What are the manifestations of the generation gap?
In the field of film and television dramas, it is very obvious, and the young people-based network always likes to compare the Huang Rihua version of "Tianlong Babu" with the Hu Jun version, completely forgetting that there is also a Liang Jiaren version.
The same thing also happened on "Divine Eagle Heroes", some post-80s and most post-90s only know Gu Tianle Li Ruotong's version of "Divine Eagle Heroes" and Huang Xiaoming Liu Yifei's version, but they have forgotten or even do not know that there is a very classic or even Jin Yong himself only recognized Andy Lau Chen Yulian version of "Divine Eagle Heroes".
First, the highlights of the 83rd edition of "Condor Heroes"
The 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" was a great success, so Hong Kong Wireless launched the follow-up "Eagle Hero", which also achieved a very large impact in Hong Kong and the mainland.
In the author's opinion, the main points of the 83rd edition of "Condor Heroes" are three main points:
The first is that the actors continue the 83rd version of "The Legend of the Eagle Hero", such as the five absolutes in the play, Zhou Botong, Qiu Qianling and Ke Zhen evil are all the original team, if the two dramas are connected to watch, it will be very smooth.
The second is the middle-aged Guo Jing Huang Rong combination of Liang Jiaren and Ouyang Peishan, which is also too suitable for the selection of actors.
There may be some young audiences affected by "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" and other films to misunderstand Liang Jiaren's perception, in fact, the Qiao Feng and middle-aged Guo Jing he played are very textured, in "Divine Eagle Hero" he played Guo Jing and Huang Rihua will find that whether it is the appearance or temperament of the two people the similarity is very high, this is a very heartfelt continuation.
The bigger surprise is Ouyang Peishan's middle-aged Huang Rong, when the author first saw this version of Huang Rong, he felt that this was not Weng Meiling's mother? Whether it is appearance or temperament, she has undertaken Weng Meiling's version of young Huang Rong very well, and compared to the young pretty Huang Rong, Ouyang Peishan has more of a calm domineering spirit, after all, she is also a helper.
Therefore, Ouyang Peishan was called "out-of-print middle-aged Huang Rong" by netizens.
The third, of course, is the two leading actors Andy Lau and Chen Yulian.
Andy Lau was only 22 years old at the time, his face was a little dark, his figure seemed to be relatively strong, and he did look like a wild child when he first appeared, and then Andy Lau's acting skills slowly grew up with Yang Guo.
Of course, Hua Tsai is not without bad reviews, the biggest slot point is probably his nose, the characteristics of the eagle hook nose are too obvious, coupled with makeup, it is jokingly called "Yang Guo and Eagle together" by netizens.
Chen Yulian was 23 years old at the time, although she was only one year older than Andy Lau, but she became famous earlier, and her personality was quiet and calm, there was a sense of honor and humiliation, and her appearance was pure and cold, which was really a sense of pity that I saw.
Some netizens commented that Chen Yulian's version of Xiaolongnü gave people the feeling of being cold, Li Ruotong's feeling was serious, and Liu Yifei was wooden. Although this statement cannot be said to be absolutely accurate, it does have some truth.
2. Jin Yong's recognition
The version of "Condor Heroes" is super numerous, not counting the movies and TV series alone, there are more than a dozen versions, which shows its popularity.
In so many versions of "Condor Heroes", it is not too easy to say which version is the best, and we can have two aspects of opinion to refer to.
One aspect is network scoring.
As of July 2021, Gu Tianle Li Ruotong's 1995 version of "Divine Eagle Hero" has the highest score, with a total of 160,000 people participating in the rating, with a score of 9.1, which has been regarded as entering the ranks of divine dramas, and has a fight with "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Journey to the West".
Andy Lau Chen Yulian's 1983 version had less than 6,000 people participating in the scoring, scoring only 7.9.
Huang Xiaoming Liu Yifei's version is scored by 60,000 people, scoring 7.5.
Other versions are even more incomparable with these three versions, except for Meng Fei Pan Yingzi and the Japanese version, which is also 7.5 points, the other versions are significantly lower than these three versions.
Of course, these network scores also have a lot to do with the times, which can be seen from the number of scores, relatively speaking, most of the post-80s have grown up watching Gu Tianle Li Ruotong's version of "Eagle Heroes", and this part of the audience happens to be the first wave of heavy participants after the beginning of the Internet era, and naturally the right to speak on the Internet is higher than that of other eras.
On the other hand, you can look at Jin Yong's evaluation
There is a video of Jin Yong being interviewed on the Internet, and its interview time should be after Huang Xiaoming Liu Yifei's version of "Divine Eagle Hero" was broadcast, so Jin Yong should have seen all previous versions of "Divine Eagle Hero", as the original author, his opinion is of course crucial.
Unlike jin yong in previous interviews, Jin Yong often played haha, this time Jin Yong clearly expressed his recognition of Andy Lau Chen Yulian's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", and at the same time he also put forward some euphemistic criticisms of Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", believing that Huang Xiaoming's performance was somewhat oily, and Liu Yifei did not like to make expressions, that is, the "wood" evaluated by netizens.
Of course, Jin Yong's evaluation we must also look at objectively, in the filming of Andy Lau Chen Yulian's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", Jin Yong personally participated in it and gave relevant guidance to the crew, in other words, it may be equivalent to "biological child".
Some netizens think that Jin Yong and many old audiences are preconceived, but in fact, it is not, because before Andy Lau Chen Yulian's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", there were many "Divine Eagle Heroes" film and television dramas such as Xie Xian, Luo Lelin and Fu Sheng.
It is worth mentioning that when Mr. Jin Yong died, the Jin Yong drama that Hong Kong Television station chose to broadcast in order to commemorate him was Andy Lau Chen Yulian's version of "Eagle Hero", which is the favorite of many Hong Kong audiences on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also a Jin Yong drama that Jin Yong clearly expressed that he loved.
Third, Andy Lau plays fake love and truth
Another reason why Andy Lau Chen Yulian's version of "Divine Eagle Hero" is remembered by people is that the audience will feel that Yang Guo in it really likes the little dragon girl, and the eyes and expressions can be seen.
This is not false, because Tang Zhenye, who is also in the same crew, also said that at that time, he felt that Andy Lau looked at Chen Yulian's eyes wrong.
Andy Lau did express his feelings for Chen Yulian many times in the years that followed, saying that Chen Yulian was the first and only heroine who let him play a fake love, he really thought he was Yang Guo, and the most desired thing every day was to hurry up and start filming, so that he could meet his beloved aunt.
Although Chen Yulian is only one year older than Andy Lau, on the one hand, Chen Yulian became famous earlier, and it is said that Andy Lau wrote a script with his classmates in middle school and won an award, and the heroine chosen by the TV station when filming began was Chen Yulian.
On the other hand, at that time, Chen Yulian and Zhou Runfa were still in love, so Andy Lau "knew that she was the girlfriend of an idol", and seeing Chen Yulian also had a sense of unattainability, which may be precisely the gap between this identity, which made Andy Lau and Chen Yulian's play in the initial stage more realistic, just like Jin Yong's comment, Yang Guo respected rather than "seduced" Xiaolongnü.
Of course, Andy Lau admitted that he did confess to Chen Yulian, but Chen Yulian just smiled and avoided the past.
Andy Lau commented that Chen Yulian has earthy freshness, is an empty inspiration that does not eat human fireworks, and remains unchanged when he sees her again for many years, this temperament itself is a little dragon girl.
To say how deeply Chen Yulian and "Divine Eagle Hero" have influenced Andy Lau, you can see the movies he made after he opened his own company: "91 Divine Eagle Heroes" and "92 Divine Eagle Heroes".
In the end, if we look at it from the hardware side, the development of film and television dramas is naturally getting better and better, whether it is the location or the service road is incomparable in the past, but some of the more ancient classic dramas are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people even if the hardware is super backward, the reason is that these dramas have done enough in software, that is, "drama".
For more than thirty years, although it has been forgotten by many people, in the author's heart, Andy Lau Chen Yulian's 83rd edition of "Divine Eagle Hero" is still an irreplaceable classic.