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).