>>130230138Whoopsie, I guess I replied the wrong person.
Well, to your point about Black Mask and Zsasz, adaptations get plenty of leeway for a reason. Namely that it is an adaptation, and you always expect changes for different reasons. Practicality, does it work in live action, can you transfer it from the page, is it too goofy, etc. Sometimes those changes are improvements. Sometimes they're not. Your mileage may vary. The main question being if it results in something entertaining and good.
In case of these two characters, I think both benefit from the changes and makes them better fits for the movie in question. Their implied gay relationship is pretty fun, which gives Zsasz more depth as a character which he always requires because he's so one dimensional otherwise. Black Mask being played as a bratty, vain, insecure mobster also works. It's a different take from the edgelord torture fetish guy or brain damaged heir turned mobster with a mask gimnick, but it's one that works. His flamboyance and mask obsession is directly tied to his insecurity and need to project an image of what he wants to be, it makes him act like a bully to people beneath him in order to make himself feel in control and strong, and that's a very nice dynamic and gets a lot out of him.
