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The Week in Geek is a weekly Tuesday column that plunges headfirst into a deep pool of genre geekiness without ever coming up for air.]
We’ve all heard the news by now that ‘GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra’](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/30887/main) is getting a sequel soon, but you don’t have to wait another year for another GI Joe movie. There’s a new feature-length documentary, ‘Operation Blast Off,’ that covers Hasbro’s insanely successful GI Joe re-b*****ng effort of 1982, turning the unassuming military doll into a bonafide larger-than-life franchise.
The film was created by Tristan Rudat, filmmaker and son of Hasbro designer Ron Rudat who visually spearheaded the GI Joe line from its ground-breaking heyday of 1982 till 1987. ‘Operation Blast Off’ tells the story of the re-b*****ng effort through first-hand interviews with the artists, writers, and designers, as well as archival photos and art. Their effort just plain worked – the revitalized, more super-heroic Joes have seen an incredible amount of longevity, existing in one form or another for over 25 years.
You can see the ‘Operation Blast Off’ trailer after the jump, as well as our exclusive interview with Tristan Rudat. He even gave us a little something extra for the hardcore GI Joe fans at the end of the interview…