— Zod is sentenced to 300 years of reconditioning in the Phantom Zone.
— The Phantom Zone projector is located in Krypton's orbit.
— The Black Zero, a prison barge, is the ship that takes the criminals to the Phantom Zone, located in subspace.
— Kyrptonians gave up space travel; they put together Black Zero through spare parts, sort of "hot wired it."
— Krypton's explosion causes Zod to be able to take control of Black Zero and becomes his flagship.
— Zod mentally torments Superman, as seen with the recent skulls image enveloping Superman from the latest trailer, which is said to be a dream sequence.
— Superman as a tyrant is part of the dream sequence with the Man of Steel in an all black version of the suit, as Zod is in essence tempting him like the Devil.
— The Fortress of Solitude [is] organic; full of Kryptonian artifacts; environmental skinsuits which becomes Superman's costume; powers up after 18,000 years; bursts from the ice to land in a mountaintop.