We would like to thank you all for your contributions and support of OLD STUD. It has been a wild journey this past couple of months, and we can’t tell you enough how glad we are that you’ve been with us. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict, Jim will not be available to produce the feature film version of Old Stud in June. A conflict of schedule is one thing… but when it comes to a feature film, that conflict then causes a lot of other conflicts and throws a wrench in a lot of the gears. Which means as of now, the film that Jim and Rick wanted to bring to all of you is currently on hold. Why? Because Old Stud is as much Jim’s movie as it is Rick’s, Rick has decided not to move forward with production at this time, because in order to fully realize Old Stud in the form of a movie, the creativity of both Jim and Rick is required.

We hope to make the movie when our schedules permit, but look forward to presenting other content slated for production under our new banner, Captin Marlan.

Thank you for your support and enthusiasm, as well as your financial pledge to our Kickstarter campaign. Since production of Old Stud will not be moving forward, we must conclude the campaign.

As a token of our appreciation, we will be presenting a short film version of OLD STUD culled from all the pilot footage we have shot, that will be available for your viewing pleasure in the near future.

Sincerely,

Rick Caplan & Jim Martin

AVN.com wrote a great article about Old Stud today. Click here (or on the image) to read it! **ads on the site may be NSFW

Thanks you AVN and Mark Kemes for the excellent write up and the support for our movie.

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Old Stud never would have made it this far without Jim. Check out the video and donate to the Kickstarter campaign to make the movie a reality! http://kck.st/YvmFnh

Check out the Kickstarter Campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rickcaplan/old-stud

There are so many ways that you can interact with the Old Stud movie online. Check ‘em out!

• Old Stud on facebook
• Old Stud on twitter
• Old Stud on tumblr
• Coming soon: the Old Stud Kickstarter campaign

After that, I couldn’t fall asleep. Instead, I took the little guy out for a walk. He’s recovering from getting neutered earlier in the week, so he has a lot of pent up energy. Surprisingly, he wasn’t an asshole on the walk, but when we got home, he refused to climb the stairs to our apartment. I ended up having to drag him the rest of the way.

After that, we sat on the couch and watched The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. It was the first time I had seen it since the early 90s, when I was too young to understand anything more than the fact that it was about a trio of gay dudes. I completely forgot who was in it and was blown away by seeing Agent Smith, The Limey, and Memento strutting around in elaborately sequined gowns and lip-syncing to Abba songs. The movie is great and the performances are pitch perfect.

Once the movie was over, I sat down and struggled with app development for a few hours. I managed to get a screen with text reading “get fucked” to display in the emulator, which was a huge win for me.

One more baby step towards making a game. I think I’ll dust off my guitars and see if I remember how to play any of my half-written songs.

I might sneak in a little cartoon here and there, but that’s never really been the primary objective. It’s time to pull the lever on the content machine.

Along the way, however, I have encountered lots of people who are reluctant to learn how to do anything. This used to drive me crazy when I worked for a large internet company. Every day, I found myself explaining the same things over and over again to the same people that had previously asked the same questions at least a dozen times. Writing that sentence almost gave me a headache. Living it almost gave me an aneurysm.

Even though that day job wasn’t directly related to making the kind of content I want to make, there were valuable lessons to learn. I became comfortable enough with web design and development to start making basic sites (like this one), which easily could have cost at least $1K. By picking the brains of people that were smarter than me, I not only showed an interest in understanding what they need to get their jobs done (this is an important lesson that can be applied to anything), but I also picked up expert tips on design principles, color schemes, and branding, all things pertinent to creating content, as every web series, movie, podcast, or independently produced half-hour pilot needs branding in order to effectively share and market it.

My love of learning isn’t based upon any desire to know everything. It’s based on the philosophy that if I at least have a top level understanding of the mechanics of something, when/if I need help dealing with it, I’ll know how to communicate with whomever I hire/contract/beg for assistance. You don’t need a degree or a certificate. You just need the resolve to get past the inevitable obstacles and push beyond the plateaus.

On a side note: if anyone who ever reads this understands how the stock market works, I’d love to hear from you. That is one baffling beast.