Every day, Amazon offers up Lightning Deals, limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Typically you don’t know what will be on sale until the minute it gets posted, but for Cyber Monday week, Amazon has released the Lightning Deal schedule and prices for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray for Monday, December 2, 2013.

See here below for a few highlights from Cyber Monday deals, like Skyfall, Christmas Vacation, Rambo, Rome, The Tudors, and more, along with more information on how these special deals work, and be sure to keep an eye out on the main DVD/Blu-ray Lightning Deals page for sale launch times and countdowns, as the first of the deals begin at 12:20 am PT (3:20 am ET) with new items going up for sale through the very end of the day.

The HBO series Rome has come up on sale many times, but this latest deal is the lowest I’ve seen the price drop. Rome: The Complete Series Blu-ray Edition is currently selling for $63.99 (that’s 54% off the list price of $139.99).

This 10-disc Blu-ray box set includes all 22 episodes of the HBO series that ran for two seasons and starred Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Kerry Condon, and Polly Walker.

The Blu-ray edition contains audio commentary by the cast and crew; featurettes on the history of Rome and its famous citizens; behind-the-scenes featurettes on the show’s production; featurettes focusing on the creation of specific scenes; and an interactive historical guide. See list of enhanced Blu-ray features here below.

Amazon’s Blu-ray box set deal of the week is HBO’s Rome: The Complete Series for $69.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $139.99).

Note, this deal is valid this week through November 20, 2010.

This 10-disc Blu-ray box set includes all 22 episodes of the HBO series that ran for two seasons and starred Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Kerry Condon, and Polly Walker.

The Blu-ray edition contains audio commentary by the cast and crew; featurettes on the history of Rome and its famous citizens; behind-the-scenes featurettes on the show’s production; featurettes focusing on the creation of specific scenes; and an interactive historical guide. See list of enhanced Blu-ray features here below.

There’s only two more full shopping days til Christmas and only one if you’re ordering online. You can still get a delivery by Christmas Eve if you order at Amazon and select One-Day Shipping (Prime members pay only $3.99). Also, order online by 3pm local time on December 24 for In-Store Pick-Up at Best Buy.

See below for more information on cutoff dates and last-minute gift deals, as well as links to our five-part 2009 Holiday Geek Gift Guide.

Last-Minute Deals

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• Today’s Gold Box Deal of the Day: The King of Queens – The Complete Series DVD box set for only $89.99 (that’s 61% off the list price of $232.95).
• Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Blu-ray for $59.99 (First six movies with original cast – The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / plus Captains Summit Bonus Disc)
• Harry Potter Years 1-5 Blu-ray for $54.99. (First five Harry Potter movies.)
• The Wire: The Complete Series for $89.99. [Same deal at Best Buy – thanks to all for the heads up on this.]
• Lost: Buy Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray and get up to $20 off any of the previous seasons.
• Rome: The Complete Series DVD ($42.49 or Blu-ray set ($64.99) [Same deal at Best Buy.]
• Kindle – FREE One-Day Shipping to arrive before Christmas.
• Remember, if all else fails, there’s also the Amazon.com Gift Card you can have emailed to the recipient (arrives immediately) or you can print out the gift card at home and give it to the intended that way.

In the same interview with the NY Post that revealed the possibility of a Call of Duty movie being made, Scottish actor Kevin McKidd also talked about HBO’s Rome and the rumored feature film that its producers are hoping to make of it.

Since Rome was canceled WAY too soon, not much has been spoken of it; but within the past year or so, Ray Stevenson began speaking of a possible movie that producer Bruno Heller wanted to make that would be based on the show. The very thought of this is immensely exciting for fans like myself who thirst for more of this merciless, graphic, semi-historically accurate series, but the situation would also be a tricky one as Rome was one of the most expensive shows ever made (the reason why HBO killed it so quickly), and most of its sets were destroyed (supposedly). Another tricky aspect would be the content — as I’ve said before: the content on HBO included countless things that you would NEVER see in a theatrical production, so it would be difficult indeed.