Well, it looks like that big ol’ box office Floposaurus might be stomping back into theaters in 2009. That’s right, kiddies … the King of the Monsters himself – GINO!!

Well, he used to be called Godzilla, until America cut his cock off and pussified him.

It seems that Sony, terrified of the cartoon live-action Spiderman series coming to an end, has begun the arduous and shameful process of searching for more tentpole films with which to line their pockets. For once, however, they might be onto something.

You see, I have loved Godzilla since as far back as I have memories. I used to stay up until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, enduring all sorts of terrible movies and reruns just to curl up under a blanket and watch a Godzilla movie. Even “Son of Godzilla.” No amount of hokey dialogue, cheesy explosions, rubber suits, and wire-suspended airplanes could sway my willing and total suspension of disbelief. Even in the worst of the films, the Japanese treated Godzilla with a certain amount of respect as a force of nature. Their films, while cheap by modern standards, were made with love and care that shows in every frame.

Unfortunately the 1998 “Godzilla,” whose merchandizing story actually proved more fascinating and thrilling than the film, attempted to take the iconic Japanese monster and graft him onto a faint rip-off of “Jurassic Park.” Gone was the stoic, almost honorable presence of the beast, to be replaced with a giant, rampaging iguana – and a pregnant one at that. You never got the feeling that the monster was thinking. When the original Godzilla looked at you – oh shit – you just knew he was thinking about how he’d like to kill you; the American Godzilla just wanted to shit eggs and eat fish.

In addition, the Americanized Godzilla added phony, implausible love stories and WAY too much Matthew Broderick doing Ferris Bueller after he skipped through biology class. The special effects, as always the only redeeming quality, remain stunning to this day. For instance, re-watch Godzilla’s first rampage in New York and notice how skillfully director Roland Emmerich builds up to the monster’s first appearance, and how artfully the shots are composed and edited.

So much of “Godzilla 1998″ was thisclose to working, which is why it has left a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth.

Now there is word that Sony might try and correct their errors. Monster Zero is reporting that Sony intends to resurrect the Godzilla franchise for the summer of 2009. You can follow the link for the entire story, or you can go directly to Cinetech for the original story.

Can “Godzilla 2″ possibly have a chance at success? I think so. There remains so much potential in this material; no movie creation can endure over 20 films without some sort of merit. However, the first “Godzilla” film unwisely failed to heed this potential. Sure, people want to see Godzilla smash the hell out of everything – frankly, “Godzilla 1998″ didn’t even do enough of that – but they also want to relate to the monster and cheer him on. He’s like Darth Vader, a complex and rootable bad guy.

To work, “Godzilla 2″ needs to have at least one other monster with whom Godzilla can fight. And it needs to be FUN and THRILLING. I actually have the perfect idea for “Godzilla 2″ to work, but I can’t give it away here. Sony – come talk to me, and I’ll write that damn thing for ya for FREE.

In the end, I hope they try and make a Godzilla movie worthy of the name, instead of another cash-grab movie with a monstrous advertising campaign. In a world where nuclear weapons are again becoming a terrifying spectre in the hands of people like the North Korean and Iranian governments, it would be nice if the real Godzilla could again manifest himself gloriously against evil in the world. Or at least step on Matthew Broderick.