Seriously, that could pretty much (and has) shoot down any argument over an "alternate" translation or as Andrew mentioned a more "literal" translation.

Also the film was well loved during it's release and I still feel that many would've picked up on the subtitle differences immediately.

Here's a fake letter I wrote a few days ago for another site. Reading a similar one a few pages back encouraged me to post it here. I haven't even bought the movie but it was fun to write. I will purchase the updated one, however. Feel free to send it haha.

Gentlemen and Scholars,

I would like to thank you on your recent release of "Let The Right One In". As I understand, there are disgruntled idiots out there that are dissatisfied with the subtitles that you used for your release. I, for one, am glad that you put these anal retentive aficionados in their place. If they want to watch the movie with the "original" subtitles, they can easily find the movie on a bit torrent site for free. Myself, on the other hand, enjoyed the newer subtitles because reading them didn't make my brain hurt. As an added plus, it was like watching a whole new movie! Why would I want to spend $20 on a movie that I already saw? The new subtitles really bring an American flair that makes the movie seem more original than ever before. It's too bad others are too stubborn to see this and I'm glad to see that their foreign-loving cries are falling on deaf ears. The only complaint I have is that the title of the movie should have also reflected the newer, much improved, subtitles. What the heck does "Let The Right One In" mean anyway? Better titles would have been "Come On In" "Welcome, If You're The Right One" or simply "Hey".

Anyways, good luck in your future endeavors. I'm really hoping you can grab the rights to some other foreign films and make them easier to understand for people like me. Thanks!

^ something tells me the idiots at Magnolia aren't going to get it.

Wow. Just wow. That letter from Magnolia is seriously jacked. Those "bloggers" are most of the people who bought this title on Day One, and without us they wouldn't have gotten most of their sales. I'm planning to burn my copy and send it to Magnolia in a box filled with feces.

I was thinking of sending an email that said something like:

"Thank you for doing the exchange program, I'm so happy. This is the correct address to mail the disk too, right? [insert magnolia's address here] I hope so, because I mailed it out earlier today."

I think it is customary for retailers to return products returned to them as defective to the vendor for credit. This would stick it to Magnolia directly, which is why I went that route instead of selling it off. My guess is Magnolia won't refuse crediting Amazon given how big they are - they can't risk alienating that outlet for their product.

I don't know if you guys saw this, but Andrew Frank of Mongrel already responded to the person that received the e-mail I posted.

First the person replied to him.

And then, Mr. Frank replied with

So at this time, it is unsure, maybe Mongrel will be nice enough to offer exchanges (Doubtful), but at least he recognizes that is not how someone should speak to their customers.

Andrew may have not been aware of Magnolia's decision to release another DVD down the road, but Mongrel Media was.

I contacted Mary Harmer, Manager of Production, Home Entertainment about this on March 24 and updated her with what Magnolia is doing about it.

Her initial reply:

At least she knew about Magnolia's plans as of last week.

Wow, I am responding alot in this thread.

It's funny that they didn't let the Andrew know that...

I just decided to fire off another email to magnolia...I have it saved as a draft though, I'm debating if I should send it or not.

hahaha..damn. I bet it is atrocious. I hate dub tracks....loath.....like Nazi hate of them.

They are releasing Timecrimes today.

I wonder if they screwed those subtiltes up as well?

When do we the reissue of the DVD? I'd like to buy it whenever possible....

hmm, has anyone actually seen the dvd? It looks interlaced and has pixellation issues (see start of chapter 5 for instance). Take it none of those are going to be addressed in the reissue?

I thought the BD looked pretty solid

powerdvd shows combing, looks ok on hdtv though. pixellation is definitely there every now and then. chap 5 start is a good example, screen breaks up for less than a second but you can see it.

"Title came out two weeks ago and general public don’t notice and don’t care – bloggers are well known for jumping on something, making an issue of it and moving on."

If they really felt that so few people cared about it why not just exchange those couple of peoples disks to make them shut up?

I haven't bought this yet but now I am going to wait for it to be released in another region.

I'm sorry if I give a damn about what the director brought up to the screen not being translated well. Their issue with the subtitles totally make the film a much different creature. Yeah, the general meaning is there..but there was a lot of stuff that was small with great detail that totally created a great world for the film. The current subs totally made the film like a vampire flick that tried to be artsy but just was weak in it's depth.

It's sad that Magnolia hasn't responded to our e-mails or the numerous comments on the tons of blogs and websites that picked them up.

Good to know that Magnolia won't see another dollar from me; but at least a thank you for The Signal on Blu-ray.

It looked fine to me using WinDVD as well.

Well, I'm just glad I caught this film in a movie theater. One more reason why it's not always worth waiting for a movie to come out on DVD to see it.

So now we have to wait for the Criterion release with "improved subtitle translation" a decade from now, give or take... if they're still even making DVDs or Blu-Ray discs then.

Well, magnolia IS fixing the subtitle issue, but they're NOT offering a replacement if you already purchased it. As I said somewhere, either in the BD thread or in here, once the subtitles are corrected I'll probably import it from Canada instead of giving magnolia more money.

So still no word on when the fix is in?

Just received this response from Magnolia. No surprise, really...

Why do they insist on describing their subtitle translation as "literal"? How can completely leaving some sentences untranslated be considered literal? It's insult upon insult with these assheads.

These people are idiots. Literal my ass...