Hello everyone!
I wanted to ask you all why you think Orcs were not as developed in Tolkien's work. Yesterday, I was discussing with a friend about how the Orcs in the Peter Jackson films do not match the interpretation from the books and we got into a bit of a heated argument. Something that bothered me from the films (take this with a grain of salt because it has been a little while since I've seen the movies), was that the Orcs were much taller than what I pictured in the books. Since Sam and Frodo were able to disguise themselves and successfully pass off as Orcs, Orcs should on average be shorter than men. But in the movies, I recall them standing at least a head taller. However, when I went back into the books, I couldn't find any concrete information on what the Orcs looked like or their height. Why do you think that Tolkien didn't really focus on Orcs? And, if someone were to focus on Orcs, what is the best way to honor Tolkien's mental image of them?
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I also wonder about Elves, based on what you have to say about the height of Orcs. They're supposed to be slightly taller than Men, and Hobbits are much shorter than Men. And Orcs are supposed to be (sometimes, at least) a chaotic/evil reflection of Elves, so why wouldn't they be the same height as them? I wonder about this especially because it's not like in Tolkien's world short=evil.
I think the underdevelopment of Tolkien's Orcs is only obvious because of his extensive development of pretty much every other thing he could possibly think of. Maybe to him the dehumanization of the enemy was ingrained (as a former soldier) and so he didn't spend as much time developing them?
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