Timeline for How smart are Tolkien orcs?
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| Jan 10 at 14:20 | vote | accept | Michael Foster | ||
| Jan 4 at 16:43 | comment | added | Jamie Mann | "Gorbag is hardly a common or garden orc though". I'm not sure this is a valid comment - it's a bit like saying that a common trooper in the US Army is less intelligent than their captain... | |
| Jan 4 at 11:31 | comment | added | Rekesoft | The Uruk-Hai in the two towers seem to behave like pretty much like how human soldiers have traditionally behaved after a victory. See the fate of Armenian prisoners in the last Karabakh war, or Iraqi prisoners at Abu Grahib, German prisoners (and civilians) after the Allies victory in WWII (especially on the Soviet side, but not just there)... it's just Ugluk and Grisnakh keeping discipline (and the fact they're deep inside enemy territory) preventing them to do what soldiers usually do. | |
| Jan 3 at 17:38 | comment | added | Lexible | The kidnappers in The Hobbit also have a sophisticated sense of lyric rhythm. Ho ho, my lad! | |
| Jan 3 at 14:43 | comment | added | Valorum | Gorbag is hardly a common or garden orc though. He's the captain of a mighty army | |
| Jan 3 at 13:38 | history | answered | Michael Foster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |