This is a good point about X-men getting the ball rolling again. As far as distancing I would almost prefer a reboot at this point. I'd be fine if they came out and said "Okay, lets forget about X3 and do a new X3 by singer" but since that would never ever happen I'd just as soon reboot or just start new story lines that aren't connected with the past movies. I'm not that interested in a prequel when I don't like the way the series ended.