Each still image is still not that impressive. Good for them using the tech in a clever way but i don't find this that relevant.

the benefits of such fine grained control aren't a trick. it's why they were able to scrap together frames that don't jump all over the place (mostly).

the other benefit of such a broadly hacked upon model is that it grows in leaps and bounds.

All due respect to mid journey, but the stable diffusion hype is not just hype.

I still don't like the look of most of the Stable diffusion images, they just look slightly off/amateurish to me, where as midjourney produces images that make you go 'wow'

If you wanted to use these tools, midjourney would be my go too, with stable diffusion a backup for when some of the additional features were needed, perhaps inpanting on a midjourney image and using controlnet if needed but if you just want a pure image, midjourney is what you want.