MJ Simpson, een kenner op het gebied van de boeken van Douglas Adams en van The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in het bijzonder, bezocht de set van de verfilming van dit bekendste boek van Adams en bracht daarvan verslag uit op zijn website.

[eng]"The key to the designs in this film is: forget your preconceptions. We have already seen a version of Marvin that knocked us sideways and I think the Heart of Gold will do the same. It doesn't look like the versions in the TV series or the Illustrated Guide. It certainly doesn't look like a running shoe, as described in the book. What it does look like is… a really, real cool spaceship that any President in their right minds would definitely want to steal."[/eng]