10 Stupid Decisions Made By Characters In The Alien Franchise
4. Weyland Fakes His Death - Prometheus
Peter Weyland agrees to fund an expedition to plant LV-223, in the hopes that they may uncover the secret to eternal life. But apparently he dies while en route to the Prometheus and leaves his company to his daughter, who turns out to be an officer monitoring the expedition, Meredith Vickers.
It is later revealed that Weyland lied about his death and was secretly aboard the Prometheus the whole time in cryo-sleep. No explanation is given as to why Weyland did this or why he would have any reason to. He is already funding the expedition and is paying all of the crew handsomely.
If there was a proper explanation as to why he had to keep his presence on the expedition a secret, then that would have been better than what we got. But instead, we get Weyland returning half way through the film in what felt like a poorly executed moment to try and surprise the audience.