Your constant berating of other for being "gear heads" seems to have simultaneously pushed you as far as possible the other direction.
Sure, you can make a film with a crappy old sony handicam. It won't overheat. It might eat its tape though, or drop frames, or generally just have a shit image. All of which would be limitations. As I said, every camera has limitations. You work within the limitations for the gear you've chosen to work with.
There's no perfect tool for the job, and what I, or someone else finds works well for them may very well not be your tool of choice. No need to come into this thread solely to say that people are using the wrong equipment because it's not some simple video camera. That's nutty.