I hate Fiefeld SO much.

[Local Trouble]

Burke was an effective character. He started out being "an okay guy" for the most part, especially in how gently he handled Ripley and then when he backed her up against Gorman cowardice.  I think that's what made the revelation of his true colors all the more disgusting.  We felt as betrayed as Ripley did for allowing ourselves to like him.

[Scorpio]

If you think about it, Burke is a version of Ash.

It's a clever inversion of the original.  Make cold android good guy, and friendly human bad guy.

In that, they're both white?

They're not white.

The only white people are clowns.

[SM]

Bishop wasn't 'cold'.

[Scorpio]

He was initially.  The intention was to fool the audience to think he would be another Ash.

[SM]

Is that why he was all chummy with the marines and went out of his way to be friendly to Ripley?

Ripley sees him as being suss despite him not actually doing anything suss.

[SiL]

Cameron intended the audience to be suspicious if they saw the first movie.

The hugger autopsy is supposed to suggest Bishop might pull an Ash and Ripley will be justified in her suspicion. We buy Ripley's suspicion based on her prior experiences with androids.

We can argue whether Cameron did a good job or not but the intent is there.

[Scorpio]

I was just about to say that.

[SM]

The audience sees Bishop to an extent through Ripley's biased eyes.

He never actually does anything suspicious beyond looking at Spunkmeyer for a couple for second longer than he should.  Then he's all chummy again.

[Scorpio]

Ash was 'chummy' too, well not chummy chummy but acting like a normal person just with slight hints that something may be off.

[Local Trouble]

Won't you PLEASE just hate Fiefeld like you're supposed to? 

[Scorpio]

I can't hate on Fifield, because I like him too much.  How could anyone not like him?

[Local Trouble]

He has a face that I'd like to punch, if only because of that haircut.

[Biomechanoid]

I can't hate on Fifield, because I like him too much.  How could anyone not like him?

I found him amusing also.  Though you got to wonder, realistically would he have ever been hired for that mission. While conducting their initial interviews and tests for a geologist candidate, would someone like Fifield pass the mustard? If he was able to refrain from any outbursts during their interviews and tests like he went off on Shaw, then possibly. Would his work history reveal his short fuse has created conflicts on previous jobs? I would speculate that with a mission as important as the Prometheus mission, there would be some degree of vetting for each profession picked to join the team.

[Scorpio]

Apparently according to his character profile he's done other missions for Weyland.

[HuDaFuK]

Which makes inviting such a f*ckstick along even more stupid.