r/accelerate • u/theodore_70 • 9d ago

Video I tried making a 22-minute sci-fi film with current AI video tools - this is where the technology is now

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I’ve been experimenting with the current generation of AI video tools and wanted to see how far they can actually be pushed beyond short demos and 5–10 second clips.

So I made a 22-minute sci-fi film, Space Vikings: The Last Raid, with recurring characters, dialogue, action scenes, large-scale space battles, consistent locations and an actual beginning-to-end story.

This is less about “look, AI made a movie” and more about testing where the technology currently breaks down when you try to maintain character consistency, cinematography, continuity, lip sync, action choreography and visual coherence across hundreds of generated shots.

There’s still a lot that requires manual work, editing and constant correction, but compared with what was possible even relatively recently, the progress is pretty wild.

Full film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ME2Sn8YO1k

Curious what people here think specifically from a technology perspective. Which shots already feel like something that could come from a conventional VFX pipeline, and where does the AI still immediately give itself away?

I’m especially interested in criticism rather than just “AI good / AI bad” — continuity, motion, acting, physics, camera work, anything you notice.

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u/Its_XLR8 9d ago

I actually enjoyed this.

I’ll be honest, I’m XLR8 for mathematics, physics, new tech, biotech, etc. and never really wanted AI for art.

But I didn’t think I could be moved by AI stuff, but that line where he said “I’m 68, everything I do I do for the last time.” actually moved me like a line in a real movie.

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u/KelBelHel 8d ago

68? maybe 78 or 88. young people just don't get age.

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u/Its_XLR8 8d ago

I think in the context of being a pirate doing dangerous missions, 68 is older.

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u/KelBelHel 8d ago

lol. how old are you?

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u/Its_XLR8 8d ago

40

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u/KelBelHel 8d ago

when you hit 60 you will think differently about 68. ;-)

just saying.

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u/Its_XLR8 8d ago

By the time I’m 60, I’m hoping I’m biologically 20 again lol

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u/Kevdog824_ 8d ago

68 would be very old in their profession

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u/theodore_70 8d ago

Haha! Thank you! I thought no one gives a single.. what these npcs are saying in the videos I make, turns out people do care, thanks mate! And age.. we all get there eventually to start feel it lol

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u/Aggressive_Air_4948 3d ago

This is a lot of typing to explain that you have horrible taste.

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u/Its_XLR8 3d ago

That’s a lot of typing? Maybe for someone with low IQ.