What if Godzilla 1998 had been released as a remake of….
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rixrex — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 08:44 AM)
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. -
evolution_500_2 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 10:51 PM)
"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.