10 Movies Ruined By Listening To The Fans

10. Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant is what happens when a filmmaker bows to the most unadventurous quarters of a fanbase.

Though Alien prequel Prometheus was generally well-received by critics, the fan response was far more divisive, with many decrying not only some of its flimsier writing but also the near-total absence of Xenomorphs throughout.

Ridley Scott's response was to basically sack off the original planned sequel to Prometheus - which would've seen Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) visit the Engineer homeworld - in favour of a more typical Alien movie which jettisoned many of Prometheus' most interesting elements.

Covenant ended up killing Shaw off-screen in highly anti-climactic fashion and literally nuking the Engineers, by far the most interesting aspect of Prometheus, out of existence, clearing the board for a generic third act Xenomorph showdown.

It unsurprisingly ended up feeling like a mere watered down reenactment of the better Alien movies without bringing much new or interesting to the table.

Ultimately Michael Fassbender's excellent dual performance as androids David and Walter is really the only truly creative and boundary-pushing aspect of the movie.

Everything else feels like a mediocre retread, and it's all because fans couldn't face another Alien film without the series' well-worn antagonist.