Cinema WI: Godzilla vs Biollante gets a theatrical release in the west

During 1990, there was talks of Toho studios entering talks with Miramax to distribute the film in the west, but talks broke down and Toho later sued Miramax, And later causing the film to be delayed and getting released on VHS by HBO in 1992.

But what if the talks hadn't broken down and the movie is released into western theaters,
would the movie if it was released, give Godzilla some small/medium time popularity, or would the movie be ridiculed like the franchise itself in western views.

If the movie was slightly successful, would it have caused the rest of the Heisei series to get theatrical releases?.

Would the possible butterflies from this POD cause the original 1996 Jan De Bont Version of Godzilla to be released instead of the horrendous Roland Emmerich version in 1998?

Discuss.
 
During 1990, there was talks of Toho studios entering talks with Miramax to distribute the film in the west, but talks broke down and Toho later sued Miramax, And later causing the film to be delayed and getting released on VHS by HBO in 1992.

But what if the talks hadn't broken down and the movie is released into western theaters,
would the movie if it was released, give Godzilla some small/medium time popularity, or would the movie be ridiculed like the franchise itself in western views.

If the movie was slightly successful, would it have caused the rest of the Heisei series to get theatrical releases?.

Would the possible butterflies from this POD cause the original 1996 Jan De Bont Version of Godzilla to be released instead of the horrendous Roland Emmerich version in 1998?

Discuss.

It's honestly a good movie in my opinion, but how cheesy the "villains" were probably would result in some ridicule: "Wait, that girl became a giant rose with tentacles nearly twice the size of Godzilla? Okay."

With regards to the "other" original planned American Godzilla movie, everything I've researched on it suggests to me it would've been a good film. They also planned to make their Godzilla much more similar to the Japanese one, which would eliminate one of the major criticisms of the 1998 film. Maybe we would see an earlier American franchise instead of having to wait almost 20 years?
 
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