Messing with the MacGuffin

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  • Michael Branson Smith
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Wikipedia defines the MacGuffin as "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction." For this assignment forever change the plot of a movie, tv show, etc. by changing a single line of dialogue. Put this new line of dialogue below a screen-cap of the moment in the movie you're changing. Credit to Tom Woodward for posting an example of this idea in the #ds106 Twitter stream.

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D'Arcy Norman

short circuited

the 80s was a confusing time to be a robot.…
timmmmyboy

? Math is hard

You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? Me neither.…
timmmmyboy

? Sorting Hat

The Messing with MacGuffin asks you to choose a pivotal point in a movie and alter the plot with a single line. It turns out
NoiseProfessor

It’s a Girl!

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Reverend

Alternative Movie History: HAL

Inspired by CogDog, as usual…
NoiseProfessor

Saving Private No One

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Reverend

Alternative Movie History: Some Brothers on the Wall

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cogdog

2011: A Mutual Collaborative

I got MacGuffin fever- it might be this ds106 semester’s animated gif? We all know that collaboration is the way to go, right? We all hold
cogdog

A Night Not in the Box

Been thinking of movies to flip the McGuffin on for this week’s hot ds106 assignment, Messing with the McGuffin: Wikipedia defines the MacGuffin as “a plot
NoiseProfessor

Shawshanked

Redemption?…

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