01/16/2026
Repost from itsbetterwithai
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G.I. Joe Rogan
Anyone else remember having one of these growing up? 😂
Had a crazy idea a while back that stuck with me so I decided to bring it into reality with AI.
This video plays on the idea that for a certain generation, Joe Rogan feels like the grown-up continuation of the hyper-masculine toy fantasies many of us (myself included) grew up with.
G.I. Joe commercials were never really about action figures...
They sold a worldview built around toughness and confidence.
But most importantly, they sold control in an often scary, ever-changing world for a young boy.
Rogan often taps into similar instincts - hunting, self-mastery, physical dominance, skepticism of authority.
At the core though, it’s the belief that if you build the right mindset, you can handle anything.
Turning him into a literal 90s action figure was meant to highlight both the absurdity and continuity of that narrative, showing how childhood ideas of masculinity often do not disappear, but evolve into adult identities shaped by new media.
How I made it:
- ChatGPT and Gemini to iterate on the idea until I had a shot breakdown and voiceover
- Nano Banana Pro (via Higgsfield) to generate the images of the action figures and play-set scenes
- Kling 2.5 and 2.6 (via Higgsfield) to turn those images into videos
- ElevenLabs for the voiceover
- Suno for the intro “G.I. Joe Rogan!” vocal tag and background music. I actually took a guitar cover of the JRE podcast Lex Fridman put on youtube a while ago and used Suno to turn it into a fast, 80s hair metal cartoon/commercial style theme song. Listen closely and you’ll hear it.
Don’t blink or you’ll miss all the references!
