{"id":34668,"date":"2022-08-03T22:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T22:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/she-hulk-cast-defends-marvels-vfx-artists-amid-cgi-criticism\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T22:34:49","slug":"she-hulk-cast-defends-marvels-vfx-artists-amid-cgi-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/she-hulk-cast-defends-marvels-vfx-artists-amid-cgi-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"‘She-Hulk’ Cast Defends Marvel’s VFX Artists Amid CGI Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u201cShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law\u201d team is defending criticism about the visual effects work in the Tatiana Maslany-led show, amid a recent wave of VFX artists speaking up about alleged poor working conditions for projects produced by Marvel Studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel incredibly, like, deferential to how talented these artists are and how quickly they have to work, obviously, like much quicker than probably should be given to them, in terms of like churning these things out,\u201d Maslany told reporters during a virtual panel for the upcoming Disney+ series at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Jessica Gao, who is head writer on the series, added: \u201cIt’s terrible that a lot of artists feel rushed and feel that the the workload is too massive. I mean, I think everybody on this panel stands in solidarity with all workers and is very pro-good working conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe-Hulk\u201d director Kat Coiro noted that while she’s worked with VFX artists on the show, \u201cwe’re not behind the scenes on these long nights and days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they’re feeling pressure we stand with them and we listen to them,\u201d Coiro added.<\/p>\n

Maslany, Gao and Coiro had been asked by a journalist about their experiences with the \u201cShe-Hulk\u201d VFX artists and \u201chow you feel about the finished product,\u201d noting that \u201cthere have been numerous accounts lately that VFX houses \u2026 they are feeling Incredibly crushed by the studios in general and Marvel keeps getting called out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Criticism specifically of Marvel Studios has been bubbling on the internet over the past few months, starting with anonymous posts on Reddit alleging overwhelming last-minute changes and poor pay for overtime. One artist, Dhruv Govil, posted<\/a> to Twitter in July that working on Marvel shows \u201cis what pushed me to leave the VFX industry,\u201d alleging that Marvel is \u201ca horrible client\u201d and that he’s colleagues witnessed \u201cbreak down after being over worked, while Marvel tightens the purse strings. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law\u201d has undergone even more scrutiny due to its inherent premise, in which Jennifer Walters (Maslany) \u2014 an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal cases \u2014 must navigate the complicated life of a single, 30-something who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch super-powered hulk.<\/p>\n

Transforming Maslany into She-Hulk requires a level of complex CGI work that most TV shows don’t have the time or budget to handle at much length, and the first trailer for the show was for what some felt was unconvincing CGI work.<\/p>\n

During the TCA panel, Maslany defended the visual effects on the show. \u201cI do think that we have to like be super conscious of how the work conditions aren’t always optimal and that they’ve made these amazing strides in this industry,\u201d the actor said. \u201cI watch it and it doesn’t look like a cutscene from a video game. I can see the character’s thoughts. I feel very in awe of what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coiro also addressed criticism of how She-Hulk looks on the series. \u201cI do think that has to do with our culture’s belief in their ownership of women’s bodies,\u201d she said. \u201cThere’s a lot of talk about her body type. We based her a lot on Olympian athletes, not bodybuilders, but I think if we’d gone the other way, we would be facing the same critique. I think it’s very hard to win when you make women’s bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nine-episode comedy series, was pushed on Wednesday from its original Aug. 17 debut to Aug. 18. It costars Mark Ruffalo as Jessica’s cousin Bruce Banner (and also the Hulk), Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky (and also the Abomination), and Benedict Wong as Wong, as well as Jameela Jamil, Josh Segarra, Ginger Gonzaga, Jon Bass and Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n