Not sure why so many reviews here say this is such a great adaptation faithful to the books. Maybe in certain aspects, but a major theme and ultimately the driving factor behind the reason to make contact with the aliens is because of what happened during the Chinese cultural revolution, and specifically to that character's family. Sorry but you can't remove the backstory of the cultural revolution and still be "faithful" to the book given that everything that happens is based on that decision. The why is important. Maybe those reviewers read a censored version of the book? Chinese censorship ruined this tv series, even before accounting for all the much too verbose and boring dialogue.
Review of Three-Body
