Tomorrow, the Mobius Home Video Forum will have been rocking the Internet for ten years. Or at least November 6, 1999 was the day Todd Harbour grabbed the mhvf.net domain and got the ball rolling. On behalf of Todd and all the moderators, I'd like to thank all of you for making Mobius such a warm, inviting place to hang out, share knowledge, and make friends.

Here's a look at the earliest Mobius page I could find through the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: March 10, 2000. You can see how many of you were active here then and now. I see Lisa Larkin, Doug Dillaman, John Charles, Richard Harland Smith, Ian McDowell, Don May, Tim Lucas, and many others. We didn't even have the Cult/Exploitation or Television boards then. I also see the names of Linn Haynes and Rick Squillante, to the best of my knowledge the only two Mobians to pass away during the last ten years.

Special thanks to Bill Picard and William Wilson for pointing out the ten-year anniversary to me (I'm like an absent-minded husband in that regard) and obviously to Todd for keeping the gears running behind the scenes. This week, Todd renewed the mhvf.net domain for another two years, so there's a lot more discussions of aspect ratios, missing scenes, unnecessary remakes, and John Ashley movies to come.

Thanks, all!

I can't believe I've been trading barbs with Bob Gutowski for ten years. And to think he was only in his 40s then!

It's great to see all the same names and it's a great milestone for everybody here who has made Mobius, through all its phases, a true meeting place.

It's funny to see on the Euro-Cult page my plug for the CD Ein Wigwam Steht in Babelsberg; I remember hitting a particular button in posting that sent an e-mail to everybody on Mobius alerting them to the post and we were flooded with complaints about SPAM. Great album, though - good luck finding it now, haters!*




* Okay, I checked online and you can get it at Amazon.de for like 9 euros. Never mind.

Yes, as of today I have only ONE MORE MONTH to be 51! :)

I love this place and you Mobians. My day (and life) would be incomplete without the give and take here. Long may Mobius wave!

I logged onto the 'net back in the Fall of '00, and one of the first sites I visited was Anchor Bay... and a link there led me here. So among other things, blame Anchor Bay.

When I became a member, Rick sent me an email welcoming me aboard.

*tips a glass to Rick*

I actually got to meet Rick, with no idea of his fame as a club DJ. He struck me as a younger Seymour Cassel, complete with the walrus mustache. He was extremely friendly and good natured, so his death by suicide at some point later on was a complete shock to me. And still is.

Cause for mourning here and on the Scarlet Street boards, as I recall. I had had some personal correspondence with him and was planning to meet him. Sigh.

On the other hand, I have gotten to meet people in person like handsome and clever RHS at his play The Viy before he left NY, and I've had dinner with the erudite and friendly Bob Cashill.

I only ever got lunch out of Bob. Hmm.

I've met a bunch of Mobians over the years, in New York and Los Angeles. In addition to Bob and Bob, I've met Tim Lucas, John Charles, Charlie Largent, Marty McKee, Glenn Erickson, Peter Avellino, Bill Warren, Marc Morris, Mirek Lipinski, Bruce Holecheck, Lisa Morton, Brian and Yvonne from the Asian board, Grady Hendrix, Paul Kazee... and that's just off the top of my head. Looking back at those moments from 2000, some of those discussions and arguments are still so fresh to me, as if we lauched into them only yesterday.

Wow. Ten years already. I remember when a number of us were conversing on Tim Lucas's TV GUIDE board, and Tim announced the shutting down of it. We were all wondering what to do, and how to do it, when Todd stepped up to the plate and announced the formation of Mobius. There was much rejoicing. So, Tim s likely the grandfather with Todd as the indisputable father.

We've lost yes, two members, and a number got misplaced in the great crash a few years back. But Mobius was one of the first places to have a really good and serious discussion of genre cinema.

Yes, some of those conversations really do seem like they were yesterday. I still recall inadvertently starting a small controversy when I inquired as to what age to start exposing one's child to Euro-horror.

A big thanks to Todd for weathering the various storms over the years and being the a great landlord and Marty,Eric,Dave,Tim, and Yvonne for being excellent moderators.

Well, Richard, you just didn't rate. :)

Meeting Bob and Richard were highlights. I've met a few others, more in passing. If any Mobians are in Brooklyn come on over to Jay-Z's "stash spot" (he lived here in the 90s, and his new song and video "Empire State of Mind" reference our address) and hang out--but I may assign you babysitting duties, such are the changes in my life this past decade.

It is weird how much time has passed. I think I first popped up around here sometime in 2000, in desperate search of all things Mario Bava. The Euro-Cult Board was an oasis of info. I remember seeing the 1999 Mobius poll with American Beauty(!!) as the winner and wishing I had taken part in the voting.

Looking back on the slate of films in '99, does anyone want to change their ballot? ;)

Not that I voted, but FIGHT CLUB then, FIGHT CLUB now.

RUN LOLA RUN was by far the best movie I saw in 1999. Man, I'm surprised I can remember that far back.