Young Avengers #1

Here we have the video I will now call "Eric's Shame".
I don't really hate this video. What I don't like is how popular it has become compared to the others. The humor is funny, but not that funny. I only made one more episode after this, and I've decided that I will not return for a third. But, how did it happen in the first place?
I was walking through Wal-Mart (as you do when you live in Haverhill) and I was going through the toy section (as you do when you are in your twenties) and I was checking out the clearance section (as you do when you have no money). Most of the stuff they had was junk but then I noticed a hidden treasure. Sitting on the shelf was the Young Avengers set for just $20! I had just read the series and was in love with the concept, so I bought the box with haste.
Later, I was hanging around in my apartment and looking at these guys on my entertainment set and I was wondering, "What the heck do I do now?" Then I started thinking how I could use them in a video, and what kind of video they would be in. The one idea I kept coming back to was the idea of a talk show, set up like the view, in which nothing ever gets resolved. I felt I had struck gold.
I grabbed a painting a friend made for me, set up on my kitchen counter and went to work. Ironlad would lead the group's discussion, Patriot would take the negative side, Hulkling would take the positive, and Wiccan would be an idiot. For the first episode, I would bring up the discussion of global warming, having just finished "State of Fear" by Micheal Crichton.
THe problems in this video are many. The concept is strong but the execution of the idea fell apart. A crappy set, poor movement for the action figures, and the jokes fall flat more often than not. For some reason, I couldn't get Hulkling's voice to stay the same! To really work, this idea needed better production values. I think a real set, with couches or plants, would have added. I also think that this idea (like others), needed a script. There are funny jokes in this video, but they get lost in the improve conversation.
As I said, I did make a second one, which was even longer, but the problems were the same if not worse. This series is done and hopefully I've learned from it.