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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Lt.Cannonfodder on May 22, 2005, 01:04:29 am

Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on May 22, 2005, 01:04:29 am
Dissapointed in Revelations? Want to see a good Star Wars fan film? Then I.M.P.S, or Imperial Military Personnel Stories, is just for you. You'll love Stormtroopers and the Empire after seeing Chapter 1 :nod:

(http://impstherelentless.com/images/ch1_visframe_lrg005.jpg)

(http://impstherelentless.com/images/ch1_visframe_lrg009.jpg)

(http://impstherelentless.com/images/ch1_visframe_lrg001.jpg)

http://impstherelentless.com/

Torrent link:
http://68.3.216.222:8000/torrents/imps_chapter1_DAVENPORT_928735.avi.torrent
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Rictor on May 22, 2005, 02:12:53 am
They could have chosen a better acronymn. Unless it's satire, though it doesn't look like it to me. Something manly like V.A.N.G.U.A.R.D or C.H.E.S.T.H.A.I.R
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Scuddie on May 22, 2005, 02:29:47 am
It is about as much as satire as TROOPS was.  And I must say, it was brillianty executed.  Before I saw the video, I thought it wouldn't have been better than TROOPS, but it turns out, yes TROOPS was still better :D.  Not by much, though.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Singh on May 22, 2005, 03:05:27 am
I just saw 7 minutes of it (rushing out now) but what i did see was simply KICK ASS!
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Sigma957 on May 22, 2005, 03:26:11 am
Wicked, troops was quite well done, DL it now.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 22, 2005, 03:52:53 am
Is there any way to get the file at faster than 1 kb/s? Some of us are forbidden to use their upload bandwidth for servers (ESPECIALLY bittorrent). :doubt:

Oh, I see, you can get it at 2 kb/s from the mirror. :isgh:
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Jeryko on May 22, 2005, 09:54:55 am
That's a pretty cool film.  I'll have to find Troopers now..
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Setekh on May 22, 2005, 10:10:05 am
Hey WMC, my torrent is going at 3 kb/s. :D

Okay, sorry. My ADSL ISP lets me have unlimited uploads... :nervous:
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: vyper on May 22, 2005, 10:21:41 am
Got ~13KB/s here.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Flaser on May 22, 2005, 10:29:37 am
BTW can anyone tell me what TROOPS is and where to get it?
I recon it's the ancestor of IMPS, though 'til now I never heard of it.
(For all my geekery I hadn't had the courage and the time to dvelve into the lucas/SW/force-net.)
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Scuddie on May 22, 2005, 12:42:13 pm
It took some time, but I found it.  It was made in '96 and wasn't finished until '97.  It is fairly consistent with Tatooine non-urbanized culture (which as a matter of fact, seems alot like Minnesota or North Dakota).  It was re-released when *gasp* QT3 came out.

http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/troops/
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 22, 2005, 12:47:08 pm
Or you can go for www.atomfilms.com
There's an entire section there with Star Wars fan films.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Jeryko on May 22, 2005, 02:48:23 pm
AH yes, I remember Troops now.  I saw that a few years ago.  Pretty funny.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Getter Robo G on May 22, 2005, 03:49:23 pm
OMG that was hilarious... Truly a worthy decendant of Troops...
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: FireCrack on May 22, 2005, 08:09:44 pm
This is awesome.
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Singh on May 23, 2005, 03:26:12 am
saw the full thing - simply awesome.

Now I gotta find Troops and watch that. Wonder if the CG quality is as good :drevil:

Hmm...the music is pretty damn good too..bet I could even make a few nice FS2 battle tracks using it ;71
Title: I.M.P.S. - Star Wars fan film that doesn't suck
Post by: Setekh on May 24, 2005, 10:06:18 am
That was funny stuff. Gonna download Troops now. :D