Talking loosely about my reaction to the film with Luis this week made me think further into the behaviour of the android characters:
WARNING: spoilers below
Weyland's evil passes onto his, or the company's, evil creations David and later Ash. What's even more compelling is the notion that both Walter and, God forbid, Bishop are themselves corruptible. I cast my mind back to David, mid-fight, asking Walter whether he wanted to be a slave to humans or something more – and it actually does seem that Walter might have been seduced before David incapacitates or destroys him.
Also, I mentioned above about David's 'absence' in the chestburster scene but actually Walter is similarly detached during the second bloodburster birth. He's making assessments, clearly, about the situation and what his role should be. Lance Henriksen's Bishop seems so different to that, like he actually does care, or at least is programmed to have something resembling empathy.
Also, I mentioned above about David's 'absence' in the chestburster scene but actually Walter is similarly detached during the second bloodburster birth. He's making assessments, clearly, about the situation and what his role should be. Lance Henriksen's Bishop seems so different to that, like he actually does care, or at least is programmed to have something resembling empathy.