# Seedance 2.0

68 Hacker News commenters recommended Seedance 2.0 and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for high-quality AI video with consistent characters, long shots and cinematic motion. Common caveat: clips still look like AI video, with stiff motion and over-restrictive filters.

## Why people recommend it

- Consistent characters and motion (5 comments): "It supports long-form video generation, stable multi-character identity, and natural camera movement, making videos feel structured and story-driven." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304172)) "for seedance you pretty much get stellar output which is extremely consistent in a single shot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49142325)) "Reference any image, video, or audio to generate consistent, production-ready clips." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46944031))
- High-quality, cinematic output (5 comments): "Seedance is supplying most of the visible production value: character designs, faces and expressions, linework, backgrounds, lighting, and a coherent anime rendering." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679518)) "It lets you create high-quality videos from text prompts or images, with fast inference and cinematic results." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102705)) "It blows everything else out of the water, and it's truly remarkable to experience it in use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774832))
- Longer shots and narrative video (4 comments): "It supports long-form video generation, stable multi-character identity, and natural camera movement, making videos feel structured and story-driven." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304172)) "This will make longer (~30s) narrative add creation a lot better and more interesting at a reasonable price tag" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139814)) "the industry is already attempting long shots with Seedance 2.0 which cannot be efficiently done without drift" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49144475))
- Useful for filmmakers and artists (2 comments): "Any director, storyteller, or filmmaker can see the potential here to realize scenes that simply wouldn't be possible otherwise." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138985)) "Seedance 2.5 even up to 30 seconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945116))

## What people warn about

- Still looks like AI video (4 comments): "With Seedance 2.5, I'm not sure how I'd describe it other than "looking like AI video and all AI video is inherently off-putting"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49148324)) "the ability to keep details consistent for so long is impressive but it still looks screams of AI in every single shot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140053)) "It has improved a lot, but these demo reels still have all AI video issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140033))
- Visible glitches and inconsistency between shots (3 comments): "The video quality is insane, but is there a model that doesn't make video where it looks like the characters are pausing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140290)) "its out of sync such that it would fail a basic QC by any reputable post house" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48973186)) "every time the camera angle changed, there would be a glaring inconsistency" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385991))
- Restrictions and over-refusal (3 comments): "I heard Seedance is also full of restrictions now, although the model seems to be better at that sort of cinematic look" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47508851)) "extremely conservative safety layers that often result in 'over-refusal'" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220568)) "they nerfed it. I guess so it can't generate things with preexisting IP." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512006))
- Weak audio and dialogue delivery (2 comments): "the execution was even worse than when I didn’t provide any music as a reference." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056286)) "The emotional delivery is so flat and the words are phrased so awkwardly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49141582))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [MiniMax H3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-h3.md): 29 recommend
- [Google Veo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veo.md): 20 recommend
- [Gemini Omni](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-omni.md): 16 recommend
- [Wan video model](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wan-2-2.md): 15 recommend
- [Kling AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kling.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Seedance 2.0", https://hackerapproved.com/p/seedance-2-5/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).