Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’
Three months after Elon Musk declared that Grok would release a full-length, “historically accurate” movie version of “The Odyssey,” Grok has published a whole seven minutes — what the company is now calling “Episode 1 of our Odyssey series.”
在埃隆·马斯克宣布 Grok 将发布一部“历史准确”的电影版《奥德赛》三个月后，Grok 发布了整整七分钟的片段——该公司现在将其称为“我们的《奥德赛》系列第一集”。
Musk had previously lashed out at Christopher Nolan’s version of “The Odyssey” because Nolan cast nonwhite and transgender actors. And Nolan is, in many ways, a perfect foil for Musk — while SpaceX and Tesla CEO hypes up data centers in space and posts an unending stream of AI-generated content, Nolan has described himself as “a techno-skeptic” and said that before AI, he’d never seen a technology “so completely rejected by the public.”
马斯克此前曾抨击克里斯托弗·诺兰版的《奥德赛》，因为诺兰启用了非白人和跨性别演员。在许多方面，诺兰是马斯克的完美对照——当这位 SpaceX 和特斯拉的首席执行官大肆宣传太空数据中心并发布源源不断的 AI 生成内容时，诺兰却称自己为“技术怀疑论者”，并表示在 AI 出现之前，他从未见过一种技术“如此彻底地被公众拒绝”。
And while Nolan’s version of “The Odyssey” certainly used plenty of visual effects, it’s primarily a feat of practical filmmaking, with a shoot spanning six countries and a cast and crew of thousands. After its release in July, the film became an extraordinary box office success, selling out Imax screenings for months and becoming the likely front-runner at the next Academy Awards.
虽然诺兰版的《奥德赛》确实使用了大量的视觉特效，但它主要是一部实景拍摄的杰作，拍摄地横跨六个国家，拥有数千名演职人员。该片于 7 月上映后，在票房上取得了巨大成功，IMAX 场次连续数月售罄，并极有可能成为下一届奥斯卡金像奖的热门影片。
As for the Grok version of “The Odyssey” (created in collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker), well, you can watch for yourself. Watch Episode 1 of our Odyssey series made with Grok Imagine. Let us know in the comments if you’d like a full breakdown of how it was done! Creative collaboration with @WonderStudiosX and director Dev Walker @glumlot_ pic.twitter.com/xpgpkqSCpq— Grok Imagine (@imagine) October 23, 2026
至于 Grok 版的《奥德赛》（与 Wonder Studios 和导演 Dev Walker 合作制作），嗯，你可以亲自观看。观看由 Grok Imagine 制作的《奥德赛》系列第一集。如果你想了解它是如何制作的完整解析，请在评论中告诉我们！与 @WonderStudiosX 和导演 Dev Walker @glumlot_ 的创意合作 pic.twitter.com/xpgpkqSCpq— Grok Imagine (@imagine) 2026 年 10 月 23 日
I’ll admit it’s not as spectacularly ugly as I’d expected, and certainly more impressive than other videos that Musk has posted recently. If I didn’t know better, there were moments when I might have thought these were real actors sailing across a real sea.
我承认它并没有我预期的那么丑陋，而且肯定比马斯克最近发布的其他视频更令人印象深刻。如果我不知道内情，有时我甚至会以为这是真实的演员在真实的海洋上航行。
And while I can’t speak to Grok’s historical accuracy, it does seem that all the characters come in a Musk-approved skin color, while the narrator uses a British accent that will sound familiar to anyone who’s played a fantasy video game or watched a generic Hollywood epic from the past 25 years.
虽然我无法评价 Grok 的历史准确性，但所有角色似乎都采用了马斯克认可的肤色，而旁白使用的英国口音对于任何玩过奇幻电子游戏或看过过去 25 年好莱坞史诗大片的人来说都会感到熟悉。
What the footage really lacks is any sense of artistry, inspiration, or human interest. The backstory — delivered via the aforementioned voiceover — seems to go on forever, finally giving way to one bearded face after another, each shouting stilted lines that make Nolan’s dialogue sound like Shakespeare.
这段视频真正缺乏的是任何艺术感、灵感或人文关怀。通过上述旁白讲述的背景故事似乎没完没了，最终让位于一张又一张留着胡子的脸，每个人都在喊着生硬的台词，这让诺兰的对白听起来简直像莎士比亚的作品。
While a few individual shots might provide a reasonable simulacrum of reality, the whole thing feels completely airless, offering viewers no sense of momentum, no reason to care about anyone or anything on-screen. And where I had no trouble paying attention for the nearly three-hour runtime of Nolan’s “Odyssey,” I was listlessly checking how much I had left before the Grok version was even halfway through. It’s hard to imagine being interested in another seven minutes of this, much less a full movie’s worth.
虽然个别镜头可能提供了合理的现实模拟，但整个作品感觉完全没有生气，没有给观众带来任何节奏感，也没有理由去关心屏幕上的任何人或事。诺兰版《奥德赛》近三个小时的片长我能毫无压力地看完，而 Grok 版还没到一半，我就已经无精打采地查看还剩多少时间了。很难想象有人会对这东西再多看七分钟感兴趣，更不用说整部电影了。