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Originally Posted by Farael
Good points about the orcs and fire. Now that I think about it, fire in the movie can associated with burning down, torching, destroying, blowing up.... and all those 'qualities' go along with 'orcs'.
Yet there is one instance in which fire can be associated with "protection". Namely, when Aragorn fights the Nazghul off. He uses fire to hurt them, and in the books we hear that they don't really like fire.
Maybe "fire" in the movie is not necessarily an orc thing, but rather a fighting device.
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My point is that, in the film and maybe even in the books, fire is used by the enemy for evil purposes, like the fire that the Morians use cut off the escape of the FotR. I still think that the only reason that these orcs have to build a fire is to kill trees. And think even about that. You've been running a good ways across ME. Your leader orders you to get a fire going. Why not pick up all of the dead wood and start a fire that way? Why use green wood, which is much harder to get and to kindle? Are the orcs that desperate to get a tan?
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Also, about the different kinds of orcs, I see what you mean... but in the movie we don't have any clues about a third group of orcs, so maybe it's just a pale mordorian orc with a very nasal voice? Yet your guess is as good as mine... but I'm willing to give PJ a break on this one.
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I'm glad that PJ included the different tribes, right from the books, and I quibble regarding the three tribes not 'running,' as the bigger issue still is the direction that the orcs are running, which should be southeast.