A scene from Flash Gordon 1980
Dr. Hans Zarkov

We are only interested in friendship. Why do you attack us?

The Emperor Ming

Why not?

The Emperor Ming

Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory... [leans forward, smiling] and for our mutual pleasure... [leans back again] I destroy it utterly.

Dr. Hans Zarkov

You're saying... it's my fault the Earth is being destroyed?

The Emperor Ming

[grinning]

Precisely... Doctor!

The Emperor Ming

Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?

Klytus

An obscure body in the S-K system, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet... "Earth".

The Emperor Ming

How peaceful it looks.

Klytus

[He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc., start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it.]

Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this, uh, "Earth?"

The Emperor Ming

Later. I like to play with things a while... before annihilation.

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