IMovie's disk utilization strategy doesn't scale well

I have hundreds of hours of video from things I've shot over the years of my kids lives. I'd really like to be able to see all of this stuff in a way that allows me to easily pick the good stuff out of all the noise. iMovie'09 really wants to import stuff into my computer, but it doesn't allow for space management by moving stuff around. I have a lot of external (NAS and USB attachable as well as e-SATA) space that I'd love to be able to make use of, but it doesn't allow me to import onto such storage. I need access to the terabytes of space that I have in order to make all the stuff visible. Also, the fact that it's not supporting home video recorded DVD media is big issue for me too. No automation on the import etc makes it really impossible to get stuff done.
Am I using the wrong tools? Should I be using Final Cut or something else?

iMovie allows you to choose the volume you want to use for capturing. Just make sure you click on the "Group events by Disk" button at the top of the Event Library pane to reveal your mounted volumes. Then click on your attached devices to start capturing "events" on them instead of on the system drive. iMovie will create a folder called "iMovie Events" at the root level of the chosen drive.
You can also drag-and-drop "events" from one volume to another, within that same pane, to move/copy them.

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