Songs and other things I didn't get (SPOILERS)

Okay...

"First off, in the beginning, you see some men singing "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys, which, in case you didn't know, came out way after the events in the game. Second, why does the song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival play when Elizabeth opens that tear?"

Jeremiah Fink's brother is hearing music from the future through certain tears. He then passes it off as his own. There a quite a few modern day songs that have been reworked in Columbia.




"Also, at the end baptism/drowning scene, why doesn't Elizabeth have her pendant on?"

Sorry, no clue.




"And, what significance does the brief scene after the end credits have?"

Booker and Anna have a second chance.




"And lastly, how old exactly is Booker? If he and Comstock are the same person, (and therefore the same age), then why does Comstock look so much older."

In one of the Voxophone recordings, Lutece says how his cancer and exposure to their device have aged Comstock drastically.




"Oh yeah, and where did Elizabeth get her powers?"

She got her powers by being split between worlds. Her pinky staying in Booker's world and the rest of her in Columbia.

First off, in the beginning, you see some men singing "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys, which, in case you didn't know, came out way after the events in the game. - As you've beaten the game, you had to get to the part where you and Elizabeth travel to Rapture, the underwater city from Bioshock (the original). This was set in the 1930s, a good 20 years after Infinite. Time travel is incredibly possible in this universe. Early on, you also see Elizabeth open a tear showing the Eifel Tower (and eventually, an ambulance careening directly at her so she closes it) If you pay close attention, the Marquee in the background is advertising a movie - in french obviously - translated, it would read "The Revenge of the Jedi" - the ORIGINAL title of the movie, but was changed in OUR universe (also, 1982!)


Second, why does the song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival play when Elizabeth opens that tear? Because it is playing on the other side of the tear, and the sound passed through it. See my longwinded first answer.

Also, at the end baptism/drowning scene, why doesn't Elizabeth have her pendant on? Because this isn't YOUR Elizabeth. That was the WHOLE point of choosing the medallion, to show you that this, even though she was dressed similarly, was not the Elizabeth you had looked after all game, this was an alternate version. If you remember, VERY early on (before any fighting takes place) you talk to the Lutece's, who flip a coin, which comes up heads. Rosalind marks off a tick on the heads side of the chalkboard Robert is wearing, and if you count all the other tick marks, and assume these all refer to previous attempts the Lutece's made to intervene in a Booker's fate, there were 122 failed attempts. I assume Elizabeth still lived in most of those failed attempts, and as such, there are a good ~100 Elizabeths out there, with no Booker left alive to save them. These are just some of those Elizabeths.

And, what significance does the brief scene after the end credits have? Well, it's hard to explain briefly but I'll try. Universe A, Booker accepts the baptism and becomes Comstock. He then travels to Universe B to kidnap Anna. Anna would only exist in a universe where he had REJECTED the baptism. So by killing the bookers that would become Comstock, you have freed Booker from his loop, and he and Anna are allowed to live a normal, peaceful life.

And lastly, how old exactly is Booker? No idea. Not clearly spelled out.
If he and Comstock are the same person, (and therefore the same age) - not necessarily have to be the same age, time travel and whatnot. Assuming that they in fact ARE the same age

Then why does Comstock look so much older. - The Lutece's experiments gave him Cancer (it is referred to in many Voxophones, earliest on in the one where Comstock speaks about Elizabeth raining Fire on the Mountains of Man, and he won't be around to see it, the Tumors are the vehicle to deliver him into heaven or something along those lines.

Oh yeah, and where did Elizabeth get her powers? Her powers were granted by being spread across two universes. In lamens terms, her Pinky remaining in her Birth universe, and her elsewhere, gave her the ability to tear open dimensional rifts. This is hinted at heavily by Voxophones recorded by Rosalind.

So I beat the game, and I have a couple questions about the song choices. First off, in the beginning, you see some men singing "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys, which, in case you didn't know, came out way after the events in the game. Second, why does the song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival play when Elizabeth opens that tear?

Also, at the end baptism/drowning scene, why doesn't Elizabeth have her pendant on?

And, what significance does the brief scene after the end credits have?

And lastly, how old exactly is Booker? If he and Comstock are the same person, (and therefore the same age), then why does Comstock look so much older.