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bighedz
 Post subject: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:53 pm 

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I've read that Bishop was an Executive Officer/Science Officer, but does he have a rank in the Marines?

I noticed he is wearing dog tags in the final scene when he is cut in half, so there should be some type of rank on his dog tag?

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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:07 pm 
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My guess is Bishop's dog tags simply have his model number. As for the rank, it's probably just a mere title-he's really just an extra piece of equipment that helps run the ship and do non combat jobs in order to free up marines for fighting.

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I don't think they would give an AI a rank or recognize him as anything other than equipment.

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bighedz
 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:34 pm 

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Thanks, that makes sense.

Has there been any behind the scenes or closeups of his dog tags that you are aware of?
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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:52 am 
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A17/TQ2.0.35117E5 ECA Bishop, L 341-B
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Interesting, where did you get the serial number?

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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:34 pm 

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Excellent. In keeping with the format of the Marines dog tags, would it be formatted like the following on his dog tags?

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L. Bishop 341-B
A17/TQ2.0.35117E5


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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 3:16 pm 
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He's just a synth-artificial person. :wink:

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I'd imagine that'll be from the readout on the SULACO

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Would Bishop be submissive to all ranks?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:59 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:05 am 
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So Hudson ' s rank is below Bishop's?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:55 pm 

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Ha, do we assume Bishop's first name is Lance by that read out? ;P
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SGM Baldwin
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:42 pm 
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The first initial of each character was their real-life initial, on the excpetion of Hicks and Gorman.
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I wonder why they didn't go with "W" for Gorman?

I can understand the use of "D" for Hicks as his first name "Dwayne" is actually revealed as a line in the film, but we never actually hear Gorman's first name yes?


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 Post subject: Re: Bishop's rank in the military
PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:32 am 
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The screenused tags were as follows:

ECA.
L. BISHOP
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