The first image showing Lance Henriksen’s likeness for the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines videogame has been revealed in a recent studio visit to Gearbox. Last June Randy Pitchford revealed the name of one of the characters that the actor will be portraying in the game:
“The synthetics manufactured by Weyland-Yutani all look the same, and so Lance [Henriksen] is involved. There’s a synthetic named Rook that has the same likeness as Lance, and the same voice. He’s Bishop from the movie.” Gearbox’s CEO said.
Most recently Mikey Neumann stated the following: “You do encounter a Bishop although his role is very different [than in the USS Sulaco] because there’s 400 people on the Sephora.” Be sure to check out the full video of the visit after the jump. You can find even more content here on the forums.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcE0XCHuRrk
We really don't know who made Bishop. He could very well be a WY droid.
I wonder what sort of support role an android that goes under the name 'Queen' would have.
Well different manufacturers often have different naming conventions.
And comparing with mobile phones shows there isnt that much consistency in product naming. Take Motorola for example they have different names for the exact same phone based on what country they're sold in. Then there's phones like the Defy and Defy+, which are the exact same phone on the outside, but on the inside the Defy+ has some major software and hardware upgrades.
I'm not gonna touch A3's Bishop 2, but Cameron established Ash as a "Hyperdyne 120/A2" according to Burke. Not sure what model Bishop was, other than its implied that he is a more advanced Hyperdyne.
And David7 is Weyland Corp, so they are different manufacturers. Also David's 1 through 7 do have a name change, but only the numeric part. I wonder if the earlier models looked alike?
Or...
Closely related models may share similar aesthetic characteristics. Perhaps the Bishop face was a popular aesthetic, so was carried over into next generation models, which is what Rook is. Or Bishop and Rook may be a sideline of special military variants for support role androids that go under Chess naming conventions, like Knight, Pawn, King dependent on their role?
GBX did say that Rook's role on the Sephora was very different to that of Bishops in ALIENS, so perhaps he is a variant built for a slightly different task?
Personally though, until now, I just always figured Bishop to be his given name that his co-workers use to converse with him. Not his model name.
Really, either ACM's or Damon Lindelof's naming conventions work.
Or they give him an individual name when there dealing with more than one Bishops.
Similarly this seems to be followed with David model androids - i.e they're all called David. At least as far as we can tell so far.
I don't know why a Bishop model would be called Rook. I woulda thought calling it Bishop would tie it even closer to Aliens. And Bishop models could be standard issue for Conestoga class ships.
Then again we are on the internet, and on a specialty fan messageboard no less.
I bet anything that if they were calling the android Bishop, we would have people complaining that we already had a Bishop android.
Ever seen the same car and yet it has different plates to be able to tell each other apart?
I think the subtle reference to chess will help add a little extra depth to the story. Time will tell.
The marines are the pawns.
either that or it could stand for something
I'm pretty sure there were two platoons of Marines in Aliens vs Predator 2. There was a whole nother group that didn't immediately drop with Harrison and his squad. They are the guys getting slaughtered and overrun by the preds when you go back to the POC as Harrison.
There would be plenty of Marines in AvP3 as a battalion is a headquarters company and two or more infantry companies/artillery batteries etc. Each company has three or four platoons. That quickly amounts to a shitload of people, and is also more realistic than what we saw in Aliens.
There's over 8 million David 1-7 synthetics.
And yet there's a Bishop model, that's oddly named Rook?
(Unless Rook is a first name and it's surname is Bishop.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWoG9tKf1lA#
Intresting Capcom could do that in every survival horror games. And even the game Extermination were well build up.
you got 1 year, make it count
Yah, Randy clearly meant that Lance played Bishop from ALIENS.
I appreciate all the effort you put in here digging up this stuff for us to read and watch.
400 marines on the sephora!
Again, Rook is not Bishop.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/games/alienscm/conceptart/concept23.jpg
"He's Bishop from the movie." I think ikarop is referring to Lance (the actor) being "bishop" from the movie. Rook will have the same likeness and voice. The remains of Bishop (his lower half) will be in the game, also.
Yes, he is.
Hell, isn't the crusher the first example of this?
Cue the twangy banjo music while showing footage of Dallas... lol
Because everyone here in Dallas wears cowboy hats and boots, riding around on horses with belt buckles the size of a dinner plate.
No he's not.