I admit that I liked Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. I liked the TX and Nick Stahl as John Connor. The only taint of the movie for me was Claire Danes as Katherine Brewster. One big thing that the majority of the fandom hated about the movie was that it was more comedic than the first two films.
So when J.K. Simmons talked with Total Film and emphasized the comedy of Terminator: Genesis I got nervous. I got really nervous that this was yet another Terminator sequel that the majority of the fandom wouldn’t like.
Not only is it an unneeded reboot, but now the worst quality of T3 is being emphasized over everything else in the film… ?
Simmons was very quiet over his actual role in the film. At one point he nearly slipped and said who he was going to be. But he saved himself by laughing and saying he couldn’t say anything about his role at the moment other than the character he is playing is new to the franchise and has not been featured in any of the other previous movies. He also said the words ‘stand alone’ which is a term that has been used in the last press release from Paramount Pictures.
Source: Total Film