Hollywood has basically run the exact same stories and scenarios on repeat with some minor tweaking for a century. I already knew this, but the more I watch old movies, the more I can immediately recognize all of the scenes which were later regurgitated in contemporary movies. It's actually pretty creepy. I almost wonder if they have access to some sort of ancient manuscripts on Roman bread & circuses which provides them with the archetypes and themes to use in entertainment stories in order to mass control the populations throughout history.