Magnolia hates movie bloggers, likes ‘Let the Right One In’ subtitles

IconsOfFright got their hands on an email that was going around Magnolia about the subtitle situation on the ‘Let the Right One In’ dvd’s and lets just say whoever wrote the stuff below isnt very fond of “bloggers”. Going as far as to call us “rowdy” and having “bandwagon mentatlity” seems a bit far fetched just because they decided to change the subtitles   to something they call “a more literal translation”. You can read the email below:

Yes the bloggers are having a field day on this one. Normally they like to pick on the English Dub tracks, but in this case it’s the subtitles. Obviously online tend to get rowdy and bandwagon mentality without knowing all the details. The current subtitle track is not altering the context of the film at all, in fact it’s a more literal translation than any prior version of subtitles. It’s not a defective or faulty subtitle file. Just more literal and larger in size for the small screen. Both English and Spanish subtitle files were produced for this dvd release. Frankly it’s not all that uncommon to have the subs vary from prior releases, typically go unnoticed as subs are purely a translation of film dialogue. This wouldn’t have been a blip had it not been for one particular horror blog doing a side by side and claiming that they are wrong. They are not. We are not doing a recall or anything of that nature, again, these are not defective. 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. We have decided that based on the feedback that we will be making a running change, so that going forward (once inventories deplete), we will be making that subtitle version available. Options in set up will be; English Subtitles / English (theatrical) Subtitles / Spanish Subtitles†

Taking this stance shows very little love for fans of the movie that went out and purchased the dvd. It is not that bloggers jump on something and make it an issue, it is the fact that we are vocal about things we dont like on websites that get read by people. Just because you havent heard alot from the “general public” doesnt mean they didnt notice or didnt care, they might not go as far as we do because we know you read our stuff. Changing the subtitles to a movie to something that isnt really similar at all is almost like releasing a movie with completely different dialogue. Shame on you Magnolia.