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: King of the Monsters in 3D about is this big monster destroying buildings, we're screwed.'" Dekker was not influenced by the original Toho films, having never seen a "Godzilla" film all the way through. Dekker instead took inspiration from Steven Spielberg films and "James Bond" films. Dekker wanted to write an action adventure with an Irwin Allen quality that would have been interesting even without Godzilla in it. Dekker gave the character "Peter Daxton" an eyepatch as a reference to Dr. Serizawa from the original "Godzilla" film. Dekker also wrote a character named "Dana Martin" ("Dana Kryer" in the first draft), who was to be based