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Buy Battle: LA on Blu-ray and Get a Resistance 3 Demo With Your Mediocre Action Movie

Shoot aliens in game, then watch a movie that's like watching someone else shoot aliens in a game.

In a delightful bit of all-too-perfect shooting-aliens-in-stuff convergence, Sony Computer Entertainment and Columbia Pictures--a Sony subsidiary itself--have joined forces to give you a reason to maybe think about buying Battle: Los Angeles when it comes out on Blu-ray on June 14th.

 Make sure you don't mistakenly pick this up instead, or you're gonna be wicked pissed.
 Make sure you don't mistakenly pick this up instead, or you're gonna be wicked pissed.
Via a segment on G4's X-Play, it's been announced that the aforementioned Blu-ray will contain a demo for Resistance 3, Sony's September-bound shooter. It reportedly clocks in at around 30 minutes, and is presumably made up of single-player action.

The one sticky wicket with all of this, of course, is that it involves buying Battle: Los Angeles, the March-released action film starring Aaron Eckhart that most have described as not unlike watching someone else play a video game in which you shoot aliens.

Not that critics are to be trusted for anything, ever, but the movie currently sits at a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 34%. For what it's worth, Whiskey's own Matt Rorie said of the film, "...you’ll sit, you’ll watch, you’ll be on your way in a couple of hours, no worse for wear," and then he gave it three puppies.

Regardless, if you're a die-hard Resistance fan, this might be a worthwhile reason to drop a few bucks on the Blu-ray. 30 minutes of exhilarating Chimera killing ought to make up for the 114 minutes of your precious, unrecoverable life you dedicate to watching the movie, right? Right...?
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In a delightful bit of all-too-perfect shooting-aliens-in-stuff convergence, Sony Computer Entertainment and Columbia Pictures--a Sony subsidiary itself--have joined forces to give you a reason to maybe think about buying Battle: Los Angeles when it comes out on Blu-ray on June 14th.

 Make sure you don't mistakenly pick this up instead, or you're gonna be wicked pissed.
 Make sure you don't mistakenly pick this up instead, or you're gonna be wicked pissed.
Via a segment on G4's X-Play, it's been announced that the aforementioned Blu-ray will contain a demo for Resistance 3, Sony's September-bound shooter. It reportedly clocks in at around 30 minutes, and is presumably made up of single-player action.

The one sticky wicket with all of this, of course, is that it involves buying Battle: Los Angeles, the March-released action film starring Aaron Eckhart that most have described as not unlike watching someone else play a video game in which you shoot aliens.

Not that critics are to be trusted for anything, ever, but the movie currently sits at a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 34%. For what it's worth, Whiskey's own Matt Rorie said of the film, "...you’ll sit, you’ll watch, you’ll be on your way in a couple of hours, no worse for wear," and then he gave it three puppies.

Regardless, if you're a die-hard Resistance fan, this might be a worthwhile reason to drop a few bucks on the Blu-ray. 30 minutes of exhilarating Chimera killing ought to make up for the 114 minutes of your precious, unrecoverable life you dedicate to watching the movie, right? Right...?
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Wee Resistance 3!

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whoa

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Not worth it, the balance does not work out here. I'd rather commit ritual suicide.

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Aaron Eckart was ok in it, everything else about the film is pretty meh. Additionally, I've never been a big fan of Resistance, so I think I'll be giving this release a pass.
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Im sure the demo will come out the same week for PSN plus users anyway, so no reason for me to get it

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I'm not paying for something that I can download off the PSN! 


Wait...
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A demo that will in all likely be up on PS+ just in time for everyone to have Plus to begin with. 

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I wouldn't call Battle: LA a mediocre action movie, I saw it in the theater when it came out and enjoyed it. It was fun alien invasion movie.

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That movie was a surprisingly good popcorn flick.
If you're looking for some amazing story it's definitely not there but the action sequences make it a worthwhile watch.

I think movie critics got their head up their asses. It's just some blockbuster alien invasion flick, why expect more?


Edit: Matt got it pretty much spot on with his review.
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I love the Resistance series, but not enough to essentially buy a demo.


@Slayer22 said:
" Im sure the demo will come out the same week for PSN plus users anyway, so no reason for me to get it "
Which'll, if the date is anything to go by, will just be after everyones free compensated month worth of PS+ is dried up. Preeetty sneeeaky.
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hmm. I am sure there will be other ways to get into this eventually.

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I love Resistance and the movie wasn't that bad...It wasn't that good either though.

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Just a neat bonus for people picking up the Blu-ray. I loved the movie. I can't believe people go into a movie called BATTLE:LOS ANGELES and then complain that its exactly what the title says.
I didnt even feel that the dialogue was super corny. The characters just weren't explored that much. 

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At least they're not giving away copies of the Battle: LA official game.

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Im surprised it just doesnt come with the Battle: LA game.

Then again maybe the Resistance 3 demo is longer than the full LA game. Zing
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I need you to be a brave little marine now Hector.....

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I love me some resistance, but not enough to buy this movie for it. 

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This shit is almost as bad as pre-order bonuses.

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Will PSN be back up by the time the blu-ray is out?

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Puppies!

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Is the movie really that bad?

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How lame...

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You know a movie is bad when they have to slap on a game demo to sell it.

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That movie was a big flaming pile of dog shit.

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Alex, I love you man, but every time you say "wicked," ironically or not, an kitten spontaneously bursts into flames.  You don't want to be a cat murderer, do you?

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Nope

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Wow, that is the worst cover/poster art I've ever seen.

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Sony bundling demos with movies is nothing new. The E3 '09 God of War 3 Demo was on the Blu-Ray for Section 8

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battle OF los angeles was AMAZING. how dare you dissuade people from watching it alex. :D :D :D

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I wouldn't call Battle: Lost Angeles a mediocre action movie -- maybe standard or uninspired. But it's a lot of fun to watch. Regardless, I couldn't give less of a damn about Resistance 3. Couple that with the fact that my PlayStation 3 went tits-up about 10 months ago and you evoke a pretty solid "meh" from this particular gamer.

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@MysteriousBob: Wasn't the God of  War 3 demo slapped onto District 9? That was a pretty good movie.
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Resistance 2 multiplayer was shit for me. 1 was actually decent, but 2 was stupid broken, what with IR snipers in an almost pitch-black map.

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No, you're very correct to say it's mediocre (or not). Battle: Los Angeles is a near terrible film, and it's not fun for those that want an even somewhat intelligent movie. Battle: LA was one of the most unoriginal, ridiculously over-acted films I've seen in a long, long time. 

 

And the whole story was quick and vague. Not only did I not have to see it because it was bad, I didn't have to see it because I could have told you everything that happened before I saw it. That's how cliche it was. Everything except for the (unoriginal) special effects was bad.

 

The only people that I think would like this movie are people who already knew what to expect and didn't mind what the movie had to offer; people who don't watch a lot of movies and haven't caught on to the cliches, and simply put... a retard that can't tell what a good movie actually is.

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thanks for the warning about Battle of Los Angeles Alex, those rip off movies are terrible (not that this movie is any good)

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Remember when the point of a demo was to get as many people interested in your game as possible? Because I don't think Sony does.

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That movie was So Bad
Worst invasion movie ever.
what a way to try and get movie sales...
Who buys movies/DVD/blueray anymore anyway lol
Download baby

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I was planning on buying the movie on blu ray anyways. It was enjoyable... probably wont play the demo though.

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I bet this will be on Playstation Plus not long after the movie drops. Sony seems to like giving Playstation Plus members stuff like this even though it sounds exclusive to the blu-ray.

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@alex:  If there's anything that indicates just how quickly gaming is eclipsing Hollywood I think this is it.