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I thought it was going to be a great summer, but now I'm not so sure.

As a kid, I had three big adventure-fiction go-tos: Batman, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. I made Batman costumes out of paper shopping bags (mask) and bath towels (cape). I made lightsabers out of lengths of PVC pipe. And my favorite toy as a child? The bullwhip I made out of cheap Home Depot rope, a piece of PVC pipe and some duct tape.

I had a wide-brimmed safari hat and a leather jacket I stole from a friend, and my Indiana Jones outfit was complete. As kid growing up in Moreno Valley, I very rarely took the outfit off.

So this summer, all three of my favorite fiction sagas have movies coming out: Batman in "The Dark ...

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