u/A-Lexxxus

SOLVED: The rights were sold to a different company in Germany to show German team.

It happened several times, that I missed some games I wanted to watch. So today there are still 4 games left, but the WTT page only shows 2 upcoming livestreams. Usually one livestream contains 1 woman match and one man match.

https://www.worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=MTEAM---&selectedTab=Stage%202(KO)&eventId=3216

So this is how the WTT-page looks like in Germany:

Only 2 Streams instead of 4

Hi,

I watched the hobbit trilogy in cinemas back then and I remember being bored and disappointed (and frankly annoyed by the high frame rate). I really loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy (books and films) but i have never read The Hobbit.

(I am sure everybody know already, but there are many fan edits of The Hobbit trilogy that try to be closer to the book and cut out some bloat and fanservice)

I have watched the first 2/3 of the fan-edit by M4 and I have some questions related to inconsitencies that might have been resolved in the original theatrical cut of the films. So instead of watching them again (hell no) I thought there are some fans un this sub that mightbe able to help me. I'm also asking, because I am not yet sure if I can recommend watching the M4-edit (or any fan-edit). I was very tired when I watched it, so it might all be my fault, because I tend to miss details sometimes.

1.) In the film they climb a mountain and Bilbo slips. Thorin helps him up and makes a remark that "Bilbo has been lost since he left the Shire". Shortly after, Bilbo decides to leave the group to head back to Rivendell, because he feels like "he doesn't" belong. Problem: For me there was not enought motivation for Bilbo to leave them. The little altercation when he slipped doesn't count. Bilbo has showed a lot of courage with the big Trolls before, so slipping off a mountain can't be that bad. Question: Were there more scenes in the original movie that explain Bilbos temporary departure? Has there been more conclict between Thorin and Bilbo? Was Bilbo too clumsy in previous scenes that M4 cut out?

2.) This is a big one for me: In the film, Bilbo can see the missing Smaug scale. How does Bard know of the weak spot? In the book a thrush is speaking to him. How did they explain it in the movie? Did M4 edit something out that explains it?

Apart from those two things I kinda enjoyed the M4-edit. I like that it leaves a lot of charme instead of action, like the Shapeshifter scene. Although it also underlines a narrative problem: if you cut out all of the fluff and side quests, it becomes comically obvious how often Gandalf saves their butt: Captured by trolls = Gandalf comes. Captured by goblins = Gandalf comes.