Hm. Visually? I'd say probably the LotR movies (Jackson, not Rankin-Bass), just because, of the versions I'm familiar with, that was the first I saw and the most unapologeticly badass. Big, grungy, scavenged and cobbled and very clearly combining don't-give-a-fuck with it-works-it-sticks. Plus the Uruks were just awesome.
Although, for sheer musical talent, Rankin-Bass can't be beat...
Writing-wise, well- it's hard to pick. I tend to like hard-nosed, badass, stubborn warriors whom everyone think are savages but who do, at the heart of it, have their own culture and ideals of what's civilized. It might be to challenge your bridegroom to hand-to-hand combat at the wedding, but it works for them. I don't play WoW, and in a lot of things orc culture/orgins/whatever is left open beyond 'they're the basic danger to your peasants and minions to your bad guy, and they're ucky'- so a lot of my interpretation is just me in my head going 'hm, I don't like that, I *do* like that- yoink!'
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Although, for sheer musical talent, Rankin-Bass can't be beat...
Writing-wise, well- it's hard to pick. I tend to like hard-nosed, badass, stubborn warriors whom everyone think are savages but who do, at the heart of it, have their own culture and ideals of what's civilized. It might be to challenge your bridegroom to hand-to-hand combat at the wedding, but it works for them. I don't play WoW, and in a lot of things orc culture/orgins/whatever is left open beyond 'they're the basic danger to your peasants and minions to your bad guy, and they're ucky'- so a lot of my interpretation is just me in my head going 'hm, I don't like that, I *do* like that- yoink!'