Show HN: I built a Rick and Morty explainer video generator
usediorama.com> paste any site or article or a script > we turn it into a Rick and Morty sketch with dialogues, scenes, action and Rick and Morty of course > click generate to turn the script into a storyboard you can review > click generate to get a final video (this part is paid as it uses AI video under the hood)
How'd you get the licensing for using the Rick and Morty ip?
That's the secret. He didn't. Saved millions.
I'm too broke to worry about licensing atp. If that cease and desist comes, I'll take it down
What motivated you to build this? $30 a video.. Do you do political attack ads too?
The larger application is an AI video creator - like a cheaper but better HiggsField.
We have a story mode that let's you input a script, select characters and get a fully done video with dialogues, action and full performance.
I had to test the flow , so of course I decided to try making a Rick and morty episode builder.
Diorama's proposal is "Make AI video content people actually watch."
If I know a video is a.i. generated, I am not spending time watching it because all the prior slop on YouTube conditioned me to avoid it (e.g. Keanu Reeves heroic acts).
I agree. Slop is not great to watch.
We are trying to build tools where the creator has full control over crafting the characters, the locations, the visual style and the narrative with review at every step to avoid the generic one shot slop videos you see.
I think for animated content this works. But I can clearly see that the script, dialogues and general planning matter so much in crafting non-slop videos.
Why tho
Why not. It's script to a full video that actually works. It's not easy to do that even with AI video tools
Funny that the AI explainer video gives Rick too many fingers.
This is a done-for-you workflow that can generate the full video in one go (upto 30 separate scenes). A couple of shots could have issues in which case you can regenerate just those.
We also have review at every step to catch these before the expensive video generation part.
We also have a more expensive Seedance based workflow that is currently disabled that would have even better quality (but more expensive)
Beware. Requires you to sign up.
yes, that's because it uses LLMs in the background and I don't want to get botted.
It's also paid if you want to generate the full video.