Godzilla (1998 film) however, was not without its supporters. Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times", wrote that the film was an "expertly designed theme park ride of a movie that packs nonstop thrills." In a slightly positive fashion, Gary Kamiya of Salon commented that "The plot is about as ridiculous as you'd expect, but for the most part its absurdities are tolerable." Joe Leydon of "Variety" contributed mildly to the positive sentiment by saying "Throughout "Godzilla", New York endures the most sustained rainfall in all of movie history. Most of the action takes place at night, but even the daytime scenes unfold
Godzilla in popular culture teens and young adults by Marc Cerasini based on Godzilla, respectively entitled "Godzilla Returns" (1996), "Godzilla 2000" (1997 (which had no relation to the film that would later use that name)), "Godzilla at World's End" (1998) and "Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters" (1999). A fifth novel, also by Cerasini, "Godzilla and the Lost Continent", was planned for 1999 but never published. These books, as well as four novels aimed at juvenile readers in their late childhood and early teenage years by Scott Ciencin, respectively entitled "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (1996 (which was not connected to the American version of