I'm not entirely opposed to this. The Matrix sans trenchcoats and 90's techno could work, maybe.
That reminds of me of the line from Aziz Anzari's Master of None: "Of the 15 X-men movies, it was definitely in the top 9."
Goodness. Not even 20 years to reboot.
... also, "one of the writers of the original X-men" is not exactly a shining compliment. There have been... like, three and a half good X-men films [1], and that wasn't one of them.
[1] First Class, Logan, Deadpool - and X-men 2 is the half, because it was good for the time but it really hasn't aged well.
That reminds of me of the line from Aziz Anzari's Master of None: "Of the 15 X-men movies, it was definitely in the top 9."