History YMMV / AlienCovenant

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren't ever going to be found. Noomi Rapace isn't even '''in''' the film; Shaw shows up for a few moments in the prologue video "The Crossing" and is killed off-screen, with only her dissected body glimpsed in David's lab.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The whole of the prologue video "The Crossing" is narrated by David, as he talks about his journey with Shaw to find the Engineers's homeworld. [[spoiler: Their almost convivial and tender relationship is very much at odds with David's later murder and dissection of Shaw -- but then, we only have ''David's word'' that the events of the video happened as they did. He might well have been bending the facts or straight up lying to whoever's listening to him.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren't ever going to be found. Noomi Rapace isn't even '''in''' the film; Shaw shows up for a few moments in the prologue video "The Crossing" and is killed off-screen, with only her dissected body showing up in David's lab.]]

** The presence of a gay couple on the Covenant has caused some divide. Some argue that it's fine and just adds to the diversity of the characters, especially given its future setting, while others argue that it makes no sense to bring along gay couples on a colonization mission and that their inclusion is just pandering to the LGBTFanbase. On the other hand, some feel their presence will be explained in the film and that it isn't a big deal.

** [[spoiler: The plot moves along a similair line as Prometheus, with David manipulating events for his own interests and pulling a KarmaHoudini with only two human survivors remaining and at his complete mercy.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren't ever going to be found. Noomi Rapace isn't even in the film proper; Shaw shows up for a few moments in the 'Prologue' and is killed off-screen with only her dissected body being seen.]]

** To some fans, having comedian Danny McBride being a serious horror film counts.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren't ever going to be found, and Shaw is killed offscreen with only her dissected body showing up.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren't ever going to be found.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The end of ''Prometheus'' ended with the implication that Shaw and David were going to the Engineers' homeworld to find out why they created humanity, why they chose to destroy us and many other important existential questions. [[spoiler: David wipes out the Engineers in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it's likely that those answers aren ever going to be found.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A big gripe about ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' was the decision to make the movie a [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]] instead of emphasizing that it was a prequel to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', as the original, unproduced ''Alien: Engineers'' script did. Concerns that the sequel would follow suit went away as soon as it was announced that ''Alien'' was part of the title -- then the teaser poster featured the Xenomorph's unmistakable face front and center.

** The presence of two gay couples on the Covenant has caused some divide. Some argue that it's fine and just adds to the diversity of the characters, while others argue that it makes no sense to bring along gay couples on a colonization mission and that their inclusion is just shameless pandering to the LGBTFanbase.

** [[spoiler:[[TrailersAlwaysSpoil The full reveal of the Xenomorph in the second trailer]] primarily being CG has audiences already divided into two camps: [[SpecialEffectsFailure the people who think the creature looks fake and doesn't move very well]] and would have preferred more practical effects like the first two movies... [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome or the people who are legitimately awestruck by it's execution and finally embracing its alien nature]] [[TheDreaded while remaining the same nightmarish creature that Giger and Ridley had envisioned decades ago]].]]

** [[spoiler:[[TrailersAlwaysSpoil The full reveal of the Xenomorph in the second trailer]] primarily being CG has audiences already divided into two camps: [[SpecialEffectsFailure the people who think the creature looks fake and doesn't move very well]] and would have preferred more practical effects like the first two movies... [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome or the people who are legitimately awestruck by it's execution and finally embracing it's alien nature]] [[TheDreaded while remaining the same nightmarish creature that Giger and Ridley had envisioned decades ago]].]]

** [[spoiler:[[TrailersAlwaysSpoilThe full reveal of the Xenomorph in the second trailer]] primarily being CG has audiences already divided into two camps: [[SpecialEffectsFailure the people who think the creature looks fake and doesn't move very well]] and would have preferred more practical effects like the first two movies... [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome or the people who are legitimately awestruck by it's execution and finally embracing it's alien nature]] [[TheDreaded while remaining the same nightmarish creature that Giger and Ridley had envisioned decades ago]].]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: After the first trailer came out, the reaction of a huge part of the viewers was annoyance and dissappointment that the producers decided to play safe with a movie featuring the classic ''Alien'' plot and showcasing heavily the Xenomorphs. This, as other part of the viewers noted, is particularly shocking considering that the old complains about ''Prometheus'' were precisely that its plot was too convoluted and devoid of the familiar creatures.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: After the first trailer came out, the reaction of a huge part of the viewers was annoyance and dissappointment that the producers decided to play safe with a movie featuring the classic ''Alien'' plot and showcasing heavily the Xenomorphs. This, as other part of the viewers noted, is particularly shocking considering the old complains about ''Prometheus'' were precisely that its plot was too convoluted and devoid of the familiar creatures.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The egg design as well the facehugger's to a lesser degree has caused some concern amongst fans who were hoping to see the original Gigar designs. The egg is notably a different shape for example rather the more rounded shape it original started as.

* BrokenBase: While a lot of people are satisfied with the trailer, others are complaining that the Xenomorphs are played out and that Scott should have gone with his original plan for ''Prometheus 2''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A big gripe about ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' was the decision to make the movie a StealthSequel instead of emphasizing that it was a prequel to ''Film/{{Alien}}''. Concerns that the sequel would follow suit went away as soon as it was announced that ''Alien'' was part of the title--and that the teaser poster featured a Xenomorph front and center.

* BrokenBase: While a lot of people are satisfied with the trailer, [[UnpleasableFanbase others are complaining]] that Scott didn't go with his original plan for ''Prometheus 2'', saying the Xenomorphs are played out.