Christmas Television 2011: Discussion of presentation and programming - Page 4

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bilky asko 7 November 2011 3:19am

dbl posted:

Jonny posted:

Meh, feels a bit poor man's John Lewis

THIS! Just completely underwhelming.

You expect something a bit less mushy and a bit more up-tempo from M&S. It's just a bit naff.

JA

JAS84 7 November 2011 9:03am

fanoftv posted:

Going back to Christmas Adverts for a moment, M&S launched theirs tonight during the X Factor featuring the X Factor finalists. I'm not sure if this is some sort of deal for them providing the competition prizes this series, but I'm not sure if it's been done previously. The song, a re working of 'When you wish upon a star' is stung by the contestants, and sounds very good in my opinion. I doubt it'll be this years charity single because of the link with the commercial, but I hope that there's some sort of release.

It is the charity single, but the released version will have JLS and One Direction alongside the current contestants.

JO

Jonny 7 November 2011 3:36pm

dbl posted:

Jonny posted:

Meh, feels a bit poor man's John Lewis

THIS! Just completely underwhelming.

It gets worse on repeated viewing. Yuck.

The decision to end with a shot of a singular contestant as opposed to the ensemble is an odd one, unless they plan to edit it accordingly week by week.

Otherwise, that's going to be one deliciously ironic juxtaposition of "may all your Christmas dreams come true" if/when the lass at the end gets bumped off!

EJ

EJNutz 7 November 2011 5:15pm

JAS84 posted:

fanoftv posted:

Going back to Christmas Adverts for a moment, M&S launched theirs tonight during the X Factor featuring the X Factor finalists. I'm not sure if this is some sort of deal for them providing the competition prizes this series, but I'm not sure if it's been done previously. The song, a re working of 'When you wish upon a star' is stung by the contestants, and sounds very good in my opinion. I doubt it'll be this years charity single because of the link with the commercial, but I hope that there's some sort of release.

It is the charity single, but the released version will have JLS and One Direction alongside the current contestants.

The charity song is Wishing on a Star first recorded by Rose Royce. The advert is using the Disney song.

RE

remlap 8 November 2011 4:18am