The creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings possess a bewildering variety of names and terms, which can cause confusion. Orcs and Uruk-hai, for example, are essentially the same species, ...

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KNOW your Sauron from your Saruman? Ever mix up Gimli and Gollum, or an Orc and an Uruk-hai? Read this cheat sheet before you see “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” which opens tomorrow, kicking ...

There is a particularly memorable and quotable scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when an Uruk-hai kills one of his comrades and then loudly declares, "Looks like meat's back on the menu ...