>>88511583Eh, SBT still wasn't that generic, at least not entirely. It certainly played things more straight forward, but it was probably one of the better western takes on a Japanese concepts. You had the homages to classic stuff like Ultraman and other giant monster shows with the G3 organization, but touches of western elements like the general basically being Thunderbolt Ross from Hulk with his unbridled hatred of Titan. While I will say the whole John Hughes high school drama stuff was an odd addition, I think it helped give the show an identity that kept it from just being "cartoon Power Rangers".
The fights were all great as well, a good balance of violence and action that didn't feel stilted or subdued by arbitrary limits.
