BioShock Infinite: All scenes with the Luteces

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  • @animeclubdaveisdead
    @animeclubdaveisdead 9 років тому +2268

    Well thats settled. If i every become a omnipresent time traveler. Im going to go find a female version of myself and go screw with people.

    • @thetruth9807
      @thetruth9807 9 років тому +222

      and her?

    • @juuzou3729
      @juuzou3729 9 років тому +53

      Smooth

    • @rreimera
      @rreimera 9 років тому +81

      ***** more like masturbation, since you are 99,9% the same (mind and body) minus that one chromosome..
      twins are never the same, it is impossible to be identical to another person.

    • @eelektrosszeboss3346
      @eelektrosszeboss3346 9 років тому +27

      Rolf Reimer Andersen Unless you're these two

    • @richardjackson9584
      @richardjackson9584 7 років тому +26

      Kakazua Gagata wouldn't it be masterbation? kinda.

  • @fsn1749
    @fsn1749 3 роки тому +1112

    As a little girl playing this game, I've always adored Rosalind and wanted to be her so badly I would often recite her lines out of the blue. Now as a college student, I'm majoring in Physics; studying quantum physics and particle physics. Oh, if only 12-year- old me could see me now.

    • @Blaquebarbgamer
      @Blaquebarbgamer 3 роки тому +57

      That’s so cool.

    • @orthochronicity6428
      @orthochronicity6428 3 роки тому +91

      It makes me happy that, in some small way, Rosalind might have led at least one more person to study particle physics. I hope you're journey amongst the forces and fields is a rewarding one.

    • @necromancywitch
      @necromancywitch 3 роки тому +16

      I'm proud of you. :o)

    • @echoplots8058
      @echoplots8058 3 роки тому +32

      She does see you. And doesn't. Heads or tails. Two perspectives.

    • @AMV_KINGDOM_mv
      @AMV_KINGDOM_mv 3 роки тому +5

      Proud of you 8 months later

  • @jennarmstrong3685
    @jennarmstrong3685 9 років тому +1962

    I think the Lutece twins are my favorite characters in the game. They provide some plucky comic relief to the game.

    • @Tribookau3
      @Tribookau3 8 років тому +3

      +Jenny Armstrong I agree commander Ivanova xD

    • @jennarmstrong3685
      @jennarmstrong3685 8 років тому +2

      +Shinigamy Charly :)

    • @darkecofreak23
      @darkecofreak23 8 років тому +90

      And some of the darkest moments.

    • @carlosmspk
      @carlosmspk 5 років тому +42

      I actually really enjoyed them for the suspense and mystery they provide. Makes you wonder from very early in the game who are these guys and how can they move around like that

    • @eyesofthevoid9595
      @eyesofthevoid9595 3 роки тому +1

      I like songbird but these guys are cool

  • @afterglow9946
    @afterglow9946 8 років тому +752

    Lutece is the old name of Paris, which is the dream-city of Elizabeth

    • @moondoor9031
      @moondoor9031 7 років тому +151

      What an amazing reference...

  • @NahrAlma
    @NahrAlma 8 років тому +1150

    They are the cheshire cat of Bioshock Infinite

    • @SomeKindaSpy
      @SomeKindaSpy 8 років тому +59

      +Holzkohlen
      Also the G-man.

    • @gagejohnathan9641
      @gagejohnathan9641 8 років тому +32

      +SomeKindaSpy definitely Columbia's g-man

    • @aidanm8030
      @aidanm8030 7 років тому +43

      I think they are a reference to the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" them being the titular characters. there are numerous references like the coin flipping always on heads

    • @skylx0812
      @skylx0812 6 років тому +2

      Good catch. "Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of The Rape of the Sabine Women - or rather woman, or rather ...Alfred - (Over his shoulder.) Get your skirt on, Alfred"

    • @Greendalewitch
      @Greendalewitch 6 років тому

      Aidan M And what the fuck is that? Im not a smart person. Im just your average American gun loving Trump supporter in a sexual relationship with my sister living in a trailer. #Whitetrash

  • @randomtrucks
    @randomtrucks 7 років тому +559

    Booker: *stares blankly at the luteces, not blinking*
    Rosalind: "this is becoming rather awkward."

    • @solesurvivor5
      @solesurvivor5 22 дні тому

      If only people would use that on batman

  • @Heedfulconch3
    @Heedfulconch3 8 років тому +790

    Holy f*** i just noticed this
    Remember how elizabeth flips the coin at you? You always catch heads?
    You flip a coin at the start, landing on heads, it never lands on tails
    Ever

    • @tiagov.s.2693
      @tiagov.s.2693 8 років тому +113

      +Heedfulconch3 woah, stop this game is already hurting my brain way too much, don't throw in more stuff lol

    • @Heedfulconch3
      @Heedfulconch3 8 років тому +5

      nope

    • @deadchannel8498
      @deadchannel8498 8 років тому +132

      I just noticed and all the heads that on the chalkboard is all the times he died and got heads again

    • @qwemlhjsi4386
      @qwemlhjsi4386 8 років тому +3

      Wut

    • @qwemlhjsi4386
      @qwemlhjsi4386 8 років тому +1

      Elizabeth?

  • @nickj.648
    @nickj.648 8 років тому +280

    Though it's probably incredibly depressing in the long run, I'd love to teleport across time and space with my duplicate and mess with people.

    • @tonydanatop4912
      @tonydanatop4912 5 років тому +20

      They still have an eternity to find a nice dimension to settle undo it if they ever get bored/suicidal

  • @leosmith7336
    @leosmith7336 9 років тому +500

    I like how they just love screwing around without a single care in the world.

    • @gaskinforeman303
      @gaskinforeman303 8 років тому +81

      well not a care in this world.

    • @nomadskout9862
      @nomadskout9862 8 років тому +57

      +Gaskin Foreman or any world for that matter

  • @finchcarvingadiamond
    @finchcarvingadiamond 9 років тому +618

    "He isn't moving"
    I lost it there. I don't know why, but I broke out laughing.

  • @SirEriol
    @SirEriol 9 років тому +704

    I love how she is posing so fancy with that apple at 11:38 and he is like "nah, woman, I'm painting myself".

    • @ferbthe2gadgetguy
      @ferbthe2gadgetguy 8 років тому +65

      +SirEriol It's amazing how he does it without looking

    • @XxGreymoonxX
      @XxGreymoonxX 7 років тому +56

      SirEriol I didn't even notice this. God I love these two

    • @regalia8717
      @regalia8717 7 років тому +135

      SirEriol He would be painting himself regardless, no?

    • @lunavyz901
      @lunavyz901 7 років тому +6

      Regalia physically yeah.

    • @zac5370
      @zac5370 6 років тому +58

      But he probably isn't painting himself, he's painting her. At least, if she looks at it, it's a picture of her holding an apple. 19:39 "Where he sees an empty page, I see King Lear"

  • @AmazonJunJun
    @AmazonJunJun 8 років тому +429

    love how he's just painting himself

    • @PokeBattlerJaze
      @PokeBattlerJaze 5 років тому +64

      I mean TECHNICALLY, he is painting her :^)

    • @AVeryOldLady4397
      @AVeryOldLady4397 Рік тому

      Not even that. It's an animatronic of him painting himself because whoever created the monument just knew how self absorbed he is lmao

  • @bkr1895
    @bkr1895 9 років тому +490

    Two of the most interesting characters ever in a videogame

    • @sethn5217
      @sethn5217 9 років тому +11

      Vladimir Lenin and amusing :)

    • @WhatPayneVids
      @WhatPayneVids 9 років тому +17

      *One* of the most interesting characters ever in a videogame. Or Two of the most interesting character ever in a video game?

    • @sethn5217
      @sethn5217 9 років тому +22

      WhatPayne
      I think they are both two people, and one person at once, if that makes any sense at all

    • @WhatPayneVids
      @WhatPayneVids 9 років тому +4

      Seth ノートン
      It does(nt)! Turst me I would(nt) understand.

    • @sethn5217
      @sethn5217 9 років тому +6

      WhatPayne The whole, parallel quantum universes thing is hard enough to understand as it is

  • @CeeBleu
    @CeeBleu 10 років тому +705

    I just realized something.
    Rosaline Lutece was the first one. She created the machine to open a tear into another universe, then she found a universe with her... or rather him, if in the chance that the variable in that universe is the single chromosome while the constant is their personalities and profession.
    It makes total sense!

    • @sernoddicusthegallant6986
      @sernoddicusthegallant6986 6 років тому +56

      yeah remember at the very start she says she dosent agree with the "exercise"

    • @oofdude6615
      @oofdude6615 6 років тому +33

      No offense, but a lot of people already figured that out, and it was pretty obvious if you really pay attention.

    • @senorbolainas2991
      @senorbolainas2991 3 роки тому +4

      I think that one Lutece is a constant in all the universes or at least all the ones with Booker taking the baptism

    • @serpentmaster1323
      @serpentmaster1323 Рік тому +18

      It sounds like Rosalind is from the universe with Comstock where he takes the baptism, and Robert is from Booker’s universe where he doesn’t

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +26

      @@serpentmaster1323 Yes. In the universes where Booker becomes Comstock, Lutece is a woman. In the universes where Booker refuses the baptism, Lutece is male. In any universe Lutece will always be a scientist, but his/her sex will differ. Also, without Comstock, there is no funding for Robert as a physicist, which is why Rosalind was able to get further with her work than her counterpart in the Booker universe.

  • @dontquestionmyname5490
    @dontquestionmyname5490 8 років тому +1423

    Rosalind: Odd, isn't it ?
    Robert: What's odd ?
    Rosalind: The fact that we sometimes...
    Robert: ... finish each other's sentences ?
    Rosalind: Exactly !
    Robert: It would be odder if we didn't.
    Rosalind: Hm...
    *BEST CONVERSATION EVER*

    • @totallynameless8861
      @totallynameless8861 7 років тому +77

      Rosalind: Odd, isn't it ?
      Robert: What's odd ?
      Rosalind: The fact that we sometimes...
      Robert: ...
      Rosalind: Finish each otheeers...
      Robert: Sandwiches! It's sandwiches, right?
      Rosalind: .... I was wondering why you didn't build a floating city. Mystery solved.
      Robert: Hehe, I are so smart!
      _Now_ it's the best conversation ever.

    • @Photimus
      @Photimus 5 років тому +5

      I see the inspiration for the song in Frozen which literately came out a year after Bioshock Infinite.

    • @thetarget6318
      @thetarget6318 4 роки тому +3

      I’ve seen that comment before.

    • @xavierjones9932
      @xavierjones9932 3 роки тому

      I JUST got to that scene reading this the timing XD

    • @johnassimakopoulos8954
      @johnassimakopoulos8954 Рік тому

      11:55

  • @Aurik-Kal-Durin
    @Aurik-Kal-Durin 7 років тому +501

    15:10 I love how Rosalind describes sexual intercourse. "Errant act of carnality"... classic!

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +26

      English is such a fun language. The Brits really came up with a variety of ways to say something.

  • @FatrickAteman
    @FatrickAteman 9 років тому +414

    wow just watching the Luteces's dig their own grave while calmly debating is so strange and I love it

  • @nightingalebard
    @nightingalebard 11 років тому +196

    During heads or tails, if you stuck around and just stood there, the Lutece twins will say a few witty comments to you, before Rosalind says (making fun of NPC dialogue loops) "If you continue to stand there, I'll be forced to repeat myself."

  • @TheMGSlow
    @TheMGSlow 8 років тому +392

    So we were playing the 143rd Booker Dewitt....

    • @tiagov.s.2693
      @tiagov.s.2693 8 років тому +75

      +TheMGSlow I reallt hope you didn't spend 10 minutes of your life counting all the sticks that were drawn in the board lol

    • @JackH1205
      @JackH1205 8 років тому +133

      It would be the 123rd.
      24 tallies of 5 = 120 plus the three scribbled underneath the front equals 123.

    • @heropon12l9
      @heropon12l9 7 років тому +34

      +Jack Hiles well done with that math

    • @kevinocasio3022
      @kevinocasio3022 6 років тому +12

      heropon12 l Quick maths

    • @JF-bg5hv
      @JF-bg5hv 6 років тому +19

      I think it was more of a stab at the "constants and variables" multiverse possibility theme that revolved around Lutece. You just happen to prove that in some probable universe, a coin flip land on heads 120 times in a row. Extremely unlikely, but still possible.

  • @route99
    @route99 8 років тому +216

    If you want to be even further impressed with the "Twins" look to the origin of the name Lutece. It is actually the name the Romans gave to the original settlement that grow to become Paris!
    Furthermore the name refers to a marshy island in the middle of the River Seine that was the first outpost of the settlement. An island in the stream...the constant in the variable.
    Who doesn't love the "Twins"?

  • @CoinWasher
    @CoinWasher 8 років тому +637

    5:55 -- The twins' voices don't echo or reverb when they speak.
    They're THAT much outside of the times, man.

    • @tonydanatop4912
      @tonydanatop4912 5 років тому +76

      Wow good and an amazing detail for the audio team 😮

    • @asiah1396
      @asiah1396 5 років тому +18

      Good catch

    • @WindiChilliwack
      @WindiChilliwack 4 роки тому +14

      They're like in their heads.

    • @HR-vv1bk
      @HR-vv1bk 4 роки тому +26

      I just noticed Booker and Elizabeth’s voices were echoing and the Luteces’ weren’t. Cool find

    • @brutechieftain9321
      @brutechieftain9321 4 роки тому +3

      **insert mind blown gif**

  • @TheRunningRoman
    @TheRunningRoman 10 років тому +417

    I have to admit, this game forced me to look at the world in a new way like few other games have.

  • @hydro7373
    @hydro7373 7 років тому +238

    The Lutece twins are not 1+1, but 1×1

  • @Barkend3
    @Barkend3 8 років тому +1210

    Watching this after finishing the game just adds to how great this game is. Like that very first scene in the boat, at 1:00 Robert says that there's no point in asking Booker to row, Rosalind asks why.
    Robert: Because he doesn't row.
    Rosalind: He doesn't ROW?
    Robert: No. He DOESN'T row.
    That emphasis on the "DOESN'T" means they already asked for one of the previous Bookers to help rowing, and discovered he doesn't know how to row. Probably one of the Bookers screwed up while trying to row during that storm, and now they know they must not let him row.

    • @OccipitantX
      @OccipitantX 8 років тому +204

      Or maybe they mean he won't row because they, being time travelers of a sort, have seen that he doesn't.

    • @darksouls2isthebestgameeve470
      @darksouls2isthebestgameeve470 8 років тому +50

      row also means arguing

    • @ConelradCreations
      @ConelradCreations 7 років тому +97

      He doesn't row - He doesn't know. They are saying that currently the Booker doesn't know the plot of his significance whilst rowing to lighthouse to go to Columbia.

    • @HaackSpeed
      @HaackSpeed 7 років тому +60

      Yes, this. He just doesn't row, in any timeline

    • @RandomGerman8008
      @RandomGerman8008 6 років тому +18

      I offered up the same question/arguement in my own comment. I'm wondering if they really meesn rowing as rowing. Near the end of the conversation, their tones in their voices change. As if they are offering up secret innuendos for some inside joke only they know about. The male lutece is rowing. A man moving his hands up and down two stiff poles. saying the only other guy in the boat doesn't "row". Kinda transparent what is being said there. Booker Dewitt is straight, and male lutece knows this cause he tried with a previous dewitt and got nowhere.

  • @LePonchoPenguin
    @LePonchoPenguin 10 років тому +264

    It amuses me how bad they both are at playing the piano.

    • @thetruth9807
      @thetruth9807 9 років тому +33

      LePonchoPenguin It wasn't "bad", but the wrong instrument with the right notes

    • @LePonchoPenguin
      @LePonchoPenguin 9 років тому +2

      Very true.

    • @LePonchoPenguin
      @LePonchoPenguin 9 років тому +8

      ***** Bioshock is great that way.

    • @LePonchoPenguin
      @LePonchoPenguin 9 років тому +23

      This storyline was so good, it made me wish I could forget it and play fresh like the first time, but yes, playing again, you do realise how many things you missed.

    • @atlasone8369
      @atlasone8369 5 років тому +6

      Ah... of course... well at least they left the piano...

  • @momaws77
    @momaws77 10 років тому +215

    8:35 Elizabeth's Face XD

    • @chrisidoo
      @chrisidoo 10 років тому +47

      She's like, "The hell is going on?..."

    • @Photimus
      @Photimus 5 років тому +12

      That was mine

  • @jmk3178
    @jmk3178 7 років тому +115

    8:37 Elizabeth is just like, "What the fuck?"

  • @phigu198
    @phigu198 9 років тому +144

    If i had a twin i would go all lutece-style-physics

  • @WouldYouLikeToKnowMore2
    @WouldYouLikeToKnowMore2 9 років тому +249

    That Lutece line "We are where we're needed." "And needed where we are." Applies to all of us in this dimension. This is because all dimensions sort of have a "pre-written" history" where we all do certain actions that lead us to somewhere new to do other actions. Actions cross actions. That is how dimensions work. The constant is being ourselves, but the variables being the actions/situations. This line also agrees with "everything happens for a reason." That is also why time travel sucks according to this theory. Since you change something that was supposed to happen, say a failed test, then you altered the pre-written history of this dimension and caused a tear in the space-time continuum. In short, everything happens to keep a dimension from crossing another dimension.

  • @marogns
    @marogns 5 років тому +170

    "Why not?"
    "Because he doesn't row."
    "He doesn't ROW?"
    "No, he DOESN'T row."
    "Ah, I see what you mean."

    • @TheRealJDC
      @TheRealJDC 3 роки тому +1

      Can you explain this please?

    • @Corallus_Caninus
      @Corallus_Caninus 3 роки тому +39

      The_Real_JDC I think because there was multiple realities or whatever you may call it, things change of course but one thing that never changed in any of the time lines is that booker doesn’t row when he’s in the boat.

    • @DStalnaker13
      @DStalnaker13 3 роки тому +15

      @@TheRealJDC one of the themes of the story is “constants and variables” one of the constants is that in every reality the Lutece’s went to Booker dosen’t row. It’s a constant.

    • @TheRealJDC
      @TheRealJDC 3 роки тому +3

      @@DStalnaker13 yea thanks man I get it now. It just seems like a really odd choice of wording. He puts emphasis on "row" and it doesn't help that row also means to argue so it sounds like he won't argue or something 🤣

    • @Crimson_Sun2486
      @Crimson_Sun2486 2 роки тому +1

      @@DStalnaker13 it's probably that and the fact that the Luteces essentially perceive all of space and time from where they are, like cosmic omnipresent gods
      Kinda makes them seem Lovecraftian, doesn't it?

  • @maddie9602
    @maddie9602 4 роки тому +217

    "When I was a girl, I dreamt I was standing in a room looking at a girl who was and wasn't myself; who stood looking at another girl who also was and was not myself. My mother took this for a nightmare. I saw it as the beginning of a career in physics."
    One of my favorite Lutece lines.
    On another note, Booker, they _specifically_ told you not to pick #77. You idiot.

    • @angelrenate
      @angelrenate 4 роки тому +14

      But what would have happened if he didn't? If he didn't he may not have "saved Elizabeth." I feel more they told him not to so that when he saw he did he'd realize he needs those two.

    • @TyrannosaurusCHEX
      @TyrannosaurusCHEX 4 роки тому +7

      I think he had to do everything he did to reach that final ending- it was the only reality where he could break the cycle

    • @asdasasdas3476
      @asdasasdas3476 4 роки тому +22

      I always figured that the universe where he hadn’t picked #77 or even hadn’t participated in the racket at all was the one you visit later in the game where booker was a martyr to the Vox populi , since the racket event is what lead booker to getting exposed Sooner rather then later therefor leaving no time to plan anything

    • @noahkarpinski1824
      @noahkarpinski1824 11 місяців тому

      You can play the game. You don't get any other option then to pick #77
      There are constants and there are variables...

  • @solargoth
    @solargoth 9 років тому +387

    "..And so I shall do my part, knowing it shall all end in tears." Tears... Or /tears/? These two were ridiculously clever.

    • @lunavyz901
      @lunavyz901 7 років тому +33

      Crais Bandicoot Tears as in crying, and tears as in the "portals" Elizabeth makes. Maybe😥

  • @Sahantara
    @Sahantara 7 років тому +176

    11:43 She is posing, but he is drawing himself, lol. XD

    • @jakeystarsuper
      @jakeystarsuper 4 роки тому +4

      @@nabilbasalamah4040 are they twins or just counterpicks
      Because twin irl are thw same person male male female female or male or female

    • @HornyJudge
      @HornyJudge 4 роки тому +10

      @@jakeystarsuper They're the same person.

    • @ojroche5217
      @ojroche5217 4 роки тому +16

      JakeyStar 2020! The Luteces aren’t brother and sister, they are the same person from different dimensions.

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 4 роки тому +3

      He's drawing himself...but he's also drawing her.

    • @ted9030
      @ted9030 2 роки тому

      He is drawing themself

  • @74camarolt
    @74camarolt 9 років тому +298

    Because Lady Lutece says she's surprised the Shield didn't kill Booker, and because this isn't their first go-around with sending Booker to kill Comstock, could it be that the Shield is what led to his success?

    • @sethn5217
      @sethn5217 9 років тому +50

      sandiego74 I think it might of been an integral part of it but I think it was the fact that it didn't kill him that altered the variables

    • @TrueJunebug
      @TrueJunebug 7 років тому +74

      sandiego74 WOW! A reply a year later! I don't believe that the shield was the defining variable. Based off of the coin flip the Booker you play as is the 123ish I believe iteration. If the first 122 died when given the shield they would most likely be forced to conclude that the shield killing him is a constant and not a variable and decide to find another way to help him along. Most likely a majority of the Bookers died but enough survived to show that it is possible for him to survive and that it gives him a distinct edge. Based off of this logic we can conclude that it wasn't strictly the shield that let him survive because more Bookers would have had it before him.
      Or hey, maybe the Luteces are altering their formula for the shield between attempts trying to improve it and it is indeed what changed it.

    • @Klogeist
      @Klogeist 6 років тому +37

      TrueJunebug I think that the shield working was one but not the only condition for Booker to not die. Another could be 'old Elizabeth' giving him the notes to control songbird (i think she said something along the lines of 'songbird always stops you').
      That indicades that all Bookers who survived the shield and maybe other variables/filters eventually died to songbird.
      Could be wrong on that one tho ^^

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 4 роки тому +8

      It's a series of circumstances that don't kill Booker is what makes your version successful. It's not just the shield. Maybe even surviving the transportation of Booker to this 1912 or the launch being successful or not having your face grounded by the skyhook

    • @Fragmentsinfractals488
      @Fragmentsinfractals488 2 роки тому +7

      A little late, but the dead man in the lighthouse is also a variable. The Luteces kill him so he cannot get the jump on Booker.
      In the Luteces' house, they have a picture of the Lighthouse circled.

  • @ZeroRequiemGX
    @ZeroRequiemGX 10 років тому +266

    Fun fact, during the scene in 3:33 instead of taking her upgrade try hitting her with your melee, you won't actually hit her but she will taunt you like A LOT :D

    • @dendae3217
      @dendae3217 5 років тому +65

      If you shoot they taunt you on missing a shot with "a missed miss misses" and both bother you on basically wasting ammo

    • @WhyNot-yy5wz
      @WhyNot-yy5wz 2 роки тому +12

      “You missed 😒”

    • @mackpines
      @mackpines 2 роки тому +24

      Robert: "We can afford to do this all day."
      Rosalind: "The question is, can you?"

  • @kateronquillo6363
    @kateronquillo6363 7 років тому +169

    They're personally my most favorite characters. They deserve their own game.

  • @RazAquato
    @RazAquato 11 років тому +78

    "If the player decides not to draw Booker's weapon or does nothing at the ticket booth in Battleship Bay, the man behind the counter will stab Booker in his right hand. For the rest of the game, Booker will sport a hand-wrap with a small blood stain on his right hand. However, during certain animations, such as acquiring a new Vigor, his hand is shown without the wrap or the stab wound." - Bioshock Wiki

  • @wilkd05
    @wilkd05 9 років тому +187

    Today in my class we performed some weird tally and being the last on the list i had the final vote. My vote tied three of the contenders to a draw.
    For some odd reason i got the feeling that this simple choice has now just changed the entire course of my life, I wonder what happened in the other realities...

    • @1Plebeian
      @1Plebeian 2 роки тому +3

      Or: your arc is inexorable, but you royally altered their arcs.

  • @tallic967
    @tallic967 4 роки тому +127

    "Why do you ask 'what?'"
    "When the delicious question is 'when?'"
    "The only difference between past and present..."
    "...is semantics."
    "Lives, lived, will live."
    "Dies, died, will die."
    "If we could perceive time as it truly was..."
    "...what reason would grammar professors have to get out of bed?"

    • @Crimson_Sun2486
      @Crimson_Sun2486 2 роки тому

      Why grammar professors specifically?

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +6

      As an ESL teacher I must say their uses of the Simple tenses are wonderful. But what'll break people's minds even more is that the words we use to name things are arbitrary. What we call a chair in one universe could easily be called a desk in another. In fact, since all possibilities exist, it's likely there is a universe where that's the case.

    • @skxlter5747
      @skxlter5747 Рік тому +1

      @@mish375 so pretty much all things have a different name, same object but different name n such ?

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +4

      @@skxlter5747 Basically what I'm getting at is that there's no real reason to call a table a table or a chair a chair. And different words for those terms exist in other languages. So there could be a universe where different words are used to describe the same things in English depending on how the language developed in that reality. One missed opportunity in this masterpiece of a game was having audio diaries from Robert after he crosses into Rosalind's reality. It would have been very interesting to hear what differences there were between his home reality and Rosalind's.

    • @nickjoffe8433
      @nickjoffe8433 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mish375But If the Multiverse is infinite, with a universe for each and every difference possible, then wouldn't it be not unreasonable that some universes contain only a small, tiny difference; just as there could be worlds with numerous differences? What if the reason we didn't hear about Robert Lutece's world, is because the only single difference was his female counterpart?

  • @smengus
    @smengus 9 років тому +144

    I just realized. Practically every interaction with the Lutece's in the game demonstrate constants and variables. Constants: either one since they are the same being Variables: what they offer to you. It's pretty much the same person giving you different options or doing different things. At least, I think that's what it means ^^"
    Alternate universes are wack yo

  • @InstaSound
    @InstaSound 7 років тому +170

    These two made the difference between a good game and a great game for me. Impressive characters!

  • @igaze75
    @igaze75 8 років тому +159

    This game loves picking at your brain doesn't it.

    • @shoe6003
      @shoe6003 7 років тому +1

      iGaze, Quite.

    • @oofdude6615
      @oofdude6615 6 років тому +8

      It loves to just screw it over, throw it around, tear it in half, the fix it with tape.

  • @DanPhantomFan
    @DanPhantomFan 10 років тому +316

    the (B)ird or the (C)age? (Booker or Comstock)

    • @oofdude6615
      @oofdude6615 6 років тому +52

      Good theory, but I believe the bird represents Elizabeth and the cage Comstock/The tower/Songbird. I don’t know which one exactly, but I think it’s most likely the tower.

    • @dominickstewart433
      @dominickstewart433 6 років тому +6

      Creative idea.

    • @superfuntimes5408
      @superfuntimes5408 4 роки тому +5

      I thought the cage meant that there is a cage to put songbird in if you choose the cage

    • @goose6974
      @goose6974 3 роки тому +1

      You guys have good theories

    • @goddamnit
      @goddamnit 3 роки тому +1

      Actually, I never thought about it that way, whoa

  • @darwinaguilero3175
    @darwinaguilero3175 7 років тому +79

    I love how Rosalind is the one making the snide remarks while Robert is quiet waiting patiently.

    • @H0NK3R5
      @H0NK3R5 3 роки тому +11

      It's because it's her reality while he still needs to understand fully he's not in his original dimension

    • @AluminumFusion22
      @AluminumFusion22 Рік тому

      It was his idea to execute the "thought experiment". He felt guilty in helping to abduct Anna from our Booker, and so he conducted the experiment alongside Rosalind to put things right again.

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +9

      @@H0NK3R5 Robert's mind adapted to the Comstock universe. I think it just shows some of the differences in personality they have. In other cases, he eggs on Rosalind and the two trade banter. Likely a personality thing.

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett Рік тому +3

      @@mish375 Robert has less of an ego than his sister, and is a lot more thoughtful. The only reason the game’s plot happens is because he convinced her to help him stop Comstock and reunite Elizabeth with Booker. Rosalind was ready to jump dimensions and leave the world to burn, but Robert’s sense of responsibility prevented him from doing the same.
      She’s amoral, and only cares about the logic of doing something. He has a sense of morality, and thinks it’s worth helping people in need even if it doesn’t directly benefit him. All-in-all, he’s much more in touch with his humanity than she is, and that’s the biggest difference between the two.

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +4

      @@DovahFett I think you misunderstand Rosalind. While they poke fun at her willingness to be in a grey area and she does have an ego, she does privately express guilt over what happened to Elizabeth as she and Robert truly wanted her to be happy. There are a few Voxophones that indicate this, especially one in Clash in the Clouds where she says that she hopes Songbird can be a better father to her than Booker or Comstock. She also left some of her books in Elizabeth's Tower for her to read, indicating that she wanted Elizabeth to get some kind of education and not be completely unaware of the world around her. Rosalind also expresses that she knows she's hypocritical when she judges Comstock because "I helped him build the stage". She carries a high degree of guilt that she tries to bury.
      However, the tragedy of Rosalind's character is that she was raised in a transactional society: one that used her for her genius but discarded her for being in a male-dominated profession. To assert control she threw herself into the sciences, but saw the world like the Cage: no free will and what happens will always happen. She is extremely repressed emotionally. One of the underlying reasons she didn't want to do the exercise in the first place is because it would mean that they would have to watch Booker and Elizabeth die repeatedly and those universes could not be saved. But they'd have to experiment until they got it right. And that happens at leat 122 times, which explains why Rosalind sounds angry when they appear. She did tell Robert that it will end in tears for that reason and she doesn't want to put either of them through that grief.
      But, Burial at Sea Part 2's boat scene definitely established that behind Rosalind's veneer of anger is actually sadness and grief at Elizabeth's choice to sacrifice herself. She simply has trouble expressing her feelings to anyone other than Robert. And the final Voxophone diary from Rosalind indicates that she's torn between becoming mortal again vs. remaining in a semi-immortal state.
      Rosalind simply sees everything as being doomed to fail and thus failing is an unnecessary cruelty to the DeWitts if they keep dying over and over again. Robert believes in some free will and that we can change our fates. So he sees the deaths as necessary to save as many universes as they can. Robert is chaos, Rosalind is order. Both are needed for success. They both bring out each other's good traits. Robert's influence brings Rosalind out of her shell and helps her connect with her human side, the one she tried to bury behind logic. In turn, Rosalind influences Robert by giving him more structure to work with and helps him think more logically. Like yin and yang they are both essential for balance.
      A final word though: it's established that Robert's guilt over Elizabeth having a rough life is what drives him. It pushes him to be more responsible and think of others. I think one of the reasons he gave Rosalind the ultimatium was because he knew how difficult trying to make things right would be. Bearing it alone would have been too hard on him, but he was willing to take the risk. I think he knew Rosalind wouldn't leave him as she loves him, which is why he did it that way. But he was still willing to risk it all if it meant Elizabeth could lead a happy life and they could undo their mistake.

  • @5crungo
    @5crungo 6 років тому +57

    they’re so creepy, yet so loveable at the same exact time

  • @BayPointMovieMakers
    @BayPointMovieMakers 11 років тому +40

    "He doesn't row."
    "He doesn't ROW!?"
    "No, he DOESN'T row"
    Oh god they're talking about like....multverse shit there. Right under your nose.

  • @doltonkenway1056
    @doltonkenway1056 10 років тому +53

    THIS GAME CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER I WILL NEVER SEE EVENTS ,HAPPENINGS, REALITY , NOR TIME THE SAME EVER AGAIN!

    • @Coronaria32
      @Coronaria32 7 років тому +3

      dolton kenway same here

  • @amithysts
    @amithysts 11 років тому +34

    Though it's funny how in the end, the cage is technically the opposite of captivity, since c. a. g.e. played on the flute were the notes to control Songbird, which took his control over her away. I just love how that twists the symbolism of the images.

  • @Doge-rv3vd
    @Doge-rv3vd 2 роки тому +16

    I just noticed in the quote at the beginning, it credits the author as "R. Lutece" to make it so it could apply to either of them

  • @melodysymphonystar
    @melodysymphonystar 7 років тому +105

    -Missed! Missed! Missed again! Another miss. And... a miss.
    -We can afford to do this all day.
    -The question is: Can you?
    Also, anyone else loves Booker's dry sense of humour? "Giant balloons?... So... Not giant balloons? ... I'll get back to you after I figure out the 'floating city' bit" Love him :)

  • @xenosmoke8915
    @xenosmoke8915 2 роки тому +10

    Next time you play, after the line “Well at least they left the piano” look to your right and see Elizabeth staring at you with the most confused face I’ve ever seen.

  • @Darkstar263
    @Darkstar263 10 років тому +72

    I love Jennifer Hale's accent in this game.

  • @IanAnimatesBagels
    @IanAnimatesBagels 3 роки тому +15

    I love all the small "wait what" details with them. Like when Rosalind is posing for a painting, and when the cart moves past the other side of the canvas you can see Robert is painting himself instead.

  • @maorsragovich8870
    @maorsragovich8870 8 років тому +65

    At the scene where they give you the elixir at the bar you can try to shoot them, makes for some fine dialogue.

    • @cjv8522
      @cjv8522 7 років тому +17

      A miss... and a miss...

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 4 роки тому +46

    These two blokes are like the best part of the whole game

    • @C.I...
      @C.I... 2 роки тому

      Only one of them is a bloke though.

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants Рік тому

      @@C.I... what if she isn't? Theres a possibility.

    • @tallic967
      @tallic967 Рік тому

      @@Mr_Fancypants What's with the sus pfp

  • @VoidyBoiii
    @VoidyBoiii Рік тому +8

    I love them so much. The way they blend comic relief with crucial lore is amazing

  • @lucasraines
    @lucasraines 2 роки тому +5

    I love how the telegram is just signed “-Lutece.”. It doesn’t matter if it was Robert or Rosalind, because they are both Lutece.

  • @SwiftEC360
    @SwiftEC360 8 років тому +42

    Not many people will probably agree with me, but the Lutece's remind me so much of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Top Stoppard's play, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"

    • @SteviaCookies
      @SteviaCookies 8 років тому +11

      Yes, because they are part of the story but also outside it; although the Lutece twins are more like characters who managed to become readers, while Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters who become aware of their character status

    • @rosvlinds
      @rosvlinds 7 років тому +2

      I love this comment

    • @ted9030
      @ted9030 3 роки тому

      They remind me of the Gman...and Sans

  • @Hard_Boiled_Entertainment
    @Hard_Boiled_Entertainment 9 років тому +64

    It's a troll-off: The Doctor, Q, Captain Jack Sparrow, and the Lutece Twins. Place your bets.

    • @garrettb2663
      @garrettb2663 9 років тому +30

      The Luteces would win. Simply because they can twist your mind more than any one else. And then be dicks when you can't get it.

    • @arosbastion7052
      @arosbastion7052 9 років тому +3

      Garrett B Ah, but you always end up getting it. It's all a matter of perspective.

    • @nicholsjoshua15
      @nicholsjoshua15 8 років тому +4

      Robert and Rosalind are more assholes than Doctor Q or Jack Sparrow.
      Really I hate those two bastards!
      It's all their fault; every bit of it; they chose to work for an insane racist, help buy a baby from a depressed and shell shocked Booker, led Booker to die, set up Daisy to die, and abandon Elizabeth to die in Rapture.
      Those two can go fuck themselves!
      I hope they enjoy their infinite limbo.

    • @liquidmantle
      @liquidmantle 8 років тому

      Q, no doubt.

    • @satsumafez
      @satsumafez 8 років тому +4

      They all have such wildly different views of the Universe it would be fascinating to watch. Q clearly the most powerful - though I suspect his apathy would mean he wouldn't take the others seriously. The Doctor strangely the physically most grounded in this reality might give him a greater grasp on what was going on. Jack Sparrow - well would certainly have strange views on the Universe but I'm not sure how he'd defeat the others - though he does seem to know his way back from death - which is a neat trick! And the Lutece's whilst seemingly able to be anywhere and percieve anything would be able to give any of them a run for their money. I predict a stalemate!

  • @stalk8r
    @stalk8r 9 років тому +209

    11:20 - thank god Booker is as ignorant to physics and science in general as I am.. :(

    • @John_Doe....
      @John_Doe.... 6 років тому +4

      ...the girls is the flame that shall ignite the world...

    • @MisterJohnDoe
      @MisterJohnDoe 5 років тому +2

      Vilkku Same

  • @VoxasMusic
    @VoxasMusic 11 років тому +35

    Robert is Rosalind from a different dimension, some different circumstance made it so that instead of being a girl, Rosalind ended up being a guy in another dimension, Robert. That's why they finish each others sentences, they're essentially the same person thinking the same things.

  • @magmablock
    @magmablock 10 років тому +23

    If these two don't win character of the year at the VGAs, I will be disappointed.

  • @teencomment
    @teencomment 2 роки тому +9

    That little genius bit of wordplay at the beginning.
    "He doesn't row."
    "He doesn't ROW?" (as in, he doesn't row for exercise)
    "No, he DOESN'T row." (as in, Booker never offers to pick up an oar.)

  • @ChrisOnMission1
    @ChrisOnMission1 Рік тому +7

    Having replayed Infinite recently, I remembered that these two are probably my favourite thing in the game. Hilarious yet always slightly creepy. Charming yet ambivalent, you never know where they stand in relation two you exactly. Their dialogue ist brilliant, the voice acting ist top noch, they represent some fascinatingly complex ideas and with them there is always the feeling that something is very "wrong" with Columbia, that there are much bigger conflicts than the ones you directly participate in, and that they always know much more than anyone else, the player included. I was in the edge of my seat every single time these two popped Up.

  • @bunnywabbit5034
    @bunnywabbit5034 9 років тому +170

    Soo...Is there a female Booker and Male Elizabeth?

    • @alkostadinov
      @alkostadinov 9 років тому +81

      Most probably.

    • @green5310
      @green5310 9 років тому +14

      Genderbend~ :D

    • @aoibhealfae
      @aoibhealfae 9 років тому +17

      WonderBunny I want to play that game....

    • @sethn5217
      @sethn5217 9 років тому +24

      aoibhealfae You are playing that game.... in another universe. The developers decision to make Elizabeth female and Booker male in theory created 4 universes.

    • @redthemagicalunicorn
      @redthemagicalunicorn 9 років тому +2

      Possibly, (most likely). I saw a very convincing theory in which the Luteces were twins, and one or the other was stillborn in different dimesions, if that makes sense. Then Rosalind became a megamimd genius physist and was able to meet Robert. I would provide a link, bu I was deep in Tumblr when I found it.

  • @gabe_liu9095
    @gabe_liu9095 9 років тому +44

    i thought Robert paint Rosalind, but he paint his self portrait hha

    • @TrueJunebug
      @TrueJunebug 7 років тому +13

      Abdal Sesari technically he was painting both her and himself at the same time

    • @Magma_Seb
      @Magma_Seb 3 роки тому +4

      Technically, in painting Rosalind, it would still be a self-portrait.

  • @KATinBLACK
    @KATinBLACK 10 років тому +55

    Spoiler!!!! From DLC: BURIAL AT SEA
    THEY'RE BACK!!!! Just because everything ended with Booker and Elizabeth doesn't mean they're gone too!

  • @mendotcom345
    @mendotcom345 5 років тому +14

    To Comstock's wife thought Ms. Lutece and Comstock had a baby. Which was Elizabeth.
    The Tea is real.

  • @itswhoopiearchive2171
    @itswhoopiearchive2171 7 років тому +93

    ... Strange fellas aren't they?
    At least they're British

    • @shoe6003
      @shoe6003 7 років тому +9

      It'sWhoopie! Not in reality, they are actually American.

  • @mintozenko7297
    @mintozenko7297 3 роки тому +11

    A let's play channel featuring these two as the commentators would be absolutely amazing X'D

  • @WikiSorcerer
    @WikiSorcerer 9 років тому +24

    I never noticed that they had theme music before now. Huh.

  • @oofdude6615
    @oofdude6615 6 років тому +18

    Finally, I escaped the depths of ASMR BioShock Infinite and got here. Time to breathe in the fresh air and finally live.
    _Insert REALLY close sniffing all ASMR-like_

  • @PaintingWithTears
    @PaintingWithTears 2 роки тому +6

    My favourite pair of characters. This game holds such a special place in my heart.

  • @getparriedyoufilthycasual701
    @getparriedyoufilthycasual701 4 роки тому +9

    I love the music that plays during each encounter with the twins

  • @Fred-xy9ch
    @Fred-xy9ch 8 років тому +20

    I don't know why, but the luteces remind me a little of happy mask salesman from Majora's Mask

  • @Over9000Fail
    @Over9000Fail 9 років тому +19

    These guys are geniuses. Despite being in an allegedly fictional environment, the have isolated transdimensional theory and bent it to their will over a hundred years before anyone had given a shit in this world. While they haven't exactly downed all of the vocabulary that comes with it, they've done a better fucking job than the people of this today.

  • @xonxt
    @xonxt 6 років тому +27

    These two are absolutely delightful. Elizabeth was a darling, but aside from her these two were my favourite part of the game.
    Interestingly enough, every time I hear these two speak I was reminded of the two Gophers (Mac and Tosh) from Looney Tunes.

  • @finchcarvingadiamond
    @finchcarvingadiamond 9 років тому +18

    Although there are so many amazing characters with good development, these are my favorite.

  • @willgriffin9793
    @willgriffin9793 4 роки тому +10

    The true beauty of this game is that you can play it as an FPS and enjoy it. But you’ll never understand how it ends. If you truly pay attention, you’ll realize the Lutece twins were telling you what was going to happen the entire time.

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 5 років тому +7

    The Luteces represented science and logic, but that touch of whimsy that came with their appearances only made their part in BioShock all the more enjoyable. My favourite characters in Infinite by far.

  • @eliottdeletraz97
    @eliottdeletraz97 2 роки тому +5

    strangely, i found that relaxing (and stressful) seeing them leaving right after you climb the ladder. that's a good detail.

  • @dalemau5
    @dalemau5 2 роки тому +10

    11:12 Them just doing random shit for the lols genuinely made me laugh my first time playing this game

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому +4

      I think when time is no longer an object and death a minor inconvenience, playing some Quantum Baseball just for kicks is the way to go. Lol.

  • @DaDualityofMan
    @DaDualityofMan 4 роки тому +16

    I just finished this game again after 7 years and something I tried to do that I didn't before was actually try to shoot them and Rosalind just goes "Missed." and I shoot her again "Missed again." Man, I love these characters, they're the definition of "cheeky".

    • @BladeZero238
      @BladeZero238 6 місяців тому +1

      "We can afford to do this all day."
      "The question is, can YOU?"

  • @Marth_Shepard
    @Marth_Shepard 11 років тому +28

    6:22
    "This is becoming rather awkward"
    The luteces are the best characters in recent video game history.

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad 2 роки тому

      You must've commented before timestamps were a thing on youtube.
      6:22

    • @Nobody-jd4fn
      @Nobody-jd4fn 2 роки тому

      Wow

  • @Jason-hz6cm
    @Jason-hz6cm 5 років тому +12

    0:02 When you fall asleep during math class and the teacher calls on you

  • @510ney4
    @510ney4 6 років тому +25

    I wish we could hear the perspective from her brothers voice in the audiotapes

    • @JaPo92
      @JaPo92 5 років тому +11

      He doesn't record himself.
      He doesn't record himself?
      No, he doesn't record himself.

    • @TheCluelessOne022
      @TheCluelessOne022 4 роки тому +6

      To listen to his tapes, you would probably need to visit his dimension. In the dimension the player is in, Rosalind is the scientist and Robert doesn't exist.

  • @roberthunter6122
    @roberthunter6122 5 років тому +10

    OOHH "One goes into an experiment knowing one could fail" "But one does not undertake an experiment knowing one has failed" Are they talking about Booker about to go into this whole ordeal? Omg

  • @leilaniaileenlove
    @leilaniaileenlove Місяць тому +1

    Omg thank you so much for showing both sides' dialogue from the bird/cage choice; that's exactly what i came here for!

  • @theodoreshuai2990
    @theodoreshuai2990 4 роки тому +6

    I just love the way they finish each other's sentence.

  • @Radi0ActivSquid
    @Radi0ActivSquid 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone else think of the Luteces while watching Loki?

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad 2 роки тому +1

      Surprisingly I didn't. Probably because Sylvie and Loki are much more different from each other than Robert and Rosalind are.

  • @kausha7135
    @kausha7135 Рік тому +2

    Love listening to these conversations after completing the game and realizing they had all but spelled it out.

  • @lagoondiver
    @lagoondiver Рік тому +3

    I just finished Bioshock Infinity for the first time and I loved the Lutece twins.
    I started looking forward to their appearance and I was always so happy when their musical theme started ^^

  • @Fort_Master
    @Fort_Master 10 років тому +9

    Luteces word play, you gota love it.

  • @xenosmoke8915
    @xenosmoke8915 2 роки тому +3

    Behold, the two most reckless and terrifying human beings ever to have existed.

    • @mish375
      @mish375 Рік тому

      Actually the bioshock multiverse is lucky it was the Luteces who ended up in a State of Flux and not someone else. Their experiments and quest to save the multiverses are measured. They also don't use their abilities recklessly. If it were the Fink brothers, the multiverses wouldn't survive.

  • @Brianworldwide_7
    @Brianworldwide_7 9 місяців тому +2

    I finished the game no so long ago and when the game gives you the choice to choose between the cage and the bird, notice how Elizabeth moves the bird a bit more, also, it has a lot more lighting. This is going to influence you into taking the bird more often than the cage which hasn't moved at all and has a lot more shadow. Interesting!

  • @BambinoDoll
    @BambinoDoll 11 років тому +4

    Actually, the reality where they took Booker to, Robert was the one who lifted Columbia. When Booker sees the statue, it changes into Rosalind. I figure it changed considering that they made themselves a variable.

  • @AliFareedMC
    @AliFareedMC 4 роки тому +4

    They were based on my favorite Play
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
    When i first played Bioshock Infinite
    I noticed how familiar they are to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

  • @HikariDragonRyuu
    @HikariDragonRyuu 11 років тому +7

    Whatever happens in the next Bioshock game, I hope the Luteces are involved somehow. They are brilliant.

  • @misterkingdom3571
    @misterkingdom3571 4 роки тому +1

    This is so cool. Thanks for uploading!

  • @TheAtlasReview
    @TheAtlasReview 11 років тому +1

    Thanks for the video, these two are so entertaining.