>>534767
I actually made those gifs way back in the day. I have not seen the film since, but looking at it now, it does have some really beautiful sets, costumes, the old school film noir aesthetic, and the cinematography. Not to mention it has an excellent cast: Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem Dafoe. The story is sadly the weak point. The premise and the world is plenty interesting on its own, but the execution was beyond heavyhanded in its enviromentalist message.
It has been so long that I don’t know if it was mentioned in the film, but it seems likely that being turned (embraced) into a vampire would affect their brain in some way; not just turn them into an apex predator, but also less or do away with the ability to feel shame or guilt. If a newly turned vampire is to have a chance, he or she will have to adapt pretty quickly, so I certainly don’t think they are stuck with an underdeveloped brain, though it probably differs from normal (adult) humans.
On the topic of troons, I am fairly certain I’ve read somewhere that the hormones they inject themselves with lowers the sex drive, or almost kills it, and men who troon out often stop producing sperm, so they are left without a sex drive, and if they do keep their genitals, they have difficulty getting and staying hard, and of course, achieving climax and ejaculating.