Uruk Hai

Agburanar · 03-22-2002, 06:46 AM

No 'S' runes on the helmets in the film, I played the newest LOTR board game with it's expension yesterday and John Howe's Uruk Hai in that didn't have 'S' runes either, is that just a characteristic of his work that he missed that bit of the story? Ought to be more careful John...

Wayfarer · 03-22-2002, 03:55 PM

Ahh!

Kill him! Beat Him! Bite him! Lock him away and never let him see the light of day.

***Earniel*** · 03-22-2002, 04:54 PM

Maybe no 'S'rune, but they did wear the sign of the white hand. At least that's something.

Elf Girl · 03-25-2002, 03:03 PM

But I don't think the White Hand was on their faces in the books, was it?

aldesign · 03-25-2002, 06:54 PM

the faces thing was a braveheart copy, for effect and War like behavour.

andy

***Earniel*** · 03-29-2002, 12:56 PM

Oh really? And me thinking he was being original.....

***Khamûl*** · 03-31-2002, 01:16 AM

When Lurtz was running through the forest and he looked sideways at Legolas on the river, I had a flashback to Last of the Mohicans. Just the way they portrayed him running reminded me of Hawkeye.

I wonder if in TTT, if the Uruk-Hai will have the white hand on their face or the 'S' rune. They must have something to distinguish them from the orcs of Mordor. Maybe the Mordor orcs will have the Lidless Eye on their helmets or shields or something.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-31-2002, 01:28 AM

I'm thinking lidless eye vs. white hand in TTT. That would work, lack of an 'S' rune is fine by me, it's not like it's a major plot change or anything!

Lightice · 03-31-2002, 08:55 AM

Two things that I'm fearing in following films: That orc-trip of Merry and Pippin is left into few carrying moments and orcs of Mordor are completely forgotten (at least they weren't among the attackers) and that Saruman and Sauron have only orcs in their troops, becouse Jackson fears racism accuses.
Well, I hope, that my fears are proved wrong.

***Khamûl*** · 03-31-2002, 06:35 PM

I guess for people who haven't read the book, they might think that 'S' might be for Saruman or Sauron. I personally don't think that it really matters. I'm not that nitpicky.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-31-2002, 06:39 PM

Well, if someone were nitpicky enough to be mad about the lack of an 'S' rune, then I cringe to think what they would be saying about all the other changes they're putting in!

Lightice · 04-01-2002, 06:27 AM

I somewhat doubt, that people who haven't read the book could recognise the S-rune as S.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 04-02-2002, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lightice
I somewhat doubt, that people who haven't read the book could recognise the S-rune as S.

Or even some who have

Agburanar · 04-02-2002, 03:10 PM

An S rune looks like this <. Somebody who was claming to make a film of the books should know it well enough to get the details right, especially the ones that are easy to get right. Alas for poor directorship and decision-making.

03-22-2002, 06:46 AM	#1
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	Uruk Hai No 'S' runes on the helmets in the film, I played the newest LOTR board game with it's expension yesterday and John Howe's Uruk Hai in that didn't have 'S' runes either, is that just a characteristic of his work that he missed that bit of the story? Ought to be more careful John... __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

03-22-2002, 03:55 PM	#2
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Ahh! Kill him! Beat Him! Bite him! Lock him away and never let him see the light of day. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

03-22-2002, 04:54 PM	#3
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Maybe no 'S'rune, but they did wear the sign of the white hand. At least that's something. __________________ We are not things.

03-25-2002, 03:03 PM	#4
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	But I don't think the White Hand was on their faces in the books, was it? __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-25-2002, 06:54 PM	#5
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	the faces thing was a braveheart copy, for effect and War like behavour. andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

03-29-2002, 12:56 PM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oh really? And me thinking he was being original..... __________________ We are not things.

03-31-2002, 01:16 AM	#7
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	When Lurtz was running through the forest and he looked sideways at Legolas on the river, I had a flashback to Last of the Mohicans. Just the way they portrayed him running reminded me of Hawkeye. I wonder if in TTT, if the Uruk-Hai will have the white hand on their face or the 'S' rune. They must have something to distinguish them from the orcs of Mordor. Maybe the Mordor orcs will have the Lidless Eye on their helmets or shields or something. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

03-31-2002, 01:28 AM	#8
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I'm thinking lidless eye vs. white hand in TTT. That would work, lack of an 'S' rune is fine by me, it's not like it's a major plot change or anything! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-31-2002, 08:55 AM	#9
Lightice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 192	Two things that I'm fearing in following films: That orc-trip of Merry and Pippin is left into few carrying moments and orcs of Mordor are completely forgotten (at least they weren't among the attackers) and that Saruman and Sauron have only orcs in their troops, becouse Jackson fears racism accuses. Well, I hope, that my fears are proved wrong.

03-31-2002, 06:35 PM	#10
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I guess for people who haven't read the book, they might think that 'S' might be for Saruman or Sauron. I personally don't think that it really matters. I'm not that nitpicky. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

03-31-2002, 06:39 PM	#11
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Well, if someone were nitpicky enough to be mad about the lack of an 'S' rune, then I cringe to think what they would be saying about all the other changes they're putting in! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

04-01-2002, 06:27 AM	#12
Lightice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 192	I somewhat doubt, that people who haven't read the book could recognise the S-rune as S.

04-02-2002, 03:10 PM	#14
Agburanar Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dorset Posts: 608	An S rune looks like this <. Somebody who was claming to make a film of the books should know it well enough to get the details right, especially the ones that are easy to get right. Alas for poor directorship and decision-making. __________________ I would wish, were it to any avail, that the LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS had never been wrought. ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE ROLLING STOCK!!

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