Jowett notes that the "image of women hooked up to machines for reproduction" can be found in other works of science fiction, citing the television series "Dark Angel" and the film "Alien Resurrection". Kieran Tranter cites the "Dune" franchise as an additional precedent. Hellstrand compares Starbuck's destruction of the Cylon facility to Ellen Ripley's destruction of clones of herself in "Alien Resurrection", saying that both characters "feel violated by an authority pushing for scientific advancements linked to their reproductive ability." In Hellstrand's analysis, like Ripley, Starbuck destroys versions of herself that represent an unacceptable transgression against her reproductive rights. Hellstrand compares Starbuck's violent action with Boomer's decision in the third-season episode "Rapture" to die so she can be resurrected and rescue her child from the other Cylons.