.''

'''Even worse''': He follows him to a dark cavern filled with facehugger eggs, and for some reason trusts David enough to touch one of them. It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above.[[note]]The novelization somewhat fixes this by having David smear a narcotic ointment on Oram's nostrils before bringing him into the cavern with the eggs, essentially drugging Oram and impairing his sense of judgement, but it opens another point by having Oram trusting him to apply the damn thing.[[/note]]

'''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.

'''Instead''': They let him on board the lander, without doing anything to make sure it's really him. ''Surprise, it isn't!'' \\
'''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.

'''You'd expect''': Him to run to the spaceship. As no one saw them fight, he only needed to replicate the damage they had watched Walter gain 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''': Upworth and Ricks, despite just finding out the rest of the crew members have been brutally killed while on the planet, decide to separate themselves from the main group and have sex in the shower where they are both brutally killed by the Xenomorph.\\

'''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. In fact, David actually did something incredibly dumb: his fight with Walter had no witnesses, yet he ''still gave himself the same wounds that Walter sustained during their fight that no one else saw, even knowing Walter can heal from them!''

'''Instead''': Oram orders the crew to follow the mysterious signal, kicking off the entire plot and condemning the lives of at least 2,000 people if not entire civilizations. [[note]]In fairness to this one, their ship had been damaged and they weren't sure they were going to make it to their destination without more casualties; also, Oram was not alone in wanting to follow the signal or colonize the planet- only Daniels truly objects. The crew wasn't on board with going back into stasis for the remanding seven years to get to their target planet. Also, it's implied Oram is more interested in "taking a look" to see if it's really as good as promised, and if something goes wrong they'll ditch and head to their original destination.[[/note]]
* Ok, the atmosphere of the planet is breathable. ''That doesn't mean it's free of poison, parasites or any other possible hazard'' as anyone with half a brain would know.\\

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

'''You'd expect''': For Faris to keep calm and composed, grab a weapon and lock the three persons (including herself) exposed to the blood under quarantine. \\
'''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. \\

'''You'd expect''': The others to shoot the damn thing whilst it's disorientated.\\
'''Instead''': They stand around looking at the monster for so long that it gets up and runs off allowing it to return a short while later and kill two of them.

'''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 when it's clear how the android is out of his mind. \\
'''Even worse''': He follows him to a dark cavern filled with facehugger eggs, and for some reason trusts David enough to touch one of them. It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above.[[note]] The novelization somewhat fixes this by having David smear a narcotic ointment on Oram's nostrils before bringing him into the cavern with the eggs, essentially drugging Oram and impairing his sense of judgement, but it opens another point by having Oram trusting him to apply the damn thing.[[/note]]

'''Worse still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly-loud''' accompanying 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.[[note]]The novelization reveals they ''did'' hear the alarm, but assumed it was just a diagnostic test of the emergency warning system and chose to take their time responding to it.[[/note]]

'''Even Worse''': Sergeant Hallett goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores. Unsurprisingly, he dies via Neomorph embryo through the mouth minutes later.

'''Even Worse''': She has seen something is bursting out his spine, yet she places her hand ''right on the spot'' when hugging him.

'''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]], finally blowing up the ship in a routine worth of ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''.

'''Even Worse''': He follows him to a dark cavern filled with facehugger eggs, and for some reason trusts David enough to touch one of them. It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above.[[note]] The novelization somewhat fixes this by having David smear a narcotic ointment on Oram's nostrils before bringing him into the cavern with the eggs. Essentially drugging Oram and impairing his sense of judgement.[[/note]]

'''You'd expect''': Knowing that Walter is vital to them 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.\\

'''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.

'''Instead''': They let him on board the lander, without doing anything to make sure it's really him. ''Surprise, it isn't!''\\
'''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. In fact, David actually did something incredibly dumb: his fight with Walter had no witnesses, yet he ''still gave himself the same wounds that Walter sustained during their fight that no one else saw, even knowing Walter can heal from them!''

'''Even Worse''': Upworth and Ricks, despite just finding out the rest of the crew members have been brutally killed while on the planet, decide to separate themselves from the main group and have sex in the shower where they are both brutally killed by the Xenomorph.\\
'''Worse Still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly-loud''' accompanying 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.[[note]]The novelization reveals they ''did'' hear the alarm, but assumed it was just a diagnostic test of the emergency warning system and chose to take their time responding to it.[[/note]]

'''Worse Still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly-loud''' accompanying 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.

'''Even Worse''': Sergeant Hallett goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores. Unsurprisingly, he dies via Neomorph embryo through the mouth minutes later. [[note]] Keep in mind that the people who venture onto the surface aren't exactly rocket scientists, only colonists who probably have some social tact of not wearing spacesuits on the planet. Besides, wearing those spacesuits would lead to both causing the seriousness of the movie to expire because of how ridiculous it is, and lead to deflating the suspense.[[/note]]

'''Even Worse''': Sergeant Hallett goes around touching plants and breathing alien spores. Unsurprisingly, he dies via Neomorph embryo through the mouth minutes later.

* Ok, the atmosphere of the planet is breathable. '' That doesn't mean it's free of poison, parasites or any other possible hazard '' as anyone with half a brain would know.\\
'''You'd expect''': That the crew bring protective suits and don't expose themselves to any unknown pathogen by breathing or touching it. \\
'''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. [[note]]The novelization states that Walter tested the atmosphere and water and found it to be perfectly safe, but this is not indicated in the film.[[/note]]\\

'''Instead''': Karine walks up to him and ''hugs'' him.

* As Lope and Daniels flee from the Xenomorph they pass by David and Walter locked in combat. \\
'''You'd expect''': Knowing that Walter is vital to them 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. \\
'''Instead''': They run right past not even making a token effort to help and leave the android to fend for himself. \\

* 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 and they let him on board the lander, without doing anything to make sure it's really him. ''Surprise, it isn't!''\\
'''All''' they had to do was cut him and see how long it took to heal.[[note]]In fact, 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! In fact, David actually did something incredibly dumb! His fight with Walter had no witnesses, yet he ''still gave himself the same wounds that Walter sustained during their fight that no one else saw!'' And Daniels should have realized the ruse when 'Walter' was stapling his cuts, ''when he has a healing factor!''[[/note]]

'''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. \\

'''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.[[note]]The novelization states that Walter tested the atmosphere and water and found it to be perfectly safe, but this is not indicated in the film.[[/note]]\\

'''Instead''': Oram orders the crew to follow the mysterious signal, kicking off the entire plot and condemning the lives of at least 2,000 people if not entire civilizations. [[note]]In fairness to this one, their ship had been damaged and they weren't sure they were going to make it to their destination without more casualties; also, Oram was not alone in wanting to follow the signal or colonise the planet- only Daniels truly objects. Also, it's implied Oram is more interested in "taking a look" to see if it's really as good as promised, and if something goes wrong they'll ditch and head to their original destination.[[/note]]

'''Even Worse''': He follows him to a dark cavern filled with facehugger eggs, and for some reason trusts David enough to touch one of them. It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above. [[note]] The novelization somewhat fixes this by having David smear a narcotic ointment on Oram's nostrils before bringing him into the cavern with the eggs. Essentially drugging Oram and impairing his sense of judgement.[[/note]]

'''Even Worse''': He follows him to a dark cavern filled with facehugger eggs, and for some reason trusts David enough to touch one of them. It opens and the rest is obvious, as pictured above.

'''Worse Still:''' Had our showering lovebirds ''not'' played rock-music so '''stupidly-loud''' accompanying 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.
* As Lope and Daniels flee from the Xenomorph they pass by David and Walter locked in combat. \\
'''You'd expect''': Knowing that Walter is vital to them 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. \\
'''Instead''': They run right past not even making a token effort to help and leave the android to fend for himself. \\
'''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.
* Tennesse and Ankor go EVA to repair the damaged solar sails. \\
'''You'd expect''': Tennessee and Ankor to operate on the buddy system, like anyone else in any other high-risk situation ever, keeping each other in view at all times. \\
'''Instead''': Ankor heads inside as soon as the repairs are complete, leaving Tennessee to make his way across the ''huge'' solar sail array and back to the ship all alone. \\
'''The result''': [[AvertedTrope Nothing really bad happens,]] except Tennessee picking up the signal that lets the rest of the plot happen. Still, given the havoc the signal plays with both suit and the man himself, the ''Covenant'' could have lost Tennessee second, instead of him being one of two survivors.

[[caption-width-right:350:Curiosity killed the cat. Or more specifically, the idiot who gaped at the mysterious object without ever knowing what was in it. Which he did ''because he trusted the clearly unhinged android with a god complex who has openly admitted to having spent the last ten years carrying out creepy Frankenstein experiments when he said 'it's safe'''.]]

'''The result''': [[AvertedTrope Nothing really bad happens,]] except Tennessee picking up the signal that lets the rest of the plot happen. Still, given the havoc the signal with both suit and the man himself, the ''Covenant'' could have lost Tennessee second, instead of him being one of two survivors.

[[caption-width-right:350:Curiosity killed the cat. Or more specifically, the idiot who gaped at the mysterious object without ever knowing what was in it. [[spoiler: Which he did ''because he trusted the clearly unhinged android with a god complex who has openly admitted to having spent the last ten years carrying out creepy Frankenstein experiments when he said 'it's safe'''.]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Curiosity killed the cat. Or more specifically, the idiot who gaped at the mysterious object without ever knowing what was in it.Which he did ''because he trusted the clearly unhinged android with a god complex who has openly admitted to having spent the last ten years carrying out creepy Frankenstein experiments when he said 'it's safe''']]

[[caption-width-right:350:Curiosity killed the cat. Or more specifically, the idiot who gaped at the mysterious object without ever knowing what was in it.Which he did ''because he trusted the clearly unhinged android with a god complex who has openly admitted to having spent the last ten years carrying out creepy Frankenstein when he said 'it's safe''']]

[[caption-width-right:350:Curiosity killed the cat. Or more specifically, the idiot who gaped at the mysterious object without ever knowing what was in it.]]

'''You'd expect''': That she stays with the main group. After all, refreshing yourself is not worth endangering your life with a dangerous beast in the loose. \\

'''You'd expect''': Tennesse and Ankor to operate on the buddy system, like anyone else in any other high-risk situation ever, keeping each other in view at all times. \\

'''You'd expect''': For Faris/and or Karine to keep calm and composed, grab a weapon and lock the three persons (including herself) exposed to the blood under quarantine. \\

'''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.\\