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I really don't want to lose the SF maguffin from the ending, even though every single one of my critters says it doesn't work.
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Obviously, in both these examples, the thing, the maguffin, is only a vehicle for the ideas, but the difference between these and the Bad Sci Fi of TV is that the ideas are interesting, sometimes mysterious, and always fascinating.
Christmas Telly « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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It was a fairly straight thriller with a science-fictiony maguffin.
A Conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author F. Paul Wilson 2010
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The script has a maguffin from Jewish legend, which would also interest Christians.
Harrison Ford Set for Indiana Jones 5? 2011 Release Date Planned? | /Film 2009
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Okay, fair enough - but what maguffin would you like to see in part five then?
Spielberg Has “Cracked the Story” of Indiana Jones 5 | /Film 2009
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I might go so far as to call the whole horror thing a maguffin — a throwaway — a marketing masquerade for a stranger story.
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According to Tout Le Cine, Ford told the assembled press at Deauville that he, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have agreed on the maguffin for the fifth film.
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The cellphone maguffin is a smart one because everybody on the train will have one but finding the right one will also identify who the terrorist is.
Duncan Jones To Direct Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code | /Film 2009
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Attaturk flies the maguffin and hints to his fellow hijackers at the third act twist.
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Narrated by the Phantom Reporter, the tale effectively informs the reader of the heroes powers or lack of same and then jumps right into what is to be the maguffin.
Archive 2008-01-01 Chuck Wells 2008
qms commented on the word maguffin
Alternative spelling of MacGuffin.
September 30, 2014