[John Farson]

Was that your theory? I used it to convince my doubtful peers about the movie. They seemed to think the orcs died to easily. (...that, and the Fellowship is comprised of elite fighters and an Istari.)

[carton253]

No... that wasn't my theory. I didn't care if the orcs died to easily or not, as long as they died. I'm a very simple thinker. Aragorn is handsome, and he kills orcs... cool!

[carton253]

I believe the theory belonged to Hairofthedog!

[HairOfTheDog]

John, Carton was just saying "Mine" about the precious she almost got, but lost! It is a Hobbit Hole psychosis...

Orcs not having a will to live is an interesting angle I hadn't considered. I answered the same question by saying orcs were just not all that bright. They were kinda big dumb thugs without a lot of intelligence... But they could easily be completely without hope or will to live also.

G'nad... I do see Lurtz as being more "alive" than the other orcs. Especially after the knife licking, which I still think is absolutely gross. More like a man, perhaps. ;~D