10 Stupid Decisions Made By Characters In The Alien Franchise
3. Vickers And Shaw Try To Outrun The Rolling Ship - Prometheus
This particular entry is quite special as it has two characters ignoring all other possible options at their disposal and end up making the exact same stupid decision at the same time.
In order to prevent the Engineer from leaving LV-223 and destroying Earth, the remaining crew aboard the Prometheus decide to ram their ship into the alien craft. They are successful in stopping it, but this leaves the alien ship crashing down onto the surface of LV-223 where Sam and Vickers are, and then the horseshoe-shaped craft begins to roll towards them.
As ominous as this moment is, both Sam and Vickers decide to run away from the ship in a straight line while the ship is rolling towards them. But at no point does either character decide to run to the left or the right of the ship and avoid its path altogether. This makes escaping from the impending death of the crashed ship so much easier.
What makes this moment even more stupid for both Sam and Vickers is that they are supposed to be the two smartest characters in the whole film. And yet, they both do the same stupid thing.