I agree. While money has always been there, there hasn't been such intense "statistics" and micromanaging behind every decision. Directors could get away with d

I agree. While money has always been there, there hasn't been such intense "statistics" and micromanaging behind every decision. Directors could get away with doing many things out of the respect for the art rather than money. The systematised nature of it, this automated process of using statistics to automate creative decisions, is the worst part, because you can't escape it. In the past we had a base plot that must be interesting and make money, but there were so many avenues for being subversive on top of that. Now, everything is in service of the machine