The Rings Of Power’s Orcs Should Speak English
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is starting to release more and more details about its first season after leaving fans fighting over scraps for months. We dissected every moment of the first action-packed trailer, analysed off-hand comments from the showrunners about the line of Durin and the show’s time compression, and wistfully whiled away the hours wondering if they’ll include Numenor’s canonical flying ships. Some high-profile Tolkienists have also seen sneak peeks at what we’ve got in store.
What has caused the most discussion, however, is the characters. Many people don’t like the fact that the Elves have short hair (despite the fact that only Cirdan canonically has long hair in the books) and some people don’t like the idea of people of colour being included in this fantasy world. The former group have watched the Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens trilogy more than they have read the books (that’s okay), and the latter group are plain old racist (that’s not). The latest characters to be revealed, however, have pretty much united the fandom.
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The Rings of Power will have Orcs, and they’re different to any we’ve seen before. They’re relatively smooth and have a youthful look about them, which Jamie Wilson, head of The Rings of Power’s prosthetic department, tells IGN is a deliberate choice.
“If you go to past films about them, you'll see them and they're quite battle damaged and scarred and all that kind, because there's been lots more battles,” he explains, clearly referencing the deep wounds and rugged features portrayed in the Jackson film trilogy. “[The Rings of Power] is kind of before the next range of big battles. So there's a lot more
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