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A question regarding orcs
where they weak to sunlight?I always thought they where and thats why the Uraki where created.Am I right or wrong?
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Jun 2nd, 2005 11:57 PM
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I'm not entirely sure ... they're deffinately not in the films, I always though the Urukhai were created beause they were better fighters ...
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Jun 3rd, 2005 07:45 AM
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I know middle earth for dummies says they where,but other than that,i'm not sure
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Jun 3rd, 2005 02:23 PM
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i'd always thought orcs hated sunlight
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Jun 3rd, 2005 05:07 PM
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wasn't it just the goblins that hated light?
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Jun 3rd, 2005 05:16 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by xXLauriëXx
i'd always thought orcs hated sunlight
quote: (post ) Originally posted by LandoSpeeder2
wasn't it just the goblins that hated light?
The words 'goblin' and 'orcs' can be used alternatively. There was supposed to be a small difference in definition, but it just... got lost.
And, yes, they do hate sunlight and are weak to it - what you said in the beginning, Mr. Smiley, was how they showed it in the films, though that isn't completely correct as it wasn't Saruman who just 'created' the Uruk-hai; they were more or less 'immune' against sunlight though, that's true.
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Jun 3rd, 2005 05:52 PM
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One of the things that bothered me about the films was how they made it out to seem that Saruman created the Uruk-hai, when there are references throughout one, or two of the books recalling the "black Uruks of Mordor", or something of the like....
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Jun 3rd, 2005 06:17 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by DCLXVI
One of the things that bothered me about the films was how they made it out to seem that Saruman created the Uruk-hai, when there are references throughout one, or two of the books recalling the "black Uruks of Mordor", or something of the like....
Yes, it was Sauron who created them, some centuries earlier... they were responsible for one of the first attacks on Osgiliath as far as I remember, that was in... 2475 TA? That's more than 500 years before the War of the Ring
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Jun 3rd, 2005 06:24 PM
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Uh....exactly.
*Puts on hick-accent:*
Yeah, I loves them Mordor Orcs....
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Jun 3rd, 2005 06:41 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by mr.smiley
I know middle earth for dummies says they where,but other than that,i'm not sure
That book, has a lot of the author's own oppinion in it...and I don't think a lot of it is true to Tolkien. He just has a lot of ideas that's all.
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Jun 3rd, 2005 06:52 PM
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Is their any definate proof they where weak too it?Like within the book?
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Jun 3rd, 2005 07:40 PM
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Tolkien for example mentions it when the Fellowship leaves Moria I think they also used that in the film.
What sort of 'proof' are you looking for? A quote or what?
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Jun 3rd, 2005 07:52 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by mr.smiley
I know middle earth for dummies says they where,but other than that,i'm not sure
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Smodden
That book, has a lot of the author's own oppinion in it...and I don't think a lot of it is true to Tolkien. He just has a lot of ideas that's all.
yeah.. we should get exa to rewrite a proper version
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Jun 3rd, 2005 07:59 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by Exabyte
Tolkien for example mentions it when the Fellowship leaves Moria I think they also used that in the film.
What sort of 'proof' are you looking for? A quote or what?
Kind of,but what you said helps a lot.
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Jun 3rd, 2005 08:56 PM
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The only quote from the book I remember atm is when Aragorn says "The Orcs will not come out till after dusk, but we must be far away before nightfall" - I can't find the passage though where he directly states how the orcs hate sunlight.
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Jun 3rd, 2005 09:39 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by xXLauriëXx
yeah.. we should get exa to rewrite a proper version
but get some one to dumb it down....most of the time i hardly understand what Exa says
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Jun 3rd, 2005 09:53 PM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by xXLauriëXx
yeah.. we should get exa to rewrite a proper version
Oh yes, terrific idea....
"Exa's guide to Middle Earth"
Number 1 bestseller....
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Jun 4th, 2005 12:11 AM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by mr.smiley
I know middle earth for dummies says they where,but other than that,i'm not sure
is there really a book called "Middle Earth for Dummies" ??
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Jun 4th, 2005 12:34 AM
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Yes...and I own a copy.
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Jun 4th, 2005 02:34 AM
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oh my! ... I might go buy a copy ...
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