Yeah, technically the original story of Dragon Ball Z built up from the beginning was JUST the Saiyan Saga(MAYBE the Frieza Saga, there were hints of that, but nothing past)
Maybe this was just Saga 1.
Apparently the original show was just about pretty basic martial arts, and the super Saiyan arts were the highest level they had.
And then before you know it a hairless cat is helping a god baby blow up universes for like no reason.
Dragon Ball classic was pretty chill overall. Piccolo(or his dad) was the big bad from the final arc(which is why he and Goku were on bad terms at the start of DBZ)
Only thing I remember from Dragon Ball Classic was Bulma flashing Roshi. It's been a few years
They should've done more with Lars while he was out in space. They just gave him a few cameos and that was it. We didnt even really get to see Emerald. I feel like they missed an opportunity.