This was on my mind as I played The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Daedalic Entertainment’s new Lord of the Rings-inspired action-adventure game. No orc shouted “ Meat’s on the menu, boys!” in the books, but Peter Jackson’s film trilogy was right on the mark. The generic orc of generic fantasy may be a hulking, dimwitted goon, but they were Tolkien’s chief way of injecting humor into the darkest moments of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s orcs is that they lacked personality. As a result, Gollum’s transformation is down to the sheer length of time he spent as the guardian of the One Ring.One thing you can’t say about J.R.R. Every living character in the Lord Of The Rings can be corrupted by the Ring’s influence except, bizarrely, for Tom Bombadil. While Hobbits aren’t as susceptible as humans, they are still affected by the power of the One Ring. This could explain why, much like Bilbo is not as monstrous as Gollum, the discernibly Hobbit-like Gollum is not as deformed and unrecognizable as the Ring Wraiths. In "The Shadow of the Past," Tolkien explains that Hobbits are less susceptible to the Ring’s powers than humans. This was a chilling reminder of the ring’s corrupting influence which, according to one wild Lord of the Rings fan theory, could have led Gollum to kill Frodo’s parents. He did, however, offer viewers a flash of his monstrous potential when he saw the One Ring in Frodo’s grasp. As a result, Bilbo did not become a monster like Gollum. In contrast, Bilbo only maintained possession of the ring for 60 years, and he was a lot more careful about its corrupting influence. Gollum owned the One Ring for 500 years, during which time the powerful artifact turned him from an ordinary Hobbit-like creature into a monster.
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