In MIB (1997), the aliens in the restaurant originally were of two warring species, and spoke English. Later, the story was changed to them being allies. To avoid a re-shoot the scene was dubbed in a fictional language, so the subtitles could give the new lines

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image showing In MIB (1997), the aliens in the restaurant originally were of two warring species, and spoke English. Later, the story was changed to them being allies. To avoid a re-shoot the scene was dubbed in a fictional language, so the subtitles could give the new lines

noslowsongs on September 29th, 2020 at 12:50 UTC »

This makes the little guy's excitement for pierogies even better.

maggotbrownie on September 29th, 2020 at 13:27 UTC »

You can also see the tall one checking in at customs when J gets a tour of MiB for the first time. He says he's just visiting for lunch.

Snedker23 on September 29th, 2020 at 13:34 UTC »

So does that mean we could know, at least in part, what the original lines were if someone could read their lips?