In hindsight, the original voices for these nasty man-killers aren’t really that out of the ordinary; they sound closer to Londoners than office drones in the films. The update from BurtBot certainly had a lasting effect on fans. In fact, given the different beings in Lord of the Rings, these accents may have spiced things up a bit. YouTube user @hamfranky said, “These orcs sound like they graduated [from] one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades.” The adjustment impacted some fans’ future enjoyment of Tolkien’s beloved world, with @johnbilicki913 adding, “As a huge [T]olkien fan boy, [I] will forever read any [O]rc dialog like this from now on.”
However, the alteration did freak some fans out, with @eggoXD saying, “[Okay] but somehow hearing them talk in a normal voice is scarier? ‘Cause they sound sane LOL.” Could a sensible orc really be scarier than one that’s all about hacking up Hobbits and chowing down on their limbs (they don’t need those, after all)? While it’s clearly a missed opportunity for this tactic to be applied in the original trilogy, there’s still a chance that it will happen in Andy Serkis’ Gollum movie that’s set to arrive in 2026. Now wouldn’t that be precious?
