tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post5222613661138356517..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: The Art of Greeblingpjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-53657157041882871492015-06-13T13:55:25.500-07:002015-06-13T13:55:25.500-07:00You're right. Active greebling is a whole thin...You're right. Active greebling is a whole thing although, thinking of your examples, I find there are very few kinds of it that I enjoy. So far at least.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-58703633436183465722015-06-13T12:56:32.503-07:002015-06-13T12:56:32.503-07:00There may be another type of greebling you missed:...There may be another type of greebling you missed: "active" greebling. That turns up in lots of recent movies with CGI effects. Active greebling means lots of parts that move or shift around. Examples include the alien ships in Battleship, the live-action Transformers, and some of the alien ships in Avengers. I suppose Iron Man's increasingly fiddly suits of armor may also qualify.<br /><br />Not sure what active greebling signifies: that this is "smart" technology rather than dumb matter, with little room for humans at all, perhaps. On the metafictional level it signifies "look how big our CGI budget is!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com