William Shatner's masterpiece, Star Trek V, was originally supposed to include a fight between Captain Kirk and angels and demons in the form of rock monsters that the false god animated from the earth. Shatner wanted six of the creatures, but was forced to accept just one. Ultimately, the rock monster climax of the film was dropped due to difficulties during filming. The monster, dubbed the Rockman, was a large latex rubber suit that breathed fire on command. Effects personnel smoked cigarettes and blew smoke into the suit's tubing, loading it with smoke that it would slowly emit, obscuring some obvious rubber parts. On the last day of location shooting, the Rockman began suffering mechanical problems; the suit stopped breathing fire. For budget reasons, the scene was never finished.
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