De-aged Elton John for Christmas gets some likes and some hates

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/10/elton-john-for-christmas-gets.html

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“Saturday nights all right with me”

EJ

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Yeah, I’m not sure why this would get any hate, assuming you take this for what it is…

That said, stylistically, it made me dizzy as the first 1:40 or just spun all the shots around. I would’ve found another, less annoying way to convey the message (which is pleasant enough).

/shrug

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Aw, I don’t get the hate either, that’s an exceptional commercial. I’m not even a big fan of :star_struck: and it still hits a great emotional note without being saccharine.

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John Lewis are also a workers co-operative, which is why they have Partners in their name.

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Is it because the gays aren’t allowed to Christmas? What with their worshipping Satan and all?

That’s what it would be in the US.

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i loved this commercial – it seriously brought tears to my eyes. but then again i’m a known softie. what sort of grinch could hate on this commercial? it’s so well done, and the message is solid.

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Maybe Luton FC supporters? (Traditional rivals of Watford, EJ’s football club.)

It is hard to beat last year’s Christmas ad from German grocer Edeka:

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Is this hate Rocketman-related?

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I’m not sure but John Lewis makes a commercial like this every year, it’s a tradition and like all traditions some people can’t stand them.

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Yes, but Trump is involved in the Rocketman topic.

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Luxury.
In them days, we’d a’ been glad to have a pair of rubber bands, some thumbtacks and an end of a plank.

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When did your village stop strapping the kid to the plank at Christmas?

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What do you mean, “stop” ?

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I knew Scarfolk was too accurate to be fiction!

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Tears. I, too, don’t get the hate.

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The answer is but a bing away…

a) not Xmas-y enough, and

b) John Lewis got played to shill for EJ’s upcoming biopic, making it…

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Who knows?
How about we switch to Froot Loops to be on the safe side.

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