| − | In 1998, German/American director [[Roland Emmerich]] remade the original film ''Godzilla'' using CGI and a whole new setting and story. This film switches the action from [[Tokyo]] to [[New York City]] and uses state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery (CGI) to represent the titular monster. The film garnered heavy criticism by fans of the original as well as the production company responsible for the films Toho Studios, who criticized the fact that the film did not contain the anti-nuclear message present in the original and had redesigned the creature. The 1998 film could be considered a revamp rather than a remake, mostly due to the different appearance of "Godzilla", who, rather than a mutated dinosaur was changed to an iguana mutated by nuclear fallout. An animated series taking place after the film was made, with the Godzilla of that series, while being based in design of, and the offspring of, the one from the film, was depicted closer to the original Godzilla, and was well-received. | + | In 1998, German/American director [[Roland Emmerich]] remade the original film ''Godzilla'' using CGI and a whole new setting and story. This film switches the action from [[Tokyo]] to [[New York City]] and uses state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery (CGI) to represent the titular monster. The film garnered heavy criticism by fans of the original as well as the production company responsible for the films Toho Studios, who criticized the fact that the film did not contain the anti-nuclear message present in the original and had redesigned the creature as being a mutated Marine Iguana. The 1998 film could be considered a revamp rather than a remake, mostly due to the different appearance of "Godzilla", who, rather than a mutated dinosaur was changed to an iguana mutated by nuclear fallout. An animated series taking place after the film was made, with the Godzilla of that series, while being based in design of, and the offspring of, the one from the film, was depicted closer to the original Godzilla, and was well-received. |