VIDEO MODEL · MINIMAX THE CROWD FAVORITE

Hailuo.

Episodes
22
First seen
013 OCT 13 2024
Last seen
077 AUG 09 2026
Spoken mentions
50

The Fast Hours take

Rory and Drew rate Hailuo (MiniMax) as the most creative video model for motion, not the most consistent or precise, with Rory ranking it ahead of Runway and Kling for creative spin (Ep. 21, 30). It earned real trust as 'the crowd favorite' for handling its free-to-paid switch 'flawlessly' where Pika lost users (Ep. 22) — trust dented when Rory's paid-yearly 'unlimited' plan got quietly capped (Ep. 53), though its open-sourced H3 model later landed as 'a generational leap' (Ep. 77).

Into it 13Mixed 1 Not sold 1Discussed 7 oldest → newest

Receipts about Hailuo

“I bought the yearly unlimited last year because it was such a good deal. It was like three hundred dollars for the year for unlimited … But then when they dropped to two, it was like, oh sorry, you're grandfathered out of that.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 53 Minimax quietly capping his paid unlimited plan Play from 1:02:12
“Kling is so damn precise to what you tell it to do. But there's also the fun aspect - I want the AI tools to take over a little bit and put their own spin on it.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 31 Comparing Kling's precision to MiniMax's creative unpredictability Play from 19:36
“If there is one differentiator that the other tools can't sort of compete with Sora yet, it's the blend and remix functionality. … Blend to me is like the most unique feature. There's no other tool that can do that.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 23 Why Sora's blend feature stands apart from Runway, Kling, and Hailuo Play from 49:31
“Minimax is the crowd favorite. They've been the only video generator that has managed the transition from everything's free to well, we gotta pay for stuff, guys — flawlessly. … I'll go back to old-school Pika days: everyone was just like, screw Pika.”
Tim Simmons Ep. 22 Why Hailuo (MiniMax) earned trust that Pika lost Play from 58:01
“MiniMax to me still has the best motion — if we're talking creativity scale, MiniMax has the most creative ability. Runway is the most consistent; I can do about 90% of what I want there. And Kling is when I need something extremely specific.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 21 Ranking the top AI video generators by use case
“No other tool can get that level of generation speed or that level of movement and like dynamic dynamic with the camera motion plus the character movement plus the action.”
Fast Hours On MiniMax's uniquely fast, dynamic camera and character motion Play from 12:16

Every episode with Hailuo

  1. Episode 77 AUG 09 2026 How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds H3 · MiniMax's open-sourced H3 called 'a generational leap' for nailing custom audio and character references on the first try. Into it
  2. Episode 61 JAN 10 2026 Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There 2.3 · Audience question about whether MiniMax fell behind; Drew and Rory say version 2.3 is still good. Into it
  3. Episode 60 JAN 01 2026 Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls 2.0 · Named among April's solid video releases (as Minimax 2.0). Discussed
  4. Episode 53 OCT 26 2025 Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack Rory's paid-yearly 'unlimited' Minimax plan got quietly capped after a pricing change without warning Not sold
  5. Episode 47 AUG 03 2025 Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore Pages Used for Rory's parody remake of a car-commercial concept Discussed
  6. Episode 45 JUL 06 2025 Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2 One of three video generators Rory cross-tests a Midjourney product-morph on Discussed
  7. Episode 44 JUN 20 2025 Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up Cited as historically decent at preserving consistency in image-to-video generation, alongside Kling Discussed
  8. Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System Minimax named as the only other tool handling flat, illustrative 2D animation well, a style Rory wants from MJ video Into it
  9. Episode 41 JUN 01 2025 Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It Funny Minimax cited as a cheaper-but-serviceable pricing model Midjourney could copy for its video tier Discussed
  10. Episode 32 MAR 07 2025 Midjourney Questions Answered MiniMax's "subject reference" reuses one character image consistently across generated scenes Into it
  11. Episode 31 FEB 16 2025 Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts Rory's pick for a rumored Midjourney video partnership, citing its playful, unpredictable prompt interpretation Into it
  12. Episode 30 FEB 09 2025 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets Called "the little engine that could," oddly creative whether the result is good, weird or funny Into it
  13. Episode 29 FEB 02 2025 Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The Future The one video model that gives a solid result from a minimal prompt with no direction Into it
  14. Episode 27 JAN 19 2025 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland Julie's go-to for photographic-style video; the group agrees it nails a vintage 80s/90s look Into it
  15. Episode 26 JAN 12 2025 To Midjourney v7 and Beyond: Personalization, Moodboards, Roadmap & More Floated as a possible acquisition target if Midjourney decides buying a video model is faster than building one Discussed
  16. Episode 23 DEC 22 2024 Early Sora Tester Shares Everything Named as genuinely strong for one-shot generations, alongside Kling, but lacking Sora's camera control Discussed
  17. Episode 22 DEC 15 2024 130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of Gen AI Tools Called the 'crowd favorite'; praised as the only video tool to shift from free to paid without backlash Into it
  18. Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA Called the most creative video generator for motion, versus Runway's consistency and Kling's precision Into it
  19. Episode 20 DEC 01 2024 What Midjourney Taught Us (And Can Teach You) About Social Media Success Source of Rory's 'Pikachu doing drugs' post, cited as an example of injecting personality into a feed Into it
  20. Episode 14 OCT 20 2024 Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman Billy calls it a 'world model' that understands physics and temporal consistency better than Runway Into it
  21. Overtime OCT 18 2024 Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More Called the most impressive AI tool of the year, made by a six-person team with standout dynamic motion Into it
  22. Episode 13 OCT 13 2024 Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More Minimax's new model impresses on realism but produces 'morphy' artifacts, per Rory Mixed

Quick answers

When did Fast Hours first talk about Hailuo?

Hailuo first came up in Episode 13, “Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More”, published October 13, 2024.

What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Hailuo?

The most recent is Episode 77, “How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds” (August 9, 2026).

How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Hailuo?

22 episodes so far. In the 22 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 13 times, mixed 1, not sold 1, and simply discussed it 7.

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