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Netflix Removes Star Trek III to Fix the Klingon and Vulcan Subtitles

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Apparently, Netflix pulled Star Trek III: The Search for Spock from its instant streaming service. The company has had much criticism over errors in the way it’s streaming movies, especially the subtitles. Specifically, they pulled The Search for Spock to correct the Vulcan and Klingon subtitles.
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Apparently, the film had been streaming with English dubbing over the alien languages, but the service will reinstate the original audio and supplement it with English subtitles. But not the ones from the original DVDs – Netflix will use their own subtitles instead, ensuring the accuracy of the Klingon-to-English and Vulcan-to-English translations. I think they must be finished correcting them already, because I am able to pull up the movie on Netflix, though I don’t have the time to watch it right now.

This seems pretty stupid. The subtitles are already on the DVDs. I guess the folks at Netflix have some spare time on their hands.

[via THR via Flavorwire]

Vulcan Ale: Brewed with Cold Hard Logic

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Little known Star Trek fact. Spock finds human beer highly illogical and prefers his native Vulcan Ale. Now humans will get a chance to discover Spock’s favorite beverage. On May 1, Vulcan Ale, which is brewed as an Irish red ale, will hit store shelves.


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Sadly, Vulcan Ale will only be available in Canada, which is highly illogical. And that doesn’t make sense when it comes to a Vulcan Ale. I guess when cold Vulcan logic meets real-world human borders, there have to be some compromises.

The ale is a specialty brew created specifically for Vulcan Alberta’s 2013 centennial celebrations. Drink long and prosper. Always drink responsibly. Do not get intoxicated and drive a Starship.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

Vulcan in the Lead to Become the Name One of Pluto’s Moons, Spock Approves

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Pluto may not be an official planet any more, but that hasn’t stopped space geeks from being excited over the recent discovery of several new moons orbiting the former planet. As for the discovery of the new moons, scientists reached out to space fans to ask them to help pick a name for the moons. William Shatner of Star Trek fame suggested Vulcan, after the homeland of his friend and Science Officer, Spock.

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Vulcan is one of 21 names in the running in an online poll organized by the SETI Institute, where a team of astronomers discovered the moons. Vulcan was by far the most popular name receiving more than 170,000 votes out of the 450,000+ which have been cast.

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The moons the astronomers are trying to name were previously known as P4 and P5. The moons are very small and only 15 to 20 miles wide. P4 was discovered in 2011 and P5 was discovered in 2012. The three other moons of Pluto are called Charon, Nix, and Hydra. Voting for the name of the moons ended earlier today, and now the names are in the hands of the International Astronomical Union for final consideration.

[via Reuters]