While marketing Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder, director Taika Waititi offered his thoughts on certain scenes. To some, it appeared as though he was poking fun at the visual effects team's work and it did not sit well with viewers.

Across social media, audiences criticized Waititi for seemingly mocking the quality of work in one of Thor: Love and Thunder's scenes. Specifically, he analyzed Korg's appearance in the scene, suggesting it looked more unreal in certain shots. Many online brought up complaints raised by VFX artists that Marvel Studios constantly overworks and underpays its visual effects teams.

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Over the last year, more and more reports have emerged detailing how Marvel Studios treats its VFX artists, which many of its films rely on heavily. Most recently, artist Dhruv Govil, who worked on projects including Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming, stated online, "Working on Marvel shows is what pushed me to leave the VFX industry... They're a horrible client, and I've seen way too many colleagues break down after being overworked, while Marvel tightens the purse strings." This is in addition to the throngs of fellow VFX artists voicing their complaints on forums and social media.

The MCU Needs the VFX Team

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe has evolved and expanded, the characters and battle sequences have grown more elaborate and difficult for VFX artists to keep up with, considering the time scale they are working against. That much was discussed by VFX artist Todd Sheridan Perry earlier this year. Perry, who worked on Black Panther, explained the reason why the film's final battle sequence may not have lived up to expectations was that the team did not have enough time. He said, "It falls squarely on the shoulders of studios that set a release date and then work backward from there... The time isn’t enough to live up to the ambition of the project."

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Audiences are quick to criticize the visual effects work of major releases. As an example, following the release of the trailer for Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, many complained the show was going to feature lacklustre CGI and present audiences with a cartoonish main character. Other VFX artists, the Corridor Crew, stepped in to defend the work done on the series, attributing the initial appearance to the compression required to view the trailer on YouTube, suggesting it will look better upon release on the Disney+ streaming service.

It should also be noted the television shows on Disney+ are not necessarily less demanding for VFX artists. It was reported early on that WandaVision required more VFX shots than the effects-heavy Avengers: Endgame. Star Paul Bettany stated at the time, "Marvel has always taken big swings... But we're a really big swing... There are more VFX shots in WandaVision than we had in Endgame. That’s a big ask."

Thor: Love and Thunder is playing in theaters now.

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