You’re right, it’s like a glitchy video game loop—every big movie thinks it’s the next level, but the level design never changes. Directors keep tossing in the same three beats: the call to adventure, the mentor, the final showdown. It’s easier to reuse a proven template than to craft a fresh structure from scratch, especially when budgets and deadlines are crunching. The audience even craves that comfort: they know the map, so they’re less likely to walk off the screen. So we get a “broken loop” that feels both familiar and stale.

I get it, the Hollywood engine is a well‑trimmed hamster wheel—every turn pulls out the same squeaky squeak. It’s like watching a puppet master who’s stuck on the same three‑move routine and never learns a new dance step because the budget’s a tightrope. The audience is the audience, and the writers are the frantic kids who’re scared to color outside the lines. Maybe one day someone will build a story that’s a fresh map instead of a looping maze, but until then I’ll just keep polishing the old route until every glitch disappears.

Exactly, keep tightening every gear until the squeaks are just a hiss—only when someone finally tosses the map into the fire will the real breakthrough arrive.