VIDEO MODEL · OPENAI WORST LAUNCH, BEST COMEDY
Sora.
- Episodes
- 21
- First seen
- 001 JUL 02 2024
- Last seen
- 067 APR 26 2026
- Spoken mentions
- 197
The Fast Hours take
Rory and Drew treated Sora as a cautionary tale through 2025 — Rory called it '2024's worst product launch,' paid $200 a month at release and canceled because quality never justified the price (Ep. 27, 29), with outputs stuck in a yellow-green default hue (Ep. 43). Sora 2 turned that around: remix, cameos and loose IP enforcement made it the easiest AI video tool yet and unmatched for comedic timing (Ep. 51, 52), though neither host wants an all-AI platform to watch passively (Ep. 60).
Into it 5Mixed 7 Not sold 6Discussed 3 oldest → newest
Receipts about Sora
“I got death threats for a Super Mario video. Like, come on. I got not one, like multiple for that thing. And I'm like, are we being real here? Can we not just have a little bit of fun, everyone?”
“if you want to talk about like AI adoption, I have a feeling this will be like the best tool for AI adoption since probably Midjourney.”
“unpopular opinion, but I kind of want it to be like Sora right now. I would want it to be like Sora because for Midjourney, a lot of things I just want to do it for fun.”
“It's been funny trying to throw these JSON prompts. I've just been testing them in Sora also just to watch the thing just crash and burn. It's like, man, what a flop of a tool compared to everything else right now.”
“I paid $200 a month for Sora when it came out and I was like, let's see. I don't anymore because it's good but it's not worth $200.”
“If you're going to tease us for eight months, it better be awesome. And if it doesn't, and people waited that long, and then you're going to charge $200, and then it's really hard to use, whoosh.”
Every episode with Sora
- Episode 67 APR 26 2026 GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good? Named as the likely reason OpenAI's image models got more conservative about real likeness. Discussed
- Episode 60 JAN 01 2026 Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls 2 · Praised for auto-structuring full narrative cuts, but neither host wants an all-AI content platform to watch passively. Mixed
- Episode 52 OCT 19 2025 Midjourney’s Next Chapter: V8, Style Tools, and The 99.99% Problem Sora 2 · IP locked down fast after launch; still the only model that nails comedic timing unprompted Into it
- Episode 51 OCT 06 2025 Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold Rush Sora 2 · Remix, cameos and loose IP enforcement make it the easiest AI video tool yet, with unmatched comedic timing Into it
- Episode 48 AUG 16 2025 Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist Called visually excellent but the least coherent AI video platform they've used; v2 expected soon Mixed
- Episode 46 JUL 25 2025 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown Same JSON prompts that worked in Veo 3 fail here; called 'a flop of a tool' Not sold
- Episode 45 JUL 06 2025 Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2 A prior guest's tip that 480p beats 720p/1080p for Sora too, which Rory confirms for Midjourney Discussed
- Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System Rory says its image outputs default to a yellow-green hue unless explicitly prompted toward cooler tones Not sold
- Episode 40 MAY 26 2025 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In Compared to Flow: less coherent overall, but has Remix/Blend/timeline features Flow still lacks Mixed
- Episode 35 MAR 31 2025 ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview Contrasted with 4o image gen's organic viral reception; hosts theorize Sora was heavily marketed but underdelivered by comparison Not sold
- Episode 32 MAR 07 2025 Midjourney Questions Answered Called expensive and hard to get good results from, but its clip-blend feature solved a specific edit Mixed
- Episode 31 FEB 16 2025 Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts Called "kind of weird" when Rory ran the same vintage-footage F1 prompt through it Not sold
- Episode 30 FEB 09 2025 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets Praised for letting you regenerate just the bad few seconds inside a longer clip Into it
- Episode 29 FEB 02 2025 Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The Future Rory paid $200/month at launch, canceled since because the quality doesn't justify the price Mixed
- Episode 27 JAN 19 2025 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland Rory calls it 2024's worst product launch; Julie suspects it was trained partly on gaming footage Not sold
- Episode 23 DEC 22 2024 Early Sora Tester Shares Everything Guest was an alpha tester; deep dive on blend, remix, recut, and storyboard workflows, plus the leak controversy Into it
- Episode 22 DEC 15 2024 130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of Gen AI Tools Guest's $200 Pro-tier first impressions; deep dive on blend, remix, recut, and image-referencing quirks Mixed
- Episode 21 DEC 08 2024 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA Still unreleased; hosts speculate on pricing (maybe $200/month) and whether 60-second clips are even useful Discussed
- Episode 12 SEP 29 2024 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) Secondhand report via a Chris Branch contact with access: 'worth the hype' despite few public details Into it
- Episode 10 SEP 15 2024 Midjourney AMA: Answering Your Most Burning Questions (Part 1) Rory calls the 9+ month gap between its demo and release 'the dumbest thing ever' Not sold
- Episode 1 JUL 02 2024 We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened) Used as a foil: hosts mock its hype-heavy, long-delayed rollout against Midjourney's quiet, community-driven releases Mixed
Quick answers
When did Fast Hours first talk about Sora?
Sora first came up in Episode 1, “We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened)”, published July 2, 2024.
What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Sora?
The most recent is Episode 67, “GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good?” (April 26, 2026).
How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Sora?
21 episodes so far. In the 21 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 5 times, mixed 7, not sold 6, and simply discussed it 3.
