Re-Name Movie ‘The Internship’ to 'The Children of No Tomorrow'

Great movie, The Internship.  Tells a simple  story of two almost middle aged,  hard up  super salesman who rev up a Google intern ‘team’ to win the class competition and get job offers at the mega, corporate, info-age giant…….GOOGLE, where these 2 human sales machines can re-gain their future.  Trailers and ads are all misleading on this movie and try to equate it with a tits and ass comedy or a lame version of ‘Animal House’.  (Not a bright crowd, those film execs in the marketing department.)

The real point is that these two irrepressible zanies (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) show these kids what it means to have some ‘heart’ and come thru when chips are down (and see the glass ‘half full’ ; find the pony in the pile of shit; understand it’s always darkest before the dawn) and a million other clichés that are really  amusing when dragged into this corporate cinema verité.   (The movie is somewhat self-serving advertising , but then again, isn’t everything these day?)

The millenniums have a lot more to learn from these guys than some tired old clichés.   They learn that ya ain’t dead ‘til your dead; no matter the setback -something  young people really don’t understand.  They also learn that there’s a lot more to your future than just this one thing in front of you.  And both these things are hard for young people to get these days. 

RE:  Ya ain’t dead ‘til your dead:   The competition in the film is about demonstrating  that your team is the ‘right’ team for that BIG team called Google  ( Corporate-wise, I mean.)  The Vaughn-Wilson team has 5 young members who can’t handle set-backs, failure, disappointment and near-misses.  The old guys have consistently loused up their lives and they're only too glad to share their wisdom on coping.  (Funny that these kids are clueless on that count - but then again, it is a lession  that life does teach as all over time.)

RE:  Your future is full of possibilities:  “Even if you don’t win this competition and don’t get the job at Google you will be OK. “   Weird that these kids even need to learn that from these two losers – but they do!  Millenniums don’t get it at all.  These kids whine, ‘we messed up this computer keystroke, our system got turned off, the result is fatal to our standing in the competition – we’ll never have another job opportunity again; not any.  Life’s over now.’  Amazing, but true to the way kids think today.  “Possibilities are real finite and if you miss once that’s the only shot you get.”

That’s why it’s an urgent film for baby boomer parents to see if they want to understand more about today’s kids than their tattoo choices.  Call it hangover from the great recession, too much computer ‘screen time’ or isolation from others due to technology – the result ain’t pretty; whatever the cause.  And that’s what’s got to be dealt with urgently; the Children of no Tomorrow need to get a grip.  Nihilism as a belief system really ‘sucks’.  You can’t even borrow money to get bailed out with that attitude.  If there’s no tomorrow, then the idea of ‘repayment’ just doesn't work.  

Ethical Hedonism

'Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure '----Wikipedia

Or as I would say it, avoiding hassles and enjoy what's left of your life.  Dog, there's not much time to waste - or much point scrimping and saving for the future; there is not much future for baby boomers; I mean maybe 20 years for a lot of us.  It’s enough time to correct for earlier mistakes and do some good.  But not enough time to get rich, have another family, buy another house (and pay it off), learn to sing well or launch a brand new career as gynecologist.  ( If we're lucky, we get to play nursey.)
The facts argue for the kickback logic that says, 'enjoy while you can, its later than you think.'  A discipline of Socrates, Aristippus, was from Rhodes in Greece and this idea was originally his.   I've been there, Rhodes.  It’s a very kickback Greek Island with a long tradition of swimming without a bathing suit on.  And 'cause the water is a crystal blue, you wanna jump in behind a women that likes to frog kick. Hedonism is very much the order of the day in Rhodes.
And that's what I recommend to friends and others here in LA.  Hedonism, that is.

Not nihilism – which is living like there will be no tomorrow – because the future is very important, but it’s different once you understand that you won’t be in that future.  Then you can support those who will be and make sure you start to transfer over the things they’ll need to be successful  - like your business and commercial goodwill, your assets and investments, your hopes, dreams, ideas and goals.  You need to work on the assumption that these things can carry on with someone pushing it all to the next level if you have a heart attack tomorrow.

My best friend in New York, is Myron.  He lives for tomorrow; but doesn’t really believe in enjoying today.  Even though his retirement income is assured and he’s well planned out in terms of health care needs and all future financials needs; he can’t bring himself to use one extra day of sick leave that he’s accumulated with his civil service job; even though his retirement is less than a year away.  His reflex is to save and scrimp for the future, but it’s also his training not to allow himself to enjoy the present.  His assumption is that once he’s ‘shuffled off this mortal coil’ and retired, they’ll be plenty of time to enjoy no work.  It’s really bullshit ‘cause Myron’s  health is already dicey and he knows he’s not even got 5 good years left – but he can’t break the habit of living in the future.

And that’s what most folks do; they live in and for their future.  Sure we believe in instant gratification – but only when there’s debt there to support it.  And debt repayment is very much tied to the future.  If you live in the now; you know that planning to repay debt is shaky thinking.  No, I believe now is the future and provided that you don’t impose on others, you need to maximize your enjoyment of it.