Epic crossbow in Lord of the Rings Two Towers #weapons #history #fantasy #lotr #martialarts

"Saroumon"...

Every day, SaruMAN'S forces look way more based than the Alliance.

Saroumom, mom of the Uruk-Hai 😂

It doesnt come a cross-bow, get it... I'll see myself out

Saruman invented pike and shot combined arms!

Diet John green

Such a cross bow would be rather weak compared to other cross bows, and probably wouldnt be a threat to men on top of the walls unless maybe the tip was poisoned and it hit an unprotected area, assuming it could go high enough to get men on the wall. I doubt it can get high enough.

The orcs were actually very smart, having invented many weapons of war.

They stood for technological progress, which required the destruction of nature.

Sauromom. Truly a frightening combination: half dark Lord and half angry mother.
The Valar protect us all!

Sarumom

Uh ok. So there’s magic and orcs, floating demons, a ring that makes you invisible…. But it’s the gunpowder and cross bows that this nerd ass is trying to bring meaning to 🤣

Saurman is a student of aule. He is capable of great technological feats and has proven such

Who the fuk is "SAROUMOM"??

The best part of the two towers is that no Knife-Ear, save Legolas, survives.

Tolkien made a point of telling the reader that orcs would come up with all kinds of clever contraptions and that they were good at making those kinds of things.

Saroumommy

Either those orcs are REALLY strong or that crossbow has a fuckin 3lb draw weight

The butthole of helms deep bends people reality wewewe

That's something for the film crew, not tech from the LotR universe 😅

Imagine veing a 800 year old elf skilled beyond belief in all aspects of combat just to get lobotomized by a pig man that was just grown last week and given a busted ass crossbow compaired to the enchanted bow you have passed down from the last 6 generations 😂

I’m so glad you pointed this out! Even though many may miss the small details; for those who do see them are just more immersed in the story and film because of it. The attention to detail and love that went into this film is evident!

I want that crossbow

Shadow of war games has these

Same type of crossbows in shadow of war and shadow of Mordor too haha

Weta workshop are unrivalled

Jorge sprave was captured by the uruks?

Saroumon hahahahahahah my boy was converted into a Digital Monster

Soururmom?

Wait so LOTR was on the brink of being fought with muskets?

Some good dakka

Who is saraumon?

“Advancements in crossbow technology” when in reality the prop master needed a way to reload the bow without then bending over

Blueprints please 🙏

WHO THE FUCK IS SAROUMOM?

Who doesn't love Sarumon?

Sarouman...

That design was invented by Leonardo da Vinci

Where can I buy one? It's for a pinata I swear

I think there was a theory that if Saruman had a little more time before he was caught working with Sauron, he actually would have made a way stronger army that would destroy Rohan even with Eomer coming like it was in the movie.

I think the corsairs had crossbows in the movie too, they surely have ballistas on the deck of their ship.

Orcs are hella stronge too so. These bows can probably take out a human easily

Gundam

Yeah, finally someone saw that. And SaurON, not Sarumom. I am not a fan, but even i know it. 😂

This addition to the film seems like a fun little journey of influence. In the books, it’s implied that it’s hurled and not fired with gunpowder, the gunpowder in the live action films comes from the usage of gunpowder in the animate 70’s movie by ralph bakshi, who was inspired to include guns for budgetary reasons, the same budget crunch he faced on his previous work, Wizards, when he couldn’t afford to animate action sequences so he rotoscoped actual footage of combat, which included firearms. I wish i knew where his LOTR war footage was from, but in wizards he rotoscoped nazis and turned them into demons, much like he took which ever soldier and turned them into urik hai. But peter jackson was famously a fan of the not so beloved animated adaptation and was inspire to include more gun like weapons to highlight,like bakshi, the advanced horrors of industrialization as was tolkien’s intention with the urik hai in the books

Ancient China had repeating xbows... that's not as exciting as fantasy though. Get that YT money!!!! ❤

The fact that the orcs basically used swiss tactics scares me

How many years till you think they remake these movies?

That's really neat. And it makes sense.

I figured they used crossbows because Saruman needed his army armed and ready to fight asap. Crossbows take much less training to use while bows and arrows take years, even decades to be able to fully utilize

Nerd!!!!!!!