X discussion: Grok Imagine's official account posts Episode 1 of an AI-made Odyssey series (about 7 minutes, 4K), drawing 2.4M views and a debate over whether AI video can carry a long story
At 19:23 UTC on 2026-10-23, the official Grok Imagine account (@imagine) posted Episode 1 of its Odyssey series (post), saying it was made with Grok Imagine in a creative collaboration with Wonder Studios (@WonderStudiosX) and director Dev Walker (@glumlot_). The video runs about 7 minutes 12 seconds and is served in a 3840x2160 version. When we pulled it, the post had about 12,055 likes, 1,275 reposts, 433 quotes, 974 replies and 2.4M views, and the account asked whether people want a full breakdown of how it was made. Discussion on X kept growing over the past half day: supporters see it as AI video moving from short clips to whole episodes, while critics point to uneven acting and visible AI artifacts. This is an X discussion presented as opinions, not a verdict on the film's quality.
Key Takeaways
- Main post: official Grok Imagine post, published 19:23 UTC on 10-23, with about 12,055 likes, 1,275 reposts, 433 quotes, 974 replies, 6,361 bookmarks and 2.4M views when we pulled it
- What the account says: made with Grok Imagine, in collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker; the video is about 7 minutes 12 seconds and comes in a 4K (3840x2160) version
- The account asked whether people want a full breakdown of how it was made; no workflow, clip count or cost has been published yet
- Opinions are split: some say AI video can now ship by the episode and that directing and storyboarding matter more than the model; others criticize uneven acting and visual artifacts
- Treated as an X discussion; production-day and asset counts circulating online are not confirmed by the official account, so we do not use them