Quentin Tarantino has what some may name an enormous mouth. His scorching takes continuously get him into hassle. The Pulp Fiction director has famously had beef with different filmmakers, onscreen expertise, and even journalists. We’ve shared loads of his unpopular opinions right here on Dread Central and I’ve bought one other wild one for you at present: He hates Scooby-Doo. I do know. I’m as shocked as you might be, expensive reader.
Tarantino was a teen when Scooby-Doo, The place Are You! first premiered. So, one would anticipate he would have seen the sequence by way of the eyes of a kid. However the future auteur filmmaker clearly didn’t.
In dialog with Yesterland (preserved by way of The Quentin Tarantino Archives), the Jackie Brown director mentioned, “I hated Scooby-Doo. I believed it was a silly present, I imply, I truly keep in mind watching the primary episode ever proven of Scooby-Doo, just like the season it began. I’m going ‘What the heck is that this factor?’ I by no means thought the mysteries have been good.
He’s not unsuitable. The mysteries have been not good. They have been formulaic, predictable, and implausible. However Tarantino was born in 1963 and Scooby-Doo, The place Are You! premiered in 1969. So, he would have been about six on the time. Now, a number of seasons are streaming on Max.
What sort of six-year-old doesn’t vibe with Saturday morning cartoons? My Saturday morning childhood ritual was to replenish on breakfast cereal and watch cartoons till my eyes glazed over. By no means as soon as did I critique the standard of the narrative. I assume he was at all times a tastemaker and a tricky critic. Tarantino’s sensibilities solely sharpened over time, culminating in his celebrated debut, Reservoir Canine. And the remaining, as they are saying, is historical past.
You’re doubtless aware of the property, however right here’s a primer on Scooby-Doo simply in case:
Brainiac Velma, jock Fred, fashionista Daphne, hippie Shaggy, and Shaggy’s high-strung, speaking Nice Dane, Scooby-Doo, climb into their inexperienced van, the Thriller Machine, and hit the street in the hunt for bizarre phenomena to unravel. And even when Scooby and the gang aren’t actively trying to find them, mysteries simply have a means of falling into their laps. Ruh-roh!
That’s all we’ve got for you, in the meanwhile. Keep tuned to the positioning for extra updates on beloved properties that make their means onto Tarantino’s lengthy record of dislikes as we uncover them. When you’d like to debate the deserves of the assorted Scooby-Doo variations or Tarantino’s storied filmography, come discover me on Threads @FunWithHorror.
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