Considered alongside the formidably specific imaginings of these films, "Valerian," a colossal vision of total creation, is a soulless blip.
Yet after millions of dollars, years of renovations and Hurricane Sandy, there in Red Hook it stands, a colossal, utopic "Center for Arts and Innovation...dedicated to the creation, synthesis and discussion of art, science and education".
Most famously, in the 10th century the Ganga general Chamundaraya oversaw the creation of a colossal statue of Bahubali (locally called Gommateshvara; son of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara) at Shravanabelagola.
He emerged overwhelmed: "Colossal - Wagner's most inspired, sublimest creation".
Baltimore's National Aquarium is taking an colossal step toward animal welfare with the creation of a "seaside sanctuary" where it will retire the eight Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in its care.
Venice and Rome, the Gothic and the Baroque, theatrical scene painting and colossal Roman ruins all played a part in their creation.
The political fallout from the Leveson deal sealed on Monday continueswith former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown claiming David Cameron made a colossal "strategic blunder" in pulling out of talks on the creation of a new regulator for the press.
Their gargantuan scale and tabula rasa approach conjure old-style Modernist planning efforts like the creation of Brasília in the 1950s or the colossal Soviet urban experiments of the 1930s, but these are driven by anxiety over the future, not utopian idealism.
What colossal nerve of this popinjay to begin believing a PR flack's creation... to even THINK of the presidency.
When you consider the impact it would have on everything from content creation to digital advertising, it's clear the fallout would be colossal and far-reaching from both a business and broader economic perspective.
