Michael Bishop

Cool, Ingeniero ! I like these! It's like watching some kind of mini-recap episode...but better, because you've pooled information from multiple sources. A fun read!

...I wish I could assign my students reports on topics like this, lol.

Thank you VivisectedEngineer.

I love the details shown in the other films that give you an idea of what the technology, challenges, and horror are contributing to the background of the story. Michael Bishop's history is a missed opportunity in what we have been shown.

Ingeniero great stuff!

A while back I was curious about the scientist you posted above. I wanted to work him into a fanfic i was writing. There is virtually nothing about him. He is credited as "Company Man" and that's about all.

One of the DLCs for Colonial Marines expands Michael Weylands (and USS Patna) story quite significantly but i agree it was a missed opportunity to expand his character more in film

Ingeniero This style of story telling is reminiscent of the Fifield thread- again, very good job of summarizing and using images.

Thanks for the work and sharing! 

Thank you for writing that dk. You are most welcome. I'm trying to shed light on small segments and get excited about them in anticipation of watching the films again.

Ingeniero There is an AR script read going on if you wish to participate in. I Moon Girl brings her own flare to the table and you could as well if you choose to do so. It is about having fun afterall.

"It is about having fun afterall."

Yes it is dk. Thank you for the invite and I will participate.

Ingenerio - 

i was progressing through and wondered initially if there was another timeline released and snippets from there. no. it IS though one of our members delivering more quality content.

Ingenerio - I  would be really interested to see how many of these you could within your spare time.

I guarantee this - i will read and comment on everyone.

Perhaps at the end the mods get them together and pin it ?

Could be a formidable portfolio ahead.

Well Done i love it

Thank you for the compliment sherris. I love timelines. 

No problem on the request above. We're all here for all kinds of different reasons; entertainment, time well spent recovering from injury, obsessive nature catering, curiosity, etc...

I do have a few topics in the pipeline that I prepare in batches and will certainly include a timeline (great idea) for context.

I just rewatched Alien3 and I came to the conclusion that it is not Michael Bishop in the movie, but another Bishop android.  Look at the last picture you posted which shows a closeup of Bishops' face.  Look at his left ear (on your right).  It is really hanging off of his face.  There are many other shots that show this too and some of them are more obvious than the one you posted.  I came to the conclusion that it is actually another Bishop android because that Bishop shows no sign of pain even though his whole ear is literally hanging off of his face.

After discussing this with I Moon Girl does anyone actually know where and when the name Michael Weyland/Bishop become attached to this character.

In the film and script this character is credited as Bishop II, and is never actually introduced formally in the film.

BISHOP II
You know who I am.


 RIPLEY
Yeah.  A droid.  Same model as
Bishop.  Sent by the fucking Company.


 BISHOP II
I'm not the Bishop android. I designed it. I'm the prototype.
I'm very human. I was sent here to show you a friendly face 
and to demonstrate how important you are to us. To me.
Please come down.

But he is listed on the Alienverse wiki & fandom pages as Michael Weyland OR Michael Bishop.

http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Weyland

http://alienfilmspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Bishop

And in the recent video game Alien: Colonial Marine: Stasis Interrupted he is officially Michael Weyland. This game is considered Canon by FOX.

BUT Lance Henriksen himself believed his character was an advanced model of Bishop.

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/debate-bishop-ii-man-or-machine/

So somewhere between Alien 3 release in 1992 and Stasis interrupted in 2013 this character went from Bishop II to Michael Weyland / Michael Bishop???

IRaptus - This is a mystery! :)

The story of the Stasis Interrupted DLC is awesome in my op. The story!!!

Ati it is a big mystery. I hadn't really thought about it until I Moon Girl pointed it out.

It is a clever story they have woven in between Aliens and Alien3 in Stasis Interrupted, I agree.

@IRaptus & Ati

Does Stasis Interrupted explain how that egg got on the the Sulaco? 

I read a theory by someone else on AvP Galaxy and their theory actually makes the most sense to me.  The theory is that Bishop put the egg on the ship and there is a little proof of this in this when, in Alien3, Ripley plugs in Bishop and asks him questions.  Bishop seems kind of dodgy with his answers and doesn't seem to want to answer them.  The reason he doesn't is because he doesn't want Ripley to know that he put the egg on the Sulaco because he likes Ripley.  Yet, Bishop is part of the WY company, so, like Ash, he listens to his boss.  He has to because it's in his programming.  He also asks to be terminated.  He gave a reason, but maybe another reason is because Ripley might find out the truth of what Bishop may have done.

IRaptus - I know. :) Last year I had mentioned here that the two versions of Alien 3 introduce Bishop as two different characters... but some members did not like the piece of info. :D

I Moon Girl - This is the movie version, enjoy! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9G2H6hUTM0

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I agree I Moon Girl. I believe Bishop (Artificial Person in Aliens) would act like all other Weyland androids and be loyal to Special Order 937. 

Acquisition of a xenomorph was job one at Weyland-Yutani Corporation and Bishop may have been raised right and retained good manners when serving cornbread but why would he not be loyal to Special Order 937. And he sure wouldn't share this loyalty with the human crew.

Bishop placing an egg in the hypersleep area of the Sulaco seems to be the only feasible way it got there.

Michael Bishop designed the Artificial Person Executive Officer Bishop (Model 341-B). He was absolutely determined to capture a xenomorph and I believe anything that he created (3 lines of APs) would be loyal to Michael Bishop's interests.

ADF's official novelisation of Alien 3 notes

As he is trying to convince Ripley to come with him, Bishop II claims Carter Burke was a rogue agent during the events of Aliens, and not a representative of the company’s interests. When Aaron hits Bishop II with a lead pipe, Foster describes the impact as “spongy.” “Real blood poured from Bishop II’s cracked skull.” Earlier drafts of the script also indicate that Bishop II is the human creator of the Bishop android. “No wires. No milk. Real blood.”

http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2014/07/15/15-things-didnt-know-alien-3-official-movie-novelization

Ill have to dig out my copy of the novelisation but it looks like he is referred to in the book as Bishop II as well. Still doesn't confirm he isn't an advanced model android though.

I had to pick up my Alien 3 novelization too IRaptus. Thank you for the piece above. I always thought that was the real human Michael Bishop who was speaking to Ellen Ripley. I still do.

The Bishop II reference that continues is from Ripley's perspective. She calls him that (Bishop II) believing that he is another android and not the human Michael Bishop.

"Bishop II she told herself. Bishop Redux."

Alien 3 novelization, page 244.

I believe the reference you have above to Bishop II is what they were calling Michael Bishop before he was hit and bled red blood.

Until then, Ellen Ripley (who coined Bishop II in her head) was referring to him this way until Michael Bishop was attacked and confirmed human with the injury. 

Also, we spoke about the "Company Man" above that asked for Ripley. In the novelization, page 244, he is referred to as part of a pair of "biomedical technicians" and it mentions the outfits they are wearing.