10 Stupid Decisions Made By Characters In The Alien Franchise

10. No One Fully Deciphers The Transmission Coming From LV-426 Before Landing - Alien

The first entry on this list focuses on a major mistake being made by the whole crew of the Nostromo in the very first film in the franchise.

The ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew and requires them to investigate what could be a potential distress signal on the uninhabited moon LV-426. Dallas, Kane, and Lambert then head out onto the moon's surface and discover that the signal is coming from a derelict alien ship.

But just as they enter the ship and lose contact with the Nostromo, Ripley is able to decipher part of the transmission and discovers it is a warning to stay away. Kane is then attacked by a facehugger and rushed back to the Nostromo against Ripley’s wishes as acting senior officer.

This sequence of events makes one wonder why no one thought it was a good idea to decipher the whole transmission before setting foot onto an unknown planet. Instead of anyone thinking about what important information they could learn from the transmission, or if it is indeed a distress signal in the first place, they decide to listen to Mother and end up making a mistake that ends up endangering them all.