This isn't news or anything, but I often find myself reflecting on it. As bad as movies are, one can only imagine how much worse they would be if some studio executive were browsing on the internet, read something like

I know this is a fanboy's wet dream, but Ocean's Eleven is a heist picture and... how freaking cool would it be if Soderbergh let Luke and Owen Wilson play their characters from Bottle Rocket?! Can you imagine? Dignan robs Las Vegas!! Sigh... one can always dream...

and decided that yes, that would indeed be what the fans want. God help us if the internet starts influencing filmmaking. The horror...