Did the early Menos seem more terrifying than later depictions to anyone else?

The first time we see a Menos Grande (Later called a Gillian), it is a terrifyingly large creature that pulls the sky apart like curtains. Really creepy and damn cool.

Unfortunately, for scaling reasons this Menos couldn’t be strong, as pre-Shikai Ichigo was able to injure it. The later Menos we see are almost all humanoids or at least small, never anything so towering like this.

Anybody else feel this way?