I don't know if I agree with all of this, because the II's (for me, the S II) are pretty rad hybrids.
The colors on my S II seem easy to correct, natural even, if you get WB even close to right. They are truer later into the evenings, which is useful if you are a natural light shooter.
Personally, I almost never shoot SLOG profiles to save time... I get why you all want the DR, but not every scene needs it - if you expose properly, few scenes do. Yea, I notice the ergonomic shortcomings, in ways, but honestly, when you are running a four or five stop advantage in video modes, art