Matt Dillon: man or mutant? By Ray X "What's wrong with these kids nowadays? All they want to watch on TV are crazy superheroes and monsters. When I was growing up we had good quality TV shows, westerns, that were based on reality." Indeed, disgruntled baby boomer. TV westerns were realistic. Take the most popular western series, Gunsmoke. Unrealistic? Never. On second thought... Gunsmoke followed the adventures of our hero US Marshall Matt Dillon and his friends in Dodge City, Kansas. Ever hear the phrase ""Get out of Dodge?" Look no further than this show. Standard scene: a bad guy has the drop on a good guy, his finger firmly placed on the trigger. But a quick move by the good guy, striking the bad guy's wrist, and the gun flew away, no shot fired. One would expect striking a gun holder's hand would result in a pulled trigger. Ergo good guy drilled. But in Gunsmoke World a shootist just automatically rel...