Imagine somehow being able to tell Homer, as he set pen to paper to start work on The Odyssey, that thousands of years into the future, his epic tale of Odysseus’ long, strange journey home from the Trojan War would become the latest battleground in another war—one that would manage to be even more stupid and pointless than the one from which his hero was politely excusing himself.

Yes, people, Elon Musk’s Grok-powered Odyssey has arrived, and it’s ready to strap on its bronze armor and charge forth in a heroic bid to save Western civilization from the dastardly forces of the Woke, the Feminists and the Historically Inaccurate Presence of People Who Look Suspiciously Black. Marvel at the bravery of this artistic vision! Thrill to its battlecry of “ουέλ άκτουλλι!” Cower as an entire website army full of weird nerds unleashes its righteous rage on Hollywood!

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…for seven minutes, anyway. While Musk promised an entire feature-length rival to Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey, what arrived over the weekend was no such thing—instead, it was billed as “Episode 1 of our Odyssey series.” Turns out that making movies maybe isn’t quite as easy as typing “Make The Odyssey but without anything that would upset people who are still mad about Gamergate,” even with the backing of the world’s richest man and his favorite toy.

In fairness, the footage shows how far AI-powered video has come since the hilarity of its early days—which were only a couple of years ago, god help us—but it also shows that there’s a world of difference between making something that looks kinda cinematic and making something that is worth watching.

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