[HCIsland]

I find the looks of the Uruks to be fine, but I agree this can't be how Tolkien envisioned them being created. In fact, he was very specific that Eru was the only one that could create life, so Saruman seemingly creating these things out of the muck could be argued to be the biggest contradiction to the Tolkien universe. Far bigger than any plot or character changes.<P>Having said that, it's an effective image and perhaps the blasphemy of it underscores Saruman's evil even more. I agree with Liriodendron, my imagination as to how Saruman breed humans and orcs is far worse than what PJ concocted and is better left unsaid.<P>H.C.