CinemaThe curious reason why Tarantino hates Scooby-DooOn the other hand, the filmmaker revealed that he was a fan of the series starring a famous comic book heroBy Editorial Staff

Released in 1969 by the renowned studio Hanna-Barbera, Scooby-Doo became one of the most popular animations of all time. Still, Quentin Tarantino is not among the countless fans of the adventures of Fred, Daphne, Velma, Sausage and the homonymous dog.

Notorious for making it clear when he doesn’t like something, the prestigious director has already publicly made clear his rejection of Scooby-Doo. In conversation with the portal Yesterdayland(via Far Out), he revealed why.

Tarantino revealed that he had watched the first episode of the animation on its debut on American television. At the time, he, who was born in 1963, was a six-year-old child. However, he said he considered the drawing “stupid” right away.

I remember my least favorite Saturday morning cartoon was definitely Scooby-Doo. I hated the Scooby-Doo. I thought it was a stupid program. I mean, I remember watching the first episode of Scooby-Doothe start of the season. I said, ‘What the hell is this thing?’ I never considered mysteries good.”

As if that weren’t enough, the filmmaker was bothered by the constant repetition of episodes on television. In this case, the creators of the work are only partially to blame.

It seems that Scooby-Doo It started with this thing of producing a few episodes a year. They started repeating the same episodes every year and suddenly, it was like you only had six episodes and they started repeating them again and again and again. My hate for Scooby-Doo it was huge.”

While the first two seasons of Scooby-Doo they were originally released between 1969 and 1970, with 17 and 8 episodes each year, the third and last only premiered in 1978, with 16 chapters. In this way, the reruns were intense.

Quentin Tarantino’s favorite childhood shows

In another part of the interview, Quentin Tarantino he was asked about the drawings he liked most. The Magic Flute and The Pink Panther They were the filmmaker’s favorites as a child.

Furthermore, the director was also a fan of the series. Batman aired in the 1960s and starring Adam West. According to him, this is one of the first memories of his life.

If you ask my mom, she will definitely tell you that the first show I was obsessed with was Batman. I don’t even like it anymore Batman now, but I remember when I was a kid, I was crazy about him. One of my few memories from when I was three or four years old was watching Batman.”

This series of Batmanwas launched in 1966 and had three seasons. Notorious for its exaggerated style and more focused on humor, it presented several allies and enemies of the hero in the comics. It was created by William Dozierdeveloped by Lorenzo Semple Jr and starring Adam West.

Collaborated: Augusto Ikeda.