h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Good for you, quit while you're ahead. I think I'll go soon... sooo tired...

I think it might be worth mentioning that in that one battle, Gimli slew 42 goblins!!! (a bit that may be special to certain people on this site specifically)
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That's already been noticed, by the folks over at the 42ism page... but yes, somewhat significant...

it was orcs, not goblins.

Orcs, or Uruk-Hai? Are we talking about Helm's Deep here or not?

i believe it was uruk, although gimli killed quite a few at gondor too.

I was shure that was goblins....
I'm reading all the books again. Just finished the Hobbit yesterday and am beginning the Fellowship today.
Nerd42

Are there goblins in LOTR? And in extended Two Towers legolas says he's killed 42, and Gimli says he's killed 43, and then Legolsas shoots the one Gimli's sitting on and says 43... I'll stop quoting the entire scene now, but stilll...

I think goblins and orcs are really the same thing. In the book of Two Towers, they talk about the guys that killed Boromir as goblins.

Did I mention I want to join?

Nope, whats your U-number, what you think of lotr etc etc

I think that bits great, especially when gimli wiggles the axe and the corpse moves!

yes...

I thoguht the only goblins were the oens in Moria?

Same here. Might be a generic term orc/goblin, even though the races are different. Plus the fact its uruk-hai at helms deep and neither orcs or goblins

Orcs are considered more tribal and nomadic, while goblins are more considered a advanced race of those baddies. Orcs are big and strong but stupid and spread out thin. Although in numbers these baddies can do some serious damage.

Goblins are sorta just like dwarves as in they can make metal and use armor etc....They also live in caves for fear of the sunlight thus why in moria they waited to come out and attack the Dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf in the Hobbit.

Uruk's werent that big in Middle Earth only for a little battle in helms deep and some of the final battle at gondors gates. You have to remember that Saruman bred them to destroy Rohan. He sent some to Saurons forces to show more of his loyalty.

Overall they are all evil. Uruks were the strongest and builker but more stupid and required a educated leader. Orcs were nomadic and lived in tribes until the great war with gondor and Sauron. Goblins were more a advanced race, that lived away in the mountains and just attacked stuff that was more considered a lesser race or people that just stumbled across there path, sorta like protecting ones territory rather than conquer and destroy.

Phew! Knowledge!
-The bit where Gimli wiggles the axe - I thought it was really funny too, I laughed so hard, the only thing is...since when did people in middle earth know the term "nervous system"

Since they named it that. They're not that stupid.

But how would they know about it? We didn't figure it out properly til the 16th, 17th centuries, if memory serves...unless the Elves had really good medical facilities with micrsoscopes and CAT scans and things...

Maybe the wizards figured it out. Maybe some really good elf surgeons did it. Maybe it's just a movie...

when was that?

No, Uruks started to appear in Mordor well before the Nine left Minas Morgul. They're a sort of super-orcs.

U206198 btw.

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I thought the Uruks had the be bred?
Also, you don't have to know about the nervous system to know about twitching!