Now, thanks to the slightly terrifying spectacle demonstrated then, every competition has to bring some outsized artistic element to its introduction.
Directly beyond was a terrifying spectacle - the surface of Oonu.
As intended, they made a terrifying audiovisual spectacle.
Although only twenty eight tanks - just over half the original number - remained, the amassed Chelonian assault force made a terrifying spectacle.
His eyes returned instantly to the terrifying spectacle below the bulwarks as the wild charge drew closer.
Glenarvan and his companions gazed silently at this terrifying spectacle.
These made a "terrifying" spectacle through screaming, and clawing their faces in a public display of grief.
At last they halted about a hundred and fifty yards away, presenting a truly terrifying spectacle to the little band among the rocks.
It was a genuinely terrifying spectacle as they thundered across our path and disappeared into the bush beyond.
It "was a dizzy, vertiginous and frankly terrifying spectacle.