That's actually true. In that era, studios would make a wide variety of movies on lower budgets, with the expectation that some would hit and some would flop. W

That's actually true. In that era, studios would make a wide variety of movies on lower budgets, with the expectation that some would hit and some would flop. When you accept that, it's easier to bet on bold, risky movies. The worst thing that can happen isn't that a big budget film flops; it's that the audience ceases to pay attention to what's being made at all because so little of it feels fresh and none of it blows their minds. Why spend $25 on tickets to see something that's probably mediocre at best? Other the other hand, there are plenty of TV shows trying to be original, and nobody ever seems to stop talking about it.