Is it wishful thinking to ask if shooting HDV 60p would equate to shooting film at 60fps or (48fps)? Meaning, when I put it on the timeline at 24p am I going to get super smooth slow-mo? Just curious if anyone has testing this.

Alex, yes. Read through this overcrank thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83228&highlight=overcrank+60p