These are Uruk-Hai

Their armor is thicc, and their shields broad.

[greyowlaudio]

Fun fact: a hobbit can throw a rock at speeds of up to 1700mph. This is both canon and cannon.

[vladimir]

Actually a hobbit is as good with a rock as an elve with a bow.

[VikingrJesus]

"Their armour is weakest...at the neck and under the arm."

Hobbits: "Well we have some skills at conkers, if you must know."

[JonatasMonte]

They're not wearing armor on Amon-Hen. They're mostly on leather to make them faster to catch the fellowship.
The ones attacking Helm's Deep are armored.

[mmkyle]

Lorewise, Hobbits are naturally gifted marksman. Most defend the shire by throwing rocks at predators who prowl the borders.

[lewisirwin]

Reminder that a Hobbit invented golf by _literally clubbing an orc's head from his shoulders._
THIS IS CANON.

[TheAnhedonicOne]

"You have my sword."
"And you have my bow."
"And my axe."
"And my pebble!"
"Mine too!"

[gabrielgerman]

Now imagine an army of hobbits throwing rocks in the battle of Helm's Deep.

[emissaryofthecows]

Teach the hobbits to use throwing knives and the trilogy would be over in 10 minutes

[jeqk]

Viggo: You should say that before i kick a uruk helmet

[nipoone]

Technically, the Uruk-hai at the Hornburg are wearing chainmail and steel plate while the ones at Amon Hen are wearing mostly leather.

[NamelocTheBard]

Unrelated maybe, but I really enjoyed the vast differences in the Orcs portrayed in The Fellowship of the Ring. The Mordor orcs (in the intro and a few scenes in Isengard) are portrayed as weak, uncoordinated, and unsophisticated, like they are in later films and are considered the "standard". The "goblins", due to their long isolation from a proper ruling power, have developed unique physical traits, tactics, and arms, but are by far the weakest orcs. The Uruks of Isengard are divided into two classes: the weaker and unrefined "first-gen" uruks that likely failed to meet Saruman's standards (and thus weaker than the uruk-hai at Helms Deep), and Lurtz, an exceptional Uruk that is arguably stronger than any uruk before and after him.

[-bubby]

It's actually insane to think these came out 20 years ago... The remasters look like they could have been made recently. So glad I got to see such history at the cinema, one of the most brilliant adaptations there has ever been

[frsd]

“I can take those runts down, easy.”

“These aren’t ordinary runts. These are HOBBITS. They can take down Uruk-hai.”

[Cross-xmfr]

It took hundreds of them to kill one boromir

[vurrunna]

Fun Fact: In the books, Goblin, Orc, and Uruk-Hai all mean the same thing. Goblin is the general English term, which serves as a stand-in for what the Hobbits would use. Orc is derived from the Elvish term, "Orch." Lastly, Uruk-Hai is the Orcs' own term, literally meaning "Orc-Folk." As I recall, it was primarily used in one scene, in the confrontation between the "Uruk-Hai" and the Mordor Orcs over what to do with Merry and Pippin--the Uruk-Hai leader says "we are the fighting Uruk-Hai, " which basically meant "We're the superior orc warriors, while you're just rabble." Meanwhile, in an earlier scene (when Aragorn finds the battlefield where Boromir died protecting Merry and Pippin), the Uruk-Hai are referred to as goblins with a white hand planted on their armor. The whole delineation between these three different groups--Goblin, Orc, and Uruk-Hai--is mostly a product of the films, where they made a distinction between the three to help viewers identify what was going on--it's easier to tell apart all the different factions of orcs if they all have their own names, after all.

[GhostLink]

"Back in my day, we didn't have no fancy schmancy tanks! We had sticks! Two sticks and a rock for a whole platoon. And we had to *share* the rock!"

[jackalhead]

"These are not your average rubble of ragged men these are Hobbits they are masters of stealth and deadly accurate slingers"

[TheTrueKingJoffrey]

In a few years, the algorithm will bless this video

[maximiliandort]

Y'know the way Sam sniped this one dude in Bree with an apple in the books has me thinking this isn't wrong at all