Sunday, July 20, 2014

Transformers AOE film informatics Part 34: Laserbeak


An example of a mechanimal re-engineered to serve Transformers, Laserbeak serves the Decepticons primarily as a scout and spy for Soundwave. But that doesn't mean he isn't capable of other tasks, such as hunting down targets for capture, be they human or Autobot.
Perhaps the most useful of his abilities is to transform into almost any type of alternate mode, even those who aren't alternate modes.


Laserbeak kills Alexi Voskhod after he brings NEST to Chernobyl. Later, on the orders of Megatron, Laserbeak kills all of the human collaborators except Dylan Gould, at one point transforming into a small pink version of Bumblebee to infiltrate a house. After Jerry Wang tells Sam what he knows, Laserbeak shoves him out a window to his death, and chases Sam through his office. Along with Soundwave and Gould, he takes Carly Spencer captive to force Sam to cooperate with the Decepticons. Later, in the form of a TV screen, he guards Gould's Chicago penthouse; he attacks Sam when the latter arrives trying to rescue Carly. While fighting with Sam, Sam manages to push Laserbeak's head in front of a gunship's weapon, which blows off Laserbeak's head and destroys him.


ALTERNATE MODE
Laserbeak is shown to take on multiple forms, including a LCD television screen and Canon Color imageCLASS MF8350Cdn All-in-One printer. His primary form is a Dragonhawk heliplane.