Re-watching some of the Marvel movies and the number 17 is repeated quite a bit in the Avengers.....
Does make one think that DS/Kazahrians aren't the only ones capable of using predictive programing and getting their message across..
And from what I have seen in rather a lot of movies and TV-series the good....guys.. tend to be so good at it that they can put their own message in the middle of a DS/kazahrian message with them being none the wiser....
I don't see why you have to denigrate other people's entertainment and can't see why people find things meaningful in a "childish format".
Enjoy your dry material, I'll play The Sinking City and be a detective that fights Cthulhu monsters. Some people get tired of humanity and "reality" and would rather deal with exaggerated versions of reality (fantasy).
I am sure you will be thinking, so. What made you the final arbiter of soul? Buster Keaton?
Since you have difficulty understanding other people, instead of wasting your time on Buster Keaton, you may learn a few thing by reading:
I would recommend: Hero with a thousand faces.
https://www.academia.edu/41683205/THE_HERO_WITH_A_THOUSAND_FACES
Enjoy!