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James Cameron gives a response to the negative comments on the 4Ks of Aliens and True Lies
(feddit.uk)
You can find the full interview here. Not very long but some interesting titbits on various projects including a new Terminator (he reveals nothing).
Doesn’t film have a definition roughly equivalent to 2K?
Not sure why they didn’t just do a digital transfer to 2K.
No. 8 mm is roughly equivalent to 2K. 16 mm 4K, 35 mm around 5-6K, and 70 mm around 6-12K. 35 mm is the most common.
I don't really think going higher than 1080p really does much for a movie, after that point the finishing returns start to set in unless you have an absolutely giant TV or you're sitting super close to a still pretty big TV. Maybe for vidya games or something it could make a difference or something filmed in native 4k could potentially look a bit better but especially for something being digitized from a film negative, it can be a choice between keeping analog grit or smoothing it all out digitally and I'd prefer a movie shot on film to continue to look like it was shot on film.