The Missing Reel

There have been so many shows in the past 50 years than have done noire themed and it's very hard now days to do this style and not be original but somehow the studio have figured out a way to do it.

Even though I've seen a million of this type of episode across tv this is easily my favorite. Each episode continues to be a paradox of itself in the best possible way and the cameos are doing a great job of not only being funny but actually contributing to the episode. This show keeps you guessing on what the next episode will be like but it keeps me counting down the days to the next episode weekly.

This episode truly was the jewel so far in this already fantastic show.

Seth Rogan really made this episode simultaneously a homage to film noir tie while keeping the comedic fast paced ambiance of the show. Although the episode is somewhat of an outlier in the show it still manages to maintain its core themes while adding in a bit of mystery. The twists and turns throughout the episode as well and Rogans comedic narrations really brought this episode to another level with Zac Efron's cameo being the icing on the cake.

With little to nothing to complain about and all of the entertaining quality's of this episode the future looks bright for this show.

Wanted to give this a 7.5/10 to be precise.

This was entertaining and funny too. Matching 'The Oner' is a hill of a task but I am sure the upcoming episodes that have interesting titles, can beat it.

While the Ep. 3 was a disaster, Ep. 4 brings back the charm and humor. I liked it. Maybe not as much as the first 2 episodes but yeah definitely a good one to enjoy!

We have titles like Cinemacon, Golden Globes etc. Coming and I cannot wait to see the mayhem lol!

So far the series has been fun but for me I have watched better comedy shows and except for 'The Oner', nothing felt extremely funny as such but it is one of the good shows I have watched in while especially in a time period where Hollywood makes every movie to extract money from the audience without having quality.

Good entertaining show!

The Oner is the best!

The Studio's latest episode, "The Missing Reel," satirizes the Hollywood movie industry by focusing on the cost and technical finickiness of filmmaking. Olivia Wilde is working on Rolling Blackout, a Chinatown-style neo-noir about the California solar panel racket. As her increasingly dictatorial directing style drives her cast and crew crazy, the final reel of the film goes missing. If Matt reports the reel missing, the insurance payout would cover the reshoots for the movie's climactic shootout sequence, but his premiums would go up. Matt sets out to find the reel himself, recruiting Sal as his second-in-command. As they search L. A. for the missing reel and interrogate their suspects, "The Missing Reel" becomes a noir of its own. Every episode of The Studio so far has gotten delightfully meta in its construction, using its own cinematography and structure to reflect the aspect of filmmaking being covered by the episode. Episodes 2, "The Oner," and "The Note" have all gotten delightfully meta in their construction, using their own cinematography and structure to reflect the aspect of filmmaking being covered by the episode. "The Missing Reel" also gets meta in its filmmaking, telling the story of Matt's investigation into the missing final reel of a detective noir in the style of a classic detective noir. However, it's a bit too on-the-nose in the ways it apes that style. The search for the missing reel is surprisingly engaging mystery story full of unexpected twists and turns. In its fourth episode, The Studio continues to nail its satire of the Hollywood movie industry by lampooning the hypocrisy of studio heads ruthlessly cutting costs on their film productions while giving themselves shockingly large bonuses. Wilde portrays herself as a diva driving her cast and crew up the wall, poking fun at the rumors she was difficult to work with on her last directorial feature. The Studio is not afraid to be traditionally episodic, each episode introduces a new conflict, escalates the stakes of that conflict, and resolves it in time for the end credits, all while exploring the show's characters and their relationships. The Studio, a series by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is not just about the movie industry but represents it. The show is a mix of neurotic, delusional, and unreasonably costly, and can mock itself in the mirror before turning back into a dreadful scream about the aspect ratio. The series gained momentum with "The Missing Reel," which introduces its love for film noir and fourth-wall-breaking comedy lines. In this episode, a real film roll is nowhere to be found, making it seem like a film roll made of celluloid. Olivia Wilde, in a satirical version of herself, is now getting behind the camera to direct a cool Chinatown-style neo-noir shot only on celluloid. The tenth and last reel, which includes a hard-hitting showdown and Wilde's own personal cameo, disappears suddenly, and panic attacks start. The exec, Matt, is portrayed as the perfectly wrong guy with crazy ideas and manners, as Seth Rogen is an expert in. When the hair-raising tenth reel shockingly disappears, Matt doesn't have to say that he should notify the studio or phone the insurance company. He goes full-on noir private detective, wearing a trench coat, recording hard-boiled voiceovers on his phone, and dragging his second-in-command, Sal, to have a good old-fashioned L. A. investigator's session. The show exposes the full meta, including fedoras, slow pans, back-alley interrogations, and Seth Rogen channeling Bogart by way of Seth Rogen. The question of whether this is the saturation point of the parody depends on the audience's humor tolerance. Leading reviewers opined that the show had been so promising in the elaboration of the minutest details of the episodes; mainly radioactive notes, awkward moments of creative feedback, and wrap-party rivalries. However, the show is turned along the path of being a full-on pastiche, which is no surprise. The groundless and inconclusive nature of the mystery is slowly introduced, and the eventual unmasking still has its own charm. Wilde and Efron give performances filled with biting satire that fully matched their public images while subverting them.

This is an episode which pushed its limits after a strong run.

I've loved the series to date, the satire and observational comedy up til now has been spot on. But this became a parody of genre within a comedy of satire, and the two just don't hold up together. I have been able to suspend belief so far for Matt and his calamitous crusade to carry his position, as it flows perfectly with the nonsense the industry is. But once you ask the audience to go further and push the parody with your character being a character within their own story but just for visual nods and gags? I felt it cheapened the quality and integrity of the series to date

I really hope to see more of the realism and grounded satire of this ludicrous industry The Studio originally portrayed going forward.

There's your note.