There's no truly "accurate" depiction of orcs, since Tolkien never really described them in great detail. The only thing that can sorta be gleaned is that orcs generally are comparable in size to dwarves, since Uruk-hai means "Orc-folk" and were more or less concieved to make for a more fearsome enemy in LotR compared to the orcs/goblins of The Hobbit and in Moria. Traditionally, an orc in Tolkien's works are probably more similar to a Goblin in modern fantasy, while Uruk-hai are more similar to the orcs of modern fantasy.
>Orcs were described as smaller in stature than Men on average, strong but crooked in frame and bow-legged. One "huge orc-chieftain" was described as "almost Man-high", but some must have been of a similar size to Hobbits (Frodo and Sam succeeded in disguising themselves as Orcs in Mordor). Their overall appearance varied: they had long arms and fanged mouths; Tolkien describes them as "swart" or "sallow", although one in Mordor is "black-skinned" and others are described generally as "black" (possibly not a reference to skin colour).
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>In a private letter, Tolkien describes orcs as: squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types."
WE DON'T WANNA GO TO WAR TODAY
BUT THE LORD OF THE LASH SAYS NAY NAY NAY!
why were they so reluctant?
Orcs are like 3 feet tall. I wouldn’t want to fight an army of dudes twice my size either.
Is this how the orcs looked in the books?
There's no truly "accurate" depiction of orcs, since Tolkien never really described them in great detail. The only thing that can sorta be gleaned is that orcs generally are comparable in size to dwarves, since Uruk-hai means "Orc-folk" and were more or less concieved to make for a more fearsome enemy in LotR compared to the orcs/goblins of The Hobbit and in Moria. Traditionally, an orc in Tolkien's works are probably more similar to a Goblin in modern fantasy, while Uruk-hai are more similar to the orcs of modern fantasy.
>Orcs were described as smaller in stature than Men on average, strong but crooked in frame and bow-legged. One "huge orc-chieftain" was described as "almost Man-high", but some must have been of a similar size to Hobbits (Frodo and Sam succeeded in disguising themselves as Orcs in Mordor). Their overall appearance varied: they had long arms and fanged mouths; Tolkien describes them as "swart" or "sallow", although one in Mordor is "black-skinned" and others are described generally as "black" (possibly not a reference to skin colour).
Tolkien Gateway
>In a private letter, Tolkien describes orcs as: squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types."
WE'RE GONNA MARCH ALL DAY
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
WHERE THERE'S A WHIP THERE'S A WAY
LEFT RIGHT
LEFT RIGHT
LEFT RIGHT
WHERE THERE'S A WHIP, THERE'S A WAY
Great rendition.
While I find the Bakshi and Rankin Bass LOTR movies pretty awful I will say both had killer soundtracks.
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I like them for what they are. Especially the RB Hobbit one. The Glenn Yarbough is so romantic and nostalgic.
The Hobbit was a mire appropriate film for Rankin Bass to cover and it succeeds where RotK fails. Bakshi's film is just a mess.
I agree. The Hobbit works because it's much more of a quaint fairy-tale obviously.
the animated hobbit is indescribably comfy watch it right now
Agreed
Yeah. It's my favorite version of Lord of the rings. Moreso than the bakshi cartoon as well