In 1985, on the basis of the sensational effect caused by the broadcast of the hong Kong classic martial arts drama "Four Famous Catches", Hong Kong Asia Television continued to shoot the sequel to "Four Famous Catches" - "Four Famous Catches Re-emerge from the Jianghu" based on the original martial arts novels of the famous Taiwanese martial arts writer Wen Rui'an. It was also replaced by Dong Biao, who was quite popular with the audience before, to Wang Wei, who played the role of Yue Buqun in the later Lu Songxian version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu".
Not only the actors have changed, but even the personality characteristics of some characters have also changed, the biggest change is the pursuit of life, in Dong Biao's version of "Four Famous Catches", the actor who chases after the life is Liang Xiaolong, a typical optimist, always holding a straw stick in his mouth, a cynical look, and his speech and demeanor are also relaxed and humorous. But in "Re-emergence", the actor who chased after the life was replaced by Lu Zhenshun. In the impression, the pursuit of life played by Lu Zhenshun suddenly became a state of "bitterness and hatred", and there was no longer the relaxed and cheerful aura left by Liang Xiaolong for the audience.
In addition, although Dong Biao's version of "Four Famous Catches" is only twenty episodes, the storyline is very compact, there are few redundant fragments, it can be said that the whole process is high-energy, and the fantasy, suspense, horror, and pride of the original work are vividly interpreted. However, in Wang Wei's version of "Re-emergence of the Jianghu", the pace suddenly slowed down a lot, and all of them came down to a total of thirty episodes.
The reason why it leaves a huge contrast for the audience is that the personal feeling still stems from the level of the actors.
In Dong Biao's version of "Four Famous Catches", whether it is the old drama bone Dong Biao, or Wu Weiguo, or Michelle, Li Hanzhi, Liang Xiaolong, he has already starred in many famous works, has rich performance experience, and the status of the Hong Kong film and television industry is also in the sky, such a group of energetic performing arts artists gathered together, naturally can shoot high-quality classics. At the stage of "Re-emergence", in addition to the cold-blooded Luo Lelin who played the cold-blooded in the play, which impressed the audience with his unique temperament, the other roles basically did not have much impression, and the temperament and state of the actor's role alone were a lot worse.
Still, let's be fair.
Although the new version of "The Four Famous Catches Re-emerge from the Jianghu" is not as good as the old version of the classic, it is also an excellent martial arts drama, because it continues to interpret the jianghu, conspiracy, dispute and determination in Wen Rui'an's classic novel "The Four Famous Catches". In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong film and television workers always had a very unique understanding and grasp of martial arts, so they were always able to convey the plot of the martial arts world to the audience in an atmospheric, majestic, bright and smooth way, so that the audience had an immersive feeling.
Let's take a look at the main actors who participated in the show that year
Lo Lelin plays cold-blooded
To tell the truth, Luo Lelin is a very unique presence in the Hong Kong film and television industry, playing a decent role, you can interpret the heroic hair of the hero, playing the villain role, is an evil atmosphere, chilling. Personally, Luo Lelin is the most in place in "Re-emergence", passing on the temperament of the cold-blooded character.
Lu Zhenshun plays the role of chaser
As mentioned earlier, Lu Zhenshun's version of the pursuit of life and the chase played by Liang Xiaolong before have a big difference in personality. Lu Zhenshun's version of the pursuit of life showed his true temperament, but there was no Liang Xiaolong's version of the aura. Lu Zhenshun has been a golden supporting role in the Hong Kong film and television industry for many years, and the most classic role is the undefeated role of the East played by Lui Songxian's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", and in this drama, Luo Lelin played Ren I Xing.
Kim Heung-hyun plays Ruthless
Personally, I feel that the ruthlessness played by Jin Xingxian, an old Hong Kong drama bone, can convey a cold, deep, introverted and rational than Wu Weiguo's version. Because between Quan Xingxian's eyebrows, there is a melancholy temperament.
Wei Bai plays the Iron Hand
Personally, I feel that the iron hand played by Wei Bai is still a little inferior to the version played by Zhang Yi in Dong Biao's version of "Four Famous Catches". It can only be said that this version of the iron hand is decent.
Wang Wei plays Zhuge Shenhou
In the original work, Zhuge Shenhou was the Dinghai God Needle of the Dynasty at that time, a generation of grandmasters and giant masters, obviously in terms of transmitting this temperament, Dong Biao's version of Zhuge Shenhou was more of a master and a giant master, while Wang Wei lacked some fire.
In any case, this "Four Famous Catches Re-emerge" filmed more than thirty years ago can be called the memory of a generation and carries too many memories of everyone.