E.TAnd Elliott rejoin 40 years after the fact in a commercial sequel

Nostalgia is a hell of a drugIt has the ability to reboot franchises on screens of all shapessizesThe sheer force of well-placed nostalgia can for all intentspurposes move mountainsOr on the other hand, can–at the very least–get everyone in their affections for a minute or twoHolidays are fuel for nostalgiaBig movies like Star Wars come out, playing on their childhood, while Christmas commercials prey on their memories of yesteryearIn any case, people can’t actually accuse the organizations that utilization old characters to sell them new things–it works

Which is the reason everyone is here to concede they are total suckers for this new commercial from XfinityIn addition to the fact that it features characters everyone has knownloved for right around 40 years, however, it additionally reunites them in a really extraordinary mannerObserve, the gathering between E.Tthe Extra-Terrestrialhis dear companion Elliott, with Henry Thomas back as the grown-up form of the darling character

As a matter of first importance, this about the exact opposite last thing everyone expected to wake up to on Thanksgiving morningWhat wonderful astonishmentThe exceptional commercial is designated “A Holiday Reunion”fills in as a kind of mini-sequel of the 1982 Steven Spielberg movie E.Tthe Extra-TerrestrialIn that film, a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) becomes friends with an outsider from a different worldhides him in his rural homeHe calls him E.Tfurthermore, he gradually acquaints him with his family: brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton), sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore),mother Mary (Dee Wallace)

In the long run, the government finds out about E.T’spresence on Earththe little alien escapesflees back to his home worldHis farewell scene with Elliotthis family positions up there as one of the more tear-jerking moments throughout the entire existence of the film“I’ll be right here,” E.Ttells Elliott, placing a finger on the young boy.

In “A Holiday Reunion,” an older E.Treturns to Earthbelieves he’s unearthed Elliott once againIn any case, it’s really Elliott’s children, who look a ton like himGertie as childrenHenry Thomas comes out of his home, excitedly rejoining with his old companion(Who’s chopping onions?) The two interfaces, with E.T., once again invited into Elliott’s homeBe that as it may, precisely like previously, the outsider’s time on Earth is restricted

The commercial is for Xfinity, possessed by Comcast, which additionally claims Universal Pictures–the organization that initially brought us E.TAn abbreviated version showed up on TV, yet the full 4-minute rendition is accessible on the web

“The audience is going to get everything they want out of a sequel without the messy bits that could destroy the beauty of the originalthe special place it has in people’s mindshearts,” Thomas said of the ad, via io9“It’s really a win-win.” Thomas also said that Spielberg was apparently on board for the commercial, “because the integrity of the story isn’t lost in this retelling.”

Toward the day’s end, it might be a corporate-branded method for taking advantage of nostalgia, however, it worksA debt of gratitude is in order for calling home once more, old companion.