Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26172435-20160330122846/@comment-27810594-20160403131232

The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote: The LOTRGuy, you couldn't be farther from the truth... Most people have watched the movies, not the books. Why do you think so many FAQ violating suggestions ask for things from the movies?

Anyway, on the subject, my theory for Orcs in the movies is that everything is somewhat normal until the Orcs/Uruks are actually born, and then they are placed in the mud to develop more quickly without harming the birth mother, in order to ensure she can provide more Orcs for the army. My support from the LOTR films (not The Hobbit) is that I recall someone saying that Saruman had crossed Orcs with Goblin men, something impossible to accomplish if you simply grow them out of the mud. I just assumed because lots of people I know only read the books.