Siskel & Ebert (TV Series)

The War/Double Dragon/Mary Shelley's Frankenstein/Oleanna/Drop Squad (1994)

Gene Siskel: Self - Host

Quotes 

• 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.