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How did Quartermain melt the gold statue???

posted 18 years ago by Dr_Work
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At the end of the movie, when Allan is on top of the temple hitting the golden statue with the ax, the gold melts and drips on the bad guys and kills them. What melts the statue? The ax produces a shower of little lightning bolts when it hits the statue, so maybe the thunderstorm is somehow "charging up" the ax??? Or is the molten gold in the pit under the temple somehow channeled up there and he just releases it??? Either way, it's not well explained and just adds to the hokeyness of this movie.

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[–] ionian 16 years ago

Dude, I've been wondering that for the longest time. I have no idea if it was supposed to be some sort of chemical reaction or whatever. And then he leaves Umsloppagot's mighty axe buried in the head of the gold lion.

I wish it was better explained. And Allan yelled for the axe as if he knew it would melt gold...

Ionian

[–] film-guy 16 years ago

I've wondered about this for years. I've watched this many times and here's my take: Allan uses the metal axe blade to draw lightning and then hits the statue with the electrified blade thus melting the gold.

[–] ionian 16 years ago

That's about as good an explanation as any!

[–] film-guy 16 years ago

Thank you. I was sober when I came up with that idea too. LOL!

[–] Scarekrow9 16 years ago

i came up with that idea when i was 10 or 11..its a tad unrealistic, but thats the fun in it..whats the point in watching a movie that parallels real life..

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[–] Seven_Thunders 15 years ago

Thought it has been years since I saw it last, wasn't it implied that the lightning struck the axe and made it hot enough to melt the gold? I could be getting things all mixed up. Like I said...long time no see.

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[–] lantzn 10 years ago

It's not really explained out loud, but Allan does hold up the axe above his head and looks to be trying to create a type of grounding rod. Then when the lightening hits the axe he strikes the lion. After a number of strikes the lion begins to melt.
It's a good thing he's wearing rubber soles, right?

[–] ghost_hat 14 years ago

These theories are all about as good as you can get,
that part is just poorly thought out. They could have
just had him stick the axe up there to draw down
the lightening, would have been slightly less unbelievable.
Not much, mind you, but enough...