The War/Double Dragon/Mary Shelley's Frankenstein/Oleanna/Drop Squad

Gene Siskel - Host: You know, after seeing "Double Dragon" and "Super Mario Bros.", maybe I can save everybody in Hollywood a lot of time and money with this advice: Don't try to make a movie out of a video game! The material simply won't stretch.

Roger Ebert - Host: Well, I can't recommend it either, but on the other hand, I think a lot of adolescent or pre-adolescent kids are gonna just love this movie...

Gene Siskel - Host: They do?

Roger Ebert - Host: ...Because it does has a certain charm, and they neces- haven't necessarily seen "Blade Runner". This look at Los Angeles may be interesting to them.

Gene Siskel - Host: But the story...

Roger Ebert - Host: Oh, forget about the story. I'm not defending it, I'm just telling you that a lot of people will probably enjoy it, and you should be honest enough to admit that.

Gene Siskel - Host: What, that people will very low taste levels may enjoy something with very low quality in it?

Roger Ebert - Host: Well, no, no...

Gene Siskel - Host: I'll ALWAYS admit that; that's the tautology.

Roger Ebert - Host: Well, but I mean, you're kind of slanting that a bit. I think kids will enjoy it. Kids will enjoy it, let's face it.

Gene Siskel - Host: I don't- I won't face it.

Roger Ebert - Host: It's fun. It's fun ON THAT LEVEL. We're not kids...

Gene Siskel - Host: Well then why not recommending it?

Roger Ebert - Host: Because I'm not a kid.

Gene Siskel - Host: Well what about...

Roger Ebert - Host: Because I didn't.

Gene Siskel - Host: Wait a second, I wanna- I'm gonna praise you in spite of yourself. You have recommended, on this show, kids films that you liked, and knocked kids films that you don't. Why suddenly, all of a sudden, are you praising a film that you don't like?

Roger Ebert - Host: To the degree that that's praise, I accept it.