Smart Pop Explains Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Movies by Peter Jackson’s

Author:Peter Jackson’s
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781637741733
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (Publisher Services)
Published: 2022-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Here’s where we start nitpicking. If we count the eagles as an army, then why are the Gundabad bats not one? Or the wargs? We can’t discount it because they are fighting on the same side as the orcs. The eagles come in specifically to help Gandalf and by extension the dwarves, elves, and men.

Also, does the number matter in determining an army? One might think so, but the eagles again call this into question. It’s hard to count them accurately with all the flying and swooping, but the swarms of bats in Gundabad surely outnumbered the eagles.

Then there are the trolls. Granted, they, too, are used mainly as mobile catapults and battering rams, but should they be counted separately? Thorin and his warriors also encounter goblins. How many are there in total?

Then Beorn drops in. An army of one?

When Legolas and Tauriel arrive, they explain to Gandalf that a second army of Gundabad orcs (led by Bolg) is on the way, so now it’s truly confusing. Do we count the orc army as two now?

So, is it five … or is it seven? Eight? Nine? We could go all the way to twelve with goblins, the second orc army, and with the earth-eating were-worms. They’re like a squadron of tanks all by themselves, though they might count more like transport than active combatants.

So, before we receive a notice from our own lawyers, we’ll stand down and group them as five. But now we have an idea for some fanfic titled The Battle of Thirteen Armies!

Math is hard.

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