Archive for October, 2007

Episode 1.06 Captures

We’ve added 40 new screen captures to the gallery from “Chuck Versus the Sandworm.”

This was sadly an episode without much to work with. Yvonne was only in a few major scenes and most of those were all exposition.

Nonetheless, I’ve tried to get a few more variation in shots. She wasn’t in her Leia costume long, but I made sure to try to get as many good ones as I could.

Enjoy!

The Strahotski Revolution

Apparently we aren’t the only ones who like to call Yvonne ‘Strahotski.’

Over at E! Online, columnist Kristin shares this quote from Zach Levi answering the question of what exactly Yvonne’s last name is:

It’s Yvonne Strahovski. But we’ve nicknamed her Yvonne Strahotski ’cause basically she’s that hot, and I think she deserves it!

So there you have it. Even Zach Levi thinks she’s hot, though he goes on to emphasize that there’s no romantic connection.

No, I love them both [Yvonne and Sarah Lancaster] like sisters. We just work together all day long together and have a blast. It’s fun.

But that can only be a good thing.

Strahovski and Sandworms

Another week gone and another Episode of Chuck behind us. This week was Episode 1.06 – “Chuck Versus the Sandworm.”

This was actually one of my favorite episodes of the season. Not only did we get to see Yvonne in a Princess Leia outfit, but we also got to see some awesome gadgets. Gadgets are fun.

This episode also gets marks for minimizing Ellie and maximizing Captain Awesome. That guy makes me want to start a fansite about him. But that would be weird, so…

Oh yes, you came here to read about Yvonne Strahovski didn’t you?

There was some good times for her in this episode. Anytime you can get any woman into a Princess Leia costume, you’re doing well. Make that person Yvonne Strahovski and you’re in geek heaven.

The only bad thing you can say is that the costume part was far too short. :)

Screen captures should be up soon for the episode.

Two New Strahovski Wallpapers

Two new Wallpapers have gone up in the Wallpapers section. The wallpapers seem to be pretty popular, catapulting us to the top of the Google search results for “Yvonne Strahovski Wallpaper.”

Hopefully these two won’t disappoint. Straying from the original offerings here at Strahotski.com, both of these have a black background.

The bottom one is actually taken from screen captures of only Episode 1.05. I’m unsure as to whether I’ll make a wallpaper for each episode, but it’s a possibility. What do you think?

I’ve also tried to reduce the Strahotski.com branding a bit so it should be hiding behind your start bar when you use these new ones. I know how annoying obtrusive branding can be and we’d like to minimize it as much as possible while still protecting our work.

In addition, all wallpapers are now offered in two more sizes: 1280×1024 and 1024×768. Hopefully this covers everyone out there regardless of their monitor’s resolution. If you’ve got a resolution you’d like to request, let us know.

New Strahovski Galleries

I’ve just added a new album in addtion to the Chuck Screen Captures album that we already have. The two new galleries are modest by comparison but will grow over time.

One is a section devoted to any promotional photos we can find of Ms. Strahovski and the other is one with pictures of any public appearances she may attend (such as awards shows, etc).

Special thanks to Hemisphire for finding and scanning in a great promo ad from Rolling Stone. The end result is an extremely high resolution photo of the ad.

Enjoy the new pics and if you know of any other sources for good photos of Yvonne, let us know!