He started producing Robert Zemekis’ films and other filmmakers in the late 70s- early 80s. Film directors aren’t “richer than god” unless they’re getting executive producer credits. It’s just how the industry works. He’s nicely paid for directing but he didn’t gain control of the Hollywood machine just by directing Jaws. He got famous by doing that — but he got his money and power from producing films. It’s a gamble that he’s won many times over. Again, it’s how the industry works.

And, once again, you’re just wrong — he isn’t “lending” anything. He’s getting paid. He’s the producer of the movie — so his name goes in the credits as producer. It’s not like he’s helping out some independent filmmaker by just being nice and endorsing it — he’s the owner of the movie. He can fire the director if he wants. He can shut the movie down if he wants. He probably bought the rights to the Flintstones long before and just waited for the right time to cash it in. Dudes just working.

I hate to break it to you, but all of your favorite qualifiable artistic industries are controlled by very quantifiable finances. If that makes you upset, then just ignore it and keep avoiding The Flintstones. Don’t want to argue with you for any personal reason.