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What if Godzilla 1998 had been released as a remake of....

posted 7 years ago by rixrex
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What if it had been rebranded as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms? Would it have better reception and/or reviews?

Seems to me that most of the negative comments about Godzilla 1998 are based in how it takes the Godzilla franchise in a direction so different that Godzilla fans are naturally disappointed with it. I personally find it to be a pretty decent monster movie.

So if all reference to Godzilla had been omitted, edited out, and it had been released as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, which is almost what it is, how would it be viewed?

I expect it would have had less stellar box office initially, or even in total, but it would garner better overall reviews. That's my opinion.

[–] montrossboc-1 7 years ago

I and friend share that opinion.

But jeez, much less Maria Pitillo, please.

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[–] evolution_500_2 7 years ago

"What if it had been rebranded as a remake of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms? Would it have better reception and/or reviews?"

If it had been rebranded as a remake of "Beast"....not really. Some of the negativity might be alleviated due to the recognition of it not being Godzilla, but even then, that wouldn't have been enough to fix its various problems.

[–] Magicdave (472) a year ago

I have always thought that this should have been a new version of "Beast..." As the story is very similar to the older film.

[–] e3e34ifj (1299) a year ago

It might have been maybe a bit better, but not by much. The film's issue isn't that 'Zilla' doesn't shoot fire or whatever, it's that the script is terrible and really poorly written. Even if this were an original monster and an original screenplay, the movie would still be ass because of the awful jokes, dumb characters, and shmaltzy Hallmark story.