The four famous TV dramas filmed in the 1980s and 1990s have been popular on the website again recently.

Why do young people like to get together and watch old shows at Station B?

  ■Reporter Wei Zhong

  Station B (abbreviation of Bilibili) recently listed four famous TV dramas filmed in the 1980s and 1990s, which have been popular among users. Among them, the 1994 version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has so far surpassed 17 million views. Why did the young audience at station B break the "generation gap" and pursue classic TV shows older than their own? This interesting cultural phenomenon has attracted the attention of some scholars. Sun Jiashan, a scholar at the China Academy of Art, believes: "Young people reinterpret the four famous TV dramas in the form of barrage. Study the young man’s online language."

More than 580,000 followers and 820,000 barrage shows that young audiences embrace classics

  "I have never seen such a brazen person"-the line in the 1994 version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" became a secret code for many B station users to identify each other. In the TV series, Zhuge Liang's material that scolded Wang Lang before the battle was reinterpreted by the UP masters into rap battle, transposition and other forms of works for many years, which brought happy time to countless B station users. Therefore, when the 1994 version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was released, a large number of users on station B directly "airborne" to "punch" at 35 minutes and 50 seconds in episode 69, and the screen was strictly covered by "my youth is back" and other bullets. Yan Shishi.

  However, compared with more than 17 million views, there are two numbers that are more worthy of attention: more than 580,000 followers and more than 820,000 barrages-this shows that the audience of station B is not left after finishing the card. Instead, stay and follow the plot seriously. At the same time, the 1986 edition of "Journey to the West", the 1987 edition of "Dream of Red Mansions" and the 1998 edition of "Water Margin" have accumulated more than 20 million views. The enthusiasm of the audience of station B for classic TV series is not a separate phenomenon of individual TV series.

  According to Chen Rui, Chairman and CEO of Station B, the average user age of Station B is around 21 years old. What made young people get together and watch classic TV shows older than themselves on Station B? On the one hand, there are indeed sentiment factors, and childhood-related memories resonate with them. Words such as "childhood memories" and "classic works" often appear in the barrage, and there is more or less an "archaeological" mentality; In terms of quality, these classic works themselves are excellent, so they have become a large number of secondary processing creative materials for B station UP masters. In addition to background story explanations, soundtrack appreciation, historical and cultural tracing, etc., there are also a large number of popular ghost and animal videos on B station and "Famous Scene".

  Li Qiang, Ph.D. in the Chinese Department of Peking University who studies Internet culture, believes: "The second creation or reprocessing of this classic film and television drama on Station B is so popular, reflecting the strong sense of participation of young people, that is,'I want to participate, I want to produce, I want to express'." In fact, after the baptism of a large number of ghost and animal videos, the users of station B also had a strong desire to discuss the original work.

Interpretation of new words derived from games, secondary elements, social media, etc.

  The classic TV series filmed more than thirty years ago was once a favorite of parents and even grandparents, but the young people on Station B reinterpreted them with a barrage. As Sun Jiashan said: "The classic TV dramas have an open character. Although people in different generations share the same version, the way of entry and the perspective of thinking are different."

  Watching film and television works at station B, if you turn off the barrage, you may lose half of the fun. For example, when Zhang Fei beat the drums to help out, the barrage floated past "Taiko Masters Going Online". When Guan Yu heard Liu Bei’s news and quit to Cao Cao, the barrage drifted past “Guan Yu is an SSR that Cao Cao can never get”; another barrage said in Guan Yu’s tone: “Although you buy me skin and mounts, But I still like Liu Bei." When Lin Daiyu in "Dream of Red Mansions" appeared on the screen, "Lin Yizhuo was about to open" floated on the barrage; and when she "suggested" Jia Baoyu sourly, the barrage commented, "Couple has moved. Strike fatal".

  "Taiko Daren" is a popular video game, "SSR" is a very rare card classification in card games, and "Lin Yui" means that Daiyu is very straightforward and speaks directly... These network terms and The "stalk" is the secret code that identifies each other's identity in the eyes of the users of station B. Compared with the early ghost and beast videos, today's barrage texts use the young people's own language symbols to interpret the classics, and form a community-based communication and thinking. Some experts believe that it is precisely because of this variety of interpretations of different generations, different ages, and different cultural backgrounds that classic movies and television works have the vitality of crossing the times.

Deciphering the "secret language", the film and television creator establishes a connection with the young people's aesthetic psychology

  Interesting comments on the plots and characters of classic classics using concepts such as games and secondary elements have caused collective resonance and even carnival, opening up a fresh entrance to classic works for more netizen audiences. "Net-generation" audiences "get together" to watch dramas through the barrage culture. In addition to commenting on "hahahaha" for the gods flashing on the barrage, they also developed more interest and thinking about the classic itself.

  Taking only the movie review area of ​​the TV series "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as an example, there are currently more than 3,000 reviews, including in-depth analysis of thousands of words. For example, an article about Zhu Geliang’s character review is more than 12,000 words, using the writing format of the paper, and six formal academic papers are attached as references at the end of the article. The article comprehensively combs Zhuge Liang from the angles of character life, miscellaneous talks, related poems and so on. There are also articles that interpret the opening and ending songs of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms from the perspective of ancient poetry analysis. There is also an article introducing some "cold knowledge" in the 1994 TV series of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the process of going overseas. For example, the characters in the play are imitated by a large number of Japanese games, and the Magic games that are popular in Europe and America include Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Yuan Shao and other characters cards.

  The barrage attracts the audience, and after the audience has formed their hobbies, they have a desire for deeper learning. This positive incentive phenomenon is also attracting the attention of more scholars and creators. Zhang Xianmin, a professor in the literature department of the Beijing Film Academy, pointed out that the relationship between the barrage and the video, and the relationship between the barrage entries are highly analyzable, and "honestly and transparently reflect the collective psychology of a certain group of people." In fact, in recent years, many film and television drama creators have also paid more and more attention to the barrage culture, through the study of barrage to find and master the "secret language" and "psychic code" of young people, eager to establish the aesthetic psychology with young people the relationship between.