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In EnglishThe Odyssey (Episode 1, "The Fall of Troy")
- Format
- Series
- Year
- 2026
Synopsis
Episode 1 of the series, titled "The Fall of Troy", opens Homer's Odyssey at the end of the Trojan War. Its seven minutes cover the Trojan Horse, the destruction of Troy and the Greeks surveying the ruins, as reported by the coverage of its release.
One review notes that Odysseus is the only character named during the episode. The frames described by press show a bearded man in a dark cloak, a woman holding an infant, a small carved horse figurine, and a fleet of black-sailed ships crossing a grey sea.
The episode is the first instalment of a planned series. The makers have not said how many episodes will follow or when the next arrives.
Last Updated 2 November 2026
About the Show
The Odyssey, Episode 1 ("The Fall of Troy") is a seven-minute AI-generated episode adapting Homer's Odyssey. Grok Imagine, the image and video generator of xAI, posted it on X on 23 October 2026, in 4K, running 7 minutes 12 seconds according to release coverage. The post described it as a creative collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker.
The episode follows a pilot that Grok published in late September 2026, made with the same studio. It also advances a July 2026 pledge by Elon Musk that Grok Imagine would make a full-length, historically accurate Odyssey adaptation by the end of the year. Musk made the pledge after criticising Christopher Nolan's live-action film of the same story. Musk shared the episode the night it appeared with the caption "Odyssey with Grok Imagine", and Wonder Studios captioned its own post "Homer didn't have Grok... we do."
Grok Imagine is described as the tool behind the episode; the announcement does not name a model version. Wonder Studios is an AI-native studio that makes original films and commercials. In its December 2025 year review, it said it had made an anthology of five shorts with partners including fal, Freepik, Kling and ElevenLabs, and an animated series, Maxi and Helium. Its stated key metric is cost per minute of content. Reports on an earlier Odyssey pilot say it took 15 days, with thousands of generated images and clips assembled and edited.
The announcement invited viewers to say whether they wanted a full breakdown of how it was done. Reception in the press was mostly critical: reviewers faulted the rendering of skin, hair and backgrounds, rapid cuts, facial expressions and voices, while praising its atmosphere and visual consistency. Commenters on news videos about it were largely negative.
Audience sentiment
What the comments say
70 comments about the show on YouTube · updated 29 Oct 2026
17%
positive
Score = positive ÷ all scored comments
Sentiment split
- Positive
- 12 comments
- 17%
- Mixed
- 6 comments
- 9%
- Negative
- 52 comments
- 74%
Viewers of the news videos about the episode were mostly negative, calling it generic, lifeless and like a video-game cutscene, with a smaller group praising its look and crediting Musk.
Top themes
“It looks SO generic. Advantage will always go to a real life director,working with real life actors.”
“Des Grecs sur des navires vikings et des personnages qui ne regardent même pas dans la même direction”
“C'est vrai que ça manque d'émotion (d'expression au niveau des visages)”
“Looks really good to me compared to the crappy woke movie”
Fun Facts
- Posted in 4K
- Grok Imagine posted the episode on X in 4K on Friday 23 October 2026, and Elon Musk quote-posted it that night.
- Source: teslanorth.com
- Earlier pilot
- Reports of an earlier Odyssey pilot say it took 15 days, with thousands of generated images and clips assembled and edited.
- Source: magica.com
- Model version unnamed
- The announcement does not name which Grok Imagine model version made the episode.
- Source: magica.com
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Credits
- Director
- Dev Walker
- Studio
- Wonder Studios, xAI
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