So the skull's made of quartz and is the size of a Christmas ham, right?

[Orrex]

That would make it, oh, forty pounds or so, right?

Then why the hell do they toss it around as easily as if it were a Nerf football? And have you ever tried to lift a cinder block with a rapier at arm's length?


No, it wasn't the most implausible aspect of the film, but it didn't help.

[DarkTirade]

1. Somehow they found a crystal that was hollow in JUST the right places

so that they could carve the skull, but still leave it as light as a plastic movie prop.

Er... not that they had plastic movie props back then to compare it to. That's just a coincidence.

[Orrex]

2. Ah! I see!

Presumably these hollow places granted it the power of selective and periodic magnetism, right?

It's all so clear to me now.

[Kutjara]

3. There's a perfectly logical, rational explanation:

It's a magic skull.

Bet you feel pretty silly now.

[Orrex]

4. Doh!

Maybe that explains how the ants were able to carry a burly Communist across a field, up a slope, and down into the colony. They're magic ants! I get it now!

[Kutjara]

5. Exactly. Anything that can't be explained by...

...Jesus or angels can be explained by magic (or possibly pixies).