If the fan knows less than you about some franchise, then they're not really a fan, have no taste, behind the times, not cool, just a civilian, noob, ignorant, etc.
If the fan knows more than you, then that fan lives in his mother's basement, can't pull a chick, trolls forums, has no life, etc.

Just knocked this one over. Teague's normally the one eager to wrap things up, but, goddamn, they had to practically wrestle the microphone out of his hands. I could see the cane advancing from the curtains.

So which archress(?) would you most like to go on a date with: Hanna, Pevensie, Everdeen, or Hawkeye?

Premium content - I like that idea. I would donate $50 towards a 'marathon', (defined as at least 3 x 2 hour movies or 2 x 3 hour movies, etc). Star Trek, Potter, Bond, Pirates, etc.

Also, there are still a few gaps in the big tentpole genre series to fill in (e.g. Transformers 3). And coming up in 2012 are some big ones to knock over: Prometheus, Avengers, TDKR, etc.

Or old genre classics (e.g. Total Recall 1990 - perhaps doubled with the 2012 version).  Or overlooked left-field movies e.g. Mr Nobody. Or TV episodes. Or shit movies for fun sneering e.g. AvP. Personally I'd like some historical epics be given the DiF treatment.

So there should be lots of Venn Diagram overlaps between DiF and  the forum, so that no one feels pressured commentating on or paying for stuff they're not interested in.

Just to put my cards on the table and some figures...

For individual movies, I would say $10 is a reasonable price. I'd pay $10 towards commentaries for King Kong 2005, Benjamin Button, Troy (Extended), Kingdom of Heaven (Extended), Gladiator, Alexander.

I'd pay $50 towards a 3 x King Kong treatment, Millennium Trilogy (extended), Pirates 2,3,4 and maybe even the Underworld series. There's probably many more options - I'd have to think about it if some business model became more concrete.

Does anyone else like the concept of original & remake as a double-feature?

I contributed to the LOTR marathon - I'd do the same for a Pirates of the Caribbean marathon or Potter marathon or Bond marathon. Or historical epics like Gladiator/Troy/Alexander/Kingdom of Heaven.
Or a marathon could be thematic e.g. all three King Kongs for a great compare & contrast.

Or alternatively, DiF could nominate what they'd do for $x. Crowdsourcing. Transformers 3 or Underworld movies might attract a higher price because they're more painful than something fun like Avengers or a Nolan film.  And it's up to us forum members to meet that target.

So there are two alternatives: push or pull. We the forum member push certain movies and DiF choose or DiF nominate and forum members choose.