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Generations’ new cast

South Africans all over the country tuned in for the first episode of the revamped soap ‘‘Generations: The Legacy” on Monday night. Whether it is from fear and dislike of change or exposure to better shows, South Africans were less than impressed with Mfundi Vundla’s sequel to the much loved soap.

The first episode of the show was aired on Monday night featuring a majority of new actors with a couple of familiar faces to give it a boost.

The complaints started pouring in just five minutes into the show, with people expressing their discontent at the quality of the show and the acting skills displayed.

@khayadlanga: I thought the new #generations was set in 1999, but they have iPads . . ..”

@FistazMixwell: Don’t normally watch #Generations but I must agree kuthi it looked like a ‘‘sketch’’.

@myopinionkim: It’s like I’m watching a low budget Muvhango #Generations #talkingpoint

Others warned against insults aimed at the new cast.

@dmejelo: “Do we really hav 2 throw insults at the new actors on generations? Rented, cheap and sellouts? They professionals too.”

Ranjeni Munusamy tweeted that the new show was doomed to fail regardless of who was at the helm.

“Y’all crying at the wrong funeral again? #Generations Reloaded was never going to compete with parly channel no matter who it resurrected,” she tweeted.

Some Twitter users vowed to never watch the programme again.

@MbuleloFalakhe: Totally boring,Mfundi Vundla should have paid his actors n stick with them. I’m done with Generations 4Gud! #talkingpoint

The hastag #BringBackSkeemSaam was even created, with one of the 16 axed Generations actors Atandwa Kani joining in the fun.

Other members of the axed 16 such as Sophie Ndaba simply preferred to retweet all the bad reviews of the show.

Eusebius McKaiser believed that there was an important lesson to be learned from all this.

@Eusebius: The lesson of this #generations disappointment: DON’T TAKE TALENT FOR GRANTED!

Hate it or love it, “Generations: The Legacy” is here to stay and judging from past experience South Africans will still tune in every night at 8pm. – Sowetan.