Great point. It's up to you, it kicks the plot into gear but you have no obligation to bring it back into the story later on.Originally Posted by Michael Anthony Horrigan
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02-02-2010 08:20 AM
Maybe I should just resubmit the better version of 'Educated Mouse Trap'.
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02-02-2010 08:31 AM
Hey, I just read the Wiki article on the MacGuffin, and looking at the "See also" list toward the bottom, I have to ask--can the next Fest be about alien space bats?
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02-02-2010 09:54 AM
Technically, both the money and Marion are gone by the the middle of the movie... so were they both 'mcguffinesque'... Originally Posted by Michael Anthony Horrigan
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02-02-2010 01:43 PM
By far, my favorite name for a macguffin ever. Originally Posted by jasonthewho
I invented the "remove echo" audio filter. And only people that boom their actors closely get to use it.
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02-02-2010 02:09 PM
Yeah, apparently it was so mcguffinesque that even the writer didn't think to go back an put in a 'better' name... Originally Posted by Gohanto
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02-02-2010 02:12 PM
I think the statue in "Maltese Falcon"(1941), is a McGuffin... then there's "The Black Bird"(1975)... where the whole movie may be a McGuffin...
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02-02-2010 06:30 PM
Maltese Falcon I think is probably the most famous McGuffin.
btw, Isaac, I want to thank you for making the next script fest on such a 'lighter' more fun note, GAH! ha ha, oh dang."Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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02-02-2010 06:38 PM
Nonsense, even in real life elements we have elements and molecules named ridiculous things... Originally Posted by j1clark@ucsd.edu
Moronic Acid
Erotic Acid
Dogcollarane
Draculin
Americium
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