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ti'esar · 10-11-2012, 06:05 PM

And the precise nature of how the Gates work is a plot point, although thus far its actual effects have been indirect. They cannot be replaced with any other doomsday device without altering the plot (unless we think of "the plot" in the most general terms).

They're certainly MacGuffins in the common sense of the term, but they don't match Hitchcock's original definition.

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ti'esar Bugbear in the Playground Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: Sources and Potential Sources for and of the Giant And the precise nature of how the Gates work is a plot point, although thus far its actual effects have been indirect. They cannot be replaced with any other doomsday device without altering the plot (unless we think of "the plot" in the most general terms). They're certainly MacGuffins in the common sense of the term, but they don't match Hitchcock's original definition.