This is great 

An acquaintance of mine has also shared his changing perceptions on Cronenberg recently by saying he's lost his edge and is now being led around by Big Central Themes and is basically cruising on his reputation. I disagree with him of course, but I don't know if I would say he's subtly turned into a more pensive purveyor of gentle humanness. I found evidence of this in The Fly when he allowed the sadness of the human core be stated. Perhaps its always been there. Or perhaps the fact he's worked on 2 similar films now by source materials other than his own has indeed given him more to flesh out.